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28
0f74202c 29COMMENT_START
ad12fb4b 30 WELCOME TO @SQUID@
cccac0a2 31 ----------------------------
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32
33 This is the documentation for the Squid configuration file.
34 This documentation can also be found online at:
35 http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/config/
36
37 You may wish to look at the Squid home page and wiki for the
38 FAQ and other documentation:
39 http://www.squid-cache.org/
40 http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq
41 http://wiki.squid-cache.org/ConfigExamples
42
43 This documentation shows what the defaults for various directives
44 happen to be. If you don't need to change the default, you should
45 leave the line out of your squid.conf in most cases.
46
47 In some cases "none" refers to no default setting at all,
48 while in other cases it refers to the value of the option
49 - the comments for that keyword indicate if this is the case.
debd9a31 50
cccac0a2 51COMMENT_END
3a278cb8 52
592a09dc 53COMMENT_START
54 Configuration options can be included using the "include" directive.
5945964d 55 Include takes a list of files to include. Quoting and wildcards are
592a09dc 56 supported.
57
58 For example,
59
60 include /path/to/included/file/squid.acl.config
61
62 Includes can be nested up to a hard-coded depth of 16 levels.
63 This arbitrary restriction is to prevent recursive include references
64 from causing Squid entering an infinite loop whilst trying to load
65 configuration files.
d4a3e179 66
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67 Values with byte units
68
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69 Squid accepts size units on some size related directives. All
70 such directives are documented with a default value displaying
71 a unit.
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72
73 Units accepted by Squid are:
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74 bytes - byte
75 KB - Kilobyte (1024 bytes)
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76 MB - Megabyte
77 GB - Gigabyte
d4a3e179 78
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79 Values with spaces, quotes, and other special characters
80
81 Squid supports directive parameters with spaces, quotes, and other
82 special characters. Surround such parameters with "double quotes". Use
83 the configuration_includes_quoted_values directive to enable or
84 disable that support.
85
86 Squid supports reading configuration option parameters from external
87 files using the syntax:
88 parameters("/path/filename")
89 For example:
90 acl whitelist dstdomain parameters("/etc/squid/whitelist.txt")
91
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92 Conditional configuration
93
94 If-statements can be used to make configuration directives
95 depend on conditions:
96
97 if <CONDITION>
98 ... regular configuration directives ...
99 [else
100 ... regular configuration directives ...]
101 endif
102
103 The else part is optional. The keywords "if", "else", and "endif"
104 must be typed on their own lines, as if they were regular
105 configuration directives.
106
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107 NOTE: An else-if condition is not supported.
108
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109 These individual conditions types are supported:
110
111 true
112 Always evaluates to true.
113 false
114 Always evaluates to false.
115 <integer> = <integer>
116 Equality comparison of two integer numbers.
117
118
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119 SMP-Related Macros
120
121 The following SMP-related preprocessor macros can be used.
122
123 ${process_name} expands to the current Squid process "name"
124 (e.g., squid1, squid2, or cache1).
125
126 ${process_number} expands to the current Squid process
127 identifier, which is an integer number (e.g., 1, 2, 3) unique
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128 across all Squid processes of the current service instance.
129
130 ${service_name} expands into the current Squid service instance
131 name identifier which is provided by -n on the command line.
132
592a09dc 133COMMENT_END
134
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135# options still not yet ported from 2.7 to 3.x
136NAME: broken_vary_encoding
137TYPE: obsolete
138DOC_START
139 This option is not yet supported by Squid-3.
140DOC_END
141
142NAME: cache_vary
143TYPE: obsolete
144DOC_START
145 This option is not yet supported by Squid-3.
146DOC_END
147
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148NAME: error_map
149TYPE: obsolete
150DOC_START
151 This option is not yet supported by Squid-3.
152DOC_END
153
154NAME: external_refresh_check
155TYPE: obsolete
156DOC_START
157 This option is not yet supported by Squid-3.
158DOC_END
159
96598f93 160NAME: location_rewrite_program location_rewrite_access location_rewrite_children location_rewrite_concurrency
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161TYPE: obsolete
162DOC_START
163 This option is not yet supported by Squid-3.
164DOC_END
165
96598f93 166NAME: refresh_stale_hit
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167TYPE: obsolete
168DOC_START
169 This option is not yet supported by Squid-3.
170DOC_END
171
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172# Options Removed in 3.3
173NAME: ignore_ims_on_miss
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174TYPE: obsolete
175DOC_START
96598f93 176 Remove this line. The HTTP/1.1 feature is now fully supported by default.
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177DOC_END
178
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179# Options Removed in 3.2
180NAME: ignore_expect_100
181TYPE: obsolete
182DOC_START
183 Remove this line. The HTTP/1.1 feature is now fully supported by default.
184DOC_END
185
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186NAME: dns_v4_fallback
187TYPE: obsolete
188DOC_START
4ded749e 189 Remove this line. Squid performs a 'Happy Eyeballs' algorithm, the 'fallback' algorithm is no longer relevant.
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190DOC_END
191
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192NAME: ftp_list_width
193TYPE: obsolete
194DOC_START
195 Remove this line. Configure FTP page display using the CSS controls in errorpages.css instead.
196DOC_END
197
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198NAME: maximum_single_addr_tries
199TYPE: obsolete
200DOC_START
201 Replaced by connect_retries. The behaviour has changed, please read the documentation before altering.
202DOC_END
203
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204NAME: update_headers
205TYPE: obsolete
206DOC_START
207 Remove this line. The feature is supported by default in storage types where update is implemented.
208DOC_END
209
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210NAME: url_rewrite_concurrency
211TYPE: obsolete
212DOC_START
213 Remove this line. Set the 'concurrency=' option of url_rewrite_children instead.
214DOC_END
215
216# Options Removed in 3.1
217NAME: dns_testnames
218TYPE: obsolete
219DOC_START
220 Remove this line. DNS is no longer tested on startup.
221DOC_END
222
223NAME: extension_methods
224TYPE: obsolete
225DOC_START
226 Remove this line. All valid methods for HTTP are accepted by default.
227DOC_END
228
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229# 2.7 Options Removed/Replaced in 3.2
230NAME: zero_buffers
231TYPE: obsolete
232DOC_NONE
233
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234# 2.7 Options Removed/Replaced in 3.1
235NAME: incoming_rate
236TYPE: obsolete
237DOC_NONE
238
239NAME: server_http11
240TYPE: obsolete
241DOC_START
242 Remove this line. HTTP/1.1 is supported by default.
243DOC_END
244
245NAME: upgrade_http0.9
246TYPE: obsolete
247DOC_START
248 Remove this line. ICY/1.0 streaming protocol is supported by default.
249DOC_END
250
251NAME: zph_local zph_mode zph_option zph_parent zph_sibling
252TYPE: obsolete
253DOC_START
254 Alter these entries. Use the qos_flows directive instead.
255DOC_END
256
257# Options Removed in 3.0
258NAME: header_access
259TYPE: obsolete
260DOC_START
261 Since squid-3.0 replace with request_header_access or reply_header_access
262 depending on whether you wish to match client requests or server replies.
263DOC_END
264
265NAME: httpd_accel_no_pmtu_disc
266TYPE: obsolete
267DOC_START
268 Since squid-3.0 use the 'disable-pmtu-discovery' flag on http_port instead.
269DOC_END
270
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271NAME: wais_relay_host
272TYPE: obsolete
273DOC_START
274 Replace this line with 'cache_peer' configuration.
275DOC_END
276
277NAME: wais_relay_port
278TYPE: obsolete
279DOC_START
280 Replace this line with 'cache_peer' configuration.
281DOC_END
282
5473c134 283COMMENT_START
41bd17a4 284 OPTIONS FOR AUTHENTICATION
5473c134 285 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
286COMMENT_END
287
41bd17a4 288NAME: auth_param
289TYPE: authparam
2f1431ea 290IFDEF: USE_AUTH
5817ee13 291LOC: Auth::TheConfig
cccac0a2 292DEFAULT: none
293DOC_START
41bd17a4 294 This is used to define parameters for the various authentication
295 schemes supported by Squid.
cccac0a2 296
41bd17a4 297 format: auth_param scheme parameter [setting]
cccac0a2 298
41bd17a4 299 The order in which authentication schemes are presented to the client is
300 dependent on the order the scheme first appears in config file. IE
301 has a bug (it's not RFC 2617 compliant) in that it will use the basic
302 scheme if basic is the first entry presented, even if more secure
303 schemes are presented. For now use the order in the recommended
304 settings section below. If other browsers have difficulties (don't
305 recognize the schemes offered even if you are using basic) either
306 put basic first, or disable the other schemes (by commenting out their
307 program entry).
cccac0a2 308
41bd17a4 309 Once an authentication scheme is fully configured, it can only be
310 shutdown by shutting squid down and restarting. Changes can be made on
311 the fly and activated with a reconfigure. I.E. You can change to a
312 different helper, but not unconfigure the helper completely.
cccac0a2 313
41bd17a4 314 Please note that while this directive defines how Squid processes
315 authentication it does not automatically activate authentication.
316 To use authentication you must in addition make use of ACLs based
317 on login name in http_access (proxy_auth, proxy_auth_regex or
318 external with %LOGIN used in the format tag). The browser will be
319 challenged for authentication on the first such acl encountered
320 in http_access processing and will also be re-challenged for new
321 login credentials if the request is being denied by a proxy_auth
322 type acl.
cccac0a2 323
41bd17a4 324 WARNING: authentication can't be used in a transparently intercepting
325 proxy as the client then thinks it is talking to an origin server and
326 not the proxy. This is a limitation of bending the TCP/IP protocol to
327 transparently intercepting port 80, not a limitation in Squid.
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328 Ports flagged 'transparent', 'intercept', or 'tproxy' have
329 authentication disabled.
cccac0a2 330
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331 === Parameters common to all schemes. ===
332
333 "program" cmdline
334 Specifies the command for the external authenticator. Such a program
335 runs a loop that, on every iteration, reads a request line from
336 the standard and responds with a scheme-specific answer. The loop
337 stops when all input is exchausted (EOF). See scheme-specific
338 "program" descriptions below for details.
339
340 "key_extras" format
341 Specifies a string to be append to request line format for the
342 authentication helper. "Quoted" format values may contain spaces and
343 logformat %macros. In theory, any logformat %macro can be used.
344 In practice, a %macro expands as a dash (-) if the helper request is
345 sent before the required macro information is available to Squid.
346 By default, Squid uses request formats provided in scheme-specific
347 examples below (search for %credentials).
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348 The expanded key_extras value is added to the Squid credentials
349 cache and, hence, will affect authentication. It can be used to
350 autenticate different users with identical user names (e.g., when user
351 authentication depends on http_port).
352 Avoid adding frequently changing information to key_extras. For
353 example, if you add user source IP, and it changes frequently
354 in your environment, then max_user_ip ACL is going to treat every
355 user+IP combination as a unique "user", breaking the ACL and
356 wasting a lot of memory on those user records. It will also force
357 users to authenticate from scratch whenever their IP changes.
d4806c91 358
41bd17a4 359 === Parameters for the basic scheme follow. ===
cccac0a2 360
41bd17a4 361 "program" cmdline
362 Specify the command for the external authenticator. Such a program
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363 reads a request line ("username password" by default) and replies
364 with one of three results:
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366 OK
367 the user exists.
368
369 ERR
370 the user does not exist.
371
372 BH
4ded749e 373 An internal error occurred in the helper, preventing
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374 a result being identified.
375
376 "ERR" and "BH" results may optionally be followed by message="..."
377 containing a description available as %m in the returned error page.
378
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379 If you use an authenticator, make sure you have 1 acl of type
380 proxy_auth.
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41bd17a4 382 By default, the basic authentication scheme is not used unless a
383 program is specified.
cccac0a2 384
41bd17a4 385 If you want to use the traditional NCSA proxy authentication, set
386 this line to something like
307b83b7 387
f6c0fef2 388 auth_param basic program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/libexec/basic_ncsa_auth @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/etc/passwd
9e7dbc51 389
d2a89ac1 390 "utf8" on|off
4ded749e 391 HTTP uses iso-latin-1 as character set, while some authentication
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392 backends such as LDAP expects UTF-8. If this is set to on Squid will
393 translate the HTTP iso-latin-1 charset to UTF-8 before sending the
394 username & password to the helper.
395
7353861b 396 "children" numberofchildren [startup=N] [idle=N] [concurrency=N]
48d54e4d 397 The maximum number of authenticator processes to spawn. If you start too few
41bd17a4 398 Squid will have to wait for them to process a backlog of credential
399 verifications, slowing it down. When password verifications are
400 done via a (slow) network you are likely to need lots of
401 authenticator processes.
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402
403 The startup= and idle= options permit some skew in the exact amount
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404 run. A minimum of startup=N will begin during startup and reconfigure.
405 Squid will start more in groups of up to idle=N in an attempt to meet
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406 traffic needs and to keep idle=N free above those traffic needs up to
407 the maximum.
408
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409 The concurrency= option sets the number of concurrent requests the
410 helper can process. The default of 0 is used for helpers who only
411 supports one request at a time. Setting this to a number greater than
412 0 changes the protocol used to include a channel number first on the
413 request/response line, allowing multiple requests to be sent to the
4ded749e 414 same helper in parallel without waiting for the response.
41bd17a4 415 Must not be set unless it's known the helper supports this.
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417 auth_param basic children 20 startup=0 idle=1
0fdafae7 418
41bd17a4 419 "realm" realmstring
420 Specifies the realm name which is to be reported to the
421 client for the basic proxy authentication scheme (part of
422 the text the user will see when prompted their username and
423 password). There is no default.
424 auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
d1b63fc8 425
41bd17a4 426 "credentialsttl" timetolive
427 Specifies how long squid assumes an externally validated
428 username:password pair is valid for - in other words how
429 often the helper program is called for that user. Set this
430 low to force revalidation with short lived passwords. Note
431 setting this high does not impact your susceptibility
432 to replay attacks unless you are using an one-time password
433 system (such as SecureID). If you are using such a system,
434 you will be vulnerable to replay attacks unless you also
435 use the max_user_ip ACL in an http_access rule.
cccac0a2 436
41bd17a4 437 "casesensitive" on|off
438 Specifies if usernames are case sensitive. Most user databases are
439 case insensitive allowing the same username to be spelled using both
440 lower and upper case letters, but some are case sensitive. This
441 makes a big difference for user_max_ip ACL processing and similar.
442 auth_param basic casesensitive off
cccac0a2 443
41bd17a4 444 === Parameters for the digest scheme follow ===
cccac0a2 445
41bd17a4 446 "program" cmdline
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447 Specify the command for the external authenticator. Such a program
448 reads a request_format line ("username":"realm" by default) and
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449 replies with one of three results:
450
451 OK ha1="..."
452 the user exists. The ha1= key is mandatory and
453 contains the appropriate H(A1) value, hex encoded.
454 See rfc 2616 for the definition of H(A1).
455
456 ERR
457 the user does not exist.
458
459 BH
4ded749e 460 An internal error occurred in the helper, preventing
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461 a result being identified.
462
463 "ERR" and "BH" results may optionally be followed by message="..."
464 containing a description available as %m in the returned error page.
cccac0a2 465
41bd17a4 466 By default, the digest authentication scheme is not used unless a
467 program is specified.
b8c0c06d 468
41bd17a4 469 If you want to use a digest authenticator, set this line to
470 something like
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7ce93108 472 auth_param digest program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/digest_pw_auth @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/etc/digpass
cccac0a2 473
d2a89ac1 474 "utf8" on|off
4ded749e 475 HTTP uses iso-latin-1 as character set, while some authentication
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476 backends such as LDAP expects UTF-8. If this is set to on Squid will
477 translate the HTTP iso-latin-1 charset to UTF-8 before sending the
478 username & password to the helper.
479
7353861b 480 "children" numberofchildren [startup=N] [idle=N] [concurrency=N]
48d54e4d 481 The maximum number of authenticator processes to spawn (default 5).
41bd17a4 482 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
483 process a backlog of H(A1) calculations, slowing it down.
484 When the H(A1) calculations are done via a (slow) network
485 you are likely to need lots of authenticator processes.
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486
487 The startup= and idle= options permit some skew in the exact amount
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488 run. A minimum of startup=N will begin during startup and reconfigure.
489 Squid will start more in groups of up to idle=N in an attempt to meet
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490 traffic needs and to keep idle=N free above those traffic needs up to
491 the maximum.
492
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493 The concurrency= option sets the number of concurrent requests the
494 helper can process. The default of 0 is used for helpers who only
495 supports one request at a time. Setting this to a number greater than
496 0 changes the protocol used to include a channel number first on the
497 request/response line, allowing multiple requests to be sent to the
4ded749e 498 same helper in parallel without waiting for the response.
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499 Must not be set unless it's known the helper supports this.
500
48d54e4d 501 auth_param digest children 20 startup=0 idle=1
cccac0a2 502
41bd17a4 503 "realm" realmstring
504 Specifies the realm name which is to be reported to the
505 client for the digest proxy authentication scheme (part of
506 the text the user will see when prompted their username and
507 password). There is no default.
508 auth_param digest realm Squid proxy-caching web server
cccac0a2 509
41bd17a4 510 "nonce_garbage_interval" timeinterval
511 Specifies the interval that nonces that have been issued
512 to client_agent's are checked for validity.
cccac0a2 513
41bd17a4 514 "nonce_max_duration" timeinterval
515 Specifies the maximum length of time a given nonce will be
516 valid for.
cccac0a2 517
41bd17a4 518 "nonce_max_count" number
519 Specifies the maximum number of times a given nonce can be
520 used.
cccac0a2 521
41bd17a4 522 "nonce_strictness" on|off
523 Determines if squid requires strict increment-by-1 behavior
524 for nonce counts, or just incrementing (off - for use when
4ded749e 525 user agents generate nonce counts that occasionally miss 1
41bd17a4 526 (ie, 1,2,4,6)). Default off.
cccac0a2 527
41bd17a4 528 "check_nonce_count" on|off
529 This directive if set to off can disable the nonce count check
530 completely to work around buggy digest qop implementations in
531 certain mainstream browser versions. Default on to check the
532 nonce count to protect from authentication replay attacks.
cccac0a2 533
41bd17a4 534 "post_workaround" on|off
535 This is a workaround to certain buggy browsers who sends
536 an incorrect request digest in POST requests when reusing
537 the same nonce as acquired earlier on a GET request.
cccac0a2 538
41bd17a4 539 === NTLM scheme options follow ===
cccac0a2 540
41bd17a4 541 "program" cmdline
542 Specify the command for the external NTLM authenticator.
543 Such a program reads exchanged NTLMSSP packets with
544 the browser via Squid until authentication is completed.
545 If you use an NTLM authenticator, make sure you have 1 acl
5269ec0e 546 of type proxy_auth. By default, the NTLM authenticator program
41bd17a4 547 is not used.
cccac0a2 548
e4752e21 549 auth_param ntlm program /usr/bin/ntlm_auth
cccac0a2 550
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551 "children" numberofchildren [startup=N] [idle=N]
552 The maximum number of authenticator processes to spawn (default 5).
41bd17a4 553 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
554 process a backlog of credential verifications, slowing it
555 down. When credential verifications are done via a (slow)
556 network you are likely to need lots of authenticator
557 processes.
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48d54e4d 559 The startup= and idle= options permit some skew in the exact amount
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560 run. A minimum of startup=N will begin during startup and reconfigure.
561 Squid will start more in groups of up to idle=N in an attempt to meet
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562 traffic needs and to keep idle=N free above those traffic needs up to
563 the maximum.
564
565 auth_param ntlm children 20 startup=0 idle=1
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41bd17a4 567 "keep_alive" on|off
568 If you experience problems with PUT/POST requests when using the
569 Negotiate authentication scheme then you can try setting this to
570 off. This will cause Squid to forcibly close the connection on
571 the initial requests where the browser asks which schemes are
572 supported by the proxy.
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41bd17a4 574 auth_param ntlm keep_alive on
cccac0a2 575
41bd17a4 576 === Options for configuring the NEGOTIATE auth-scheme follow ===
cccac0a2 577
41bd17a4 578 "program" cmdline
579 Specify the command for the external Negotiate authenticator.
580 This protocol is used in Microsoft Active-Directory enabled setups with
581 the Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox browsers.
582 Its main purpose is to exchange credentials with the Squid proxy
583 using the Kerberos mechanisms.
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584 If you use a Negotiate authenticator, make sure you have at least
585 one acl of type proxy_auth active. By default, the negotiate
5269ec0e 586 authenticator program is not used.
41bd17a4 587 The only supported program for this role is the ntlm_auth
588 program distributed as part of Samba, version 4 or later.
cccac0a2 589
e4752e21 590 auth_param negotiate program /usr/bin/ntlm_auth --helper-protocol=gss-spnego
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592 "children" numberofchildren [startup=N] [idle=N]
593 The maximum number of authenticator processes to spawn (default 5).
41bd17a4 594 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
595 process a backlog of credential verifications, slowing it
4ded749e 596 down. When credential verifications are done via a (slow)
41bd17a4 597 network you are likely to need lots of authenticator
598 processes.
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599
600 The startup= and idle= options permit some skew in the exact amount
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601 run. A minimum of startup=N will begin during startup and reconfigure.
602 Squid will start more in groups of up to idle=N in an attempt to meet
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603 traffic needs and to keep idle=N free above those traffic needs up to
604 the maximum.
605
606 auth_param negotiate children 20 startup=0 idle=1
d3803853 607
41bd17a4 608 "keep_alive" on|off
609 If you experience problems with PUT/POST requests when using the
610 Negotiate authentication scheme then you can try setting this to
611 off. This will cause Squid to forcibly close the connection on
612 the initial requests where the browser asks which schemes are
613 supported by the proxy.
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41bd17a4 615 auth_param negotiate keep_alive on
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617 Examples:
618
41bd17a4 619#Recommended minimum configuration per scheme:
620#auth_param negotiate program <uncomment and complete this line to activate>
48d54e4d 621#auth_param negotiate children 20 startup=0 idle=1
41bd17a4 622#auth_param negotiate keep_alive on
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41bd17a4 624#auth_param ntlm program <uncomment and complete this line to activate>
48d54e4d 625#auth_param ntlm children 20 startup=0 idle=1
41bd17a4 626#auth_param ntlm keep_alive on
e0855596 627#
41bd17a4 628#auth_param digest program <uncomment and complete this line>
48d54e4d 629#auth_param digest children 20 startup=0 idle=1
41bd17a4 630#auth_param digest realm Squid proxy-caching web server
631#auth_param digest nonce_garbage_interval 5 minutes
632#auth_param digest nonce_max_duration 30 minutes
633#auth_param digest nonce_max_count 50
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41bd17a4 635#auth_param basic program <uncomment and complete this line>
6f4d3ed6 636#auth_param basic children 5 startup=5 idle=1
41bd17a4 637#auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
638#auth_param basic credentialsttl 2 hours
41bd17a4 639DOC_END
cccac0a2 640
41bd17a4 641NAME: authenticate_cache_garbage_interval
642TYPE: time_t
643DEFAULT: 1 hour
644LOC: Config.authenticateGCInterval
645DOC_START
646 The time period between garbage collection across the username cache.
4ded749e 647 This is a trade-off between memory utilization (long intervals - say
41bd17a4 648 2 days) and CPU (short intervals - say 1 minute). Only change if you
649 have good reason to.
650DOC_END
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41bd17a4 652NAME: authenticate_ttl
653TYPE: time_t
654DEFAULT: 1 hour
655LOC: Config.authenticateTTL
656DOC_START
657 The time a user & their credentials stay in the logged in
658 user cache since their last request. When the garbage
659 interval passes, all user credentials that have passed their
660 TTL are removed from memory.
661DOC_END
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41bd17a4 663NAME: authenticate_ip_ttl
664TYPE: time_t
665LOC: Config.authenticateIpTTL
c35dd848 666DEFAULT: 1 second
41bd17a4 667DOC_START
668 If you use proxy authentication and the 'max_user_ip' ACL,
669 this directive controls how long Squid remembers the IP
670 addresses associated with each user. Use a small value
671 (e.g., 60 seconds) if your users might change addresses
4ded749e 672 quickly, as is the case with dialup. You might be safe
41bd17a4 673 using a larger value (e.g., 2 hours) in a corporate LAN
674 environment with relatively static address assignments.
675DOC_END
cccac0a2 676
3d1e3e43 677COMMENT_START
678 ACCESS CONTROLS
679 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
680COMMENT_END
681
41bd17a4 682NAME: external_acl_type
683TYPE: externalAclHelper
684LOC: Config.externalAclHelperList
cccac0a2 685DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 686DOC_START
41bd17a4 687 This option defines external acl classes using a helper program
688 to look up the status
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41bd17a4 690 external_acl_type name [options] FORMAT.. /path/to/helper [helper arguments..]
cccac0a2 691
41bd17a4 692 Options:
cccac0a2 693
41bd17a4 694 ttl=n TTL in seconds for cached results (defaults to 3600
695 for 1 hour)
696 negative_ttl=n
697 TTL for cached negative lookups (default same
698 as ttl)
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700 Maximum number of acl helper processes spawned to service
701 external acl lookups of this type. (default 20)
702 children-startup=n
703 Minimum number of acl helper processes to spawn during
704 startup and reconfigure to service external acl lookups
705 of this type. (default 0)
706 children-idle=n
707 Number of acl helper processes to keep ahead of traffic
708 loads. Squid will spawn this many at once whenever load
709 rises above the capabilities of existing processes.
710 Up to the value of children-max. (default 1)
41bd17a4 711 concurrency=n concurrency level per process. Only used with helpers
712 capable of processing more than one query at a time.
48d54e4d 713 cache=n limit the result cache size, default is unbounded.
41bd17a4 714 grace=n Percentage remaining of TTL where a refresh of a
715 cached entry should be initiated without needing to
48d54e4d 716 wait for a new reply. (default is for no grace period)
41bd17a4 717 protocol=2.5 Compatibility mode for Squid-2.5 external acl helpers
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718 ipv4 / ipv6 IP protocol used to communicate with this helper.
719 The default is to auto-detect IPv6 and use it when available.
cccac0a2 720
41bd17a4 721 FORMAT specifications
cccac0a2 722
41bd17a4 723 %LOGIN Authenticated user login name
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724 %EXT_USER Username from previous external acl
725 %EXT_LOG Log details from previous external acl
726 %EXT_TAG Tag from previous external acl
41bd17a4 727 %IDENT Ident user name
728 %SRC Client IP
729 %SRCPORT Client source port
730 %URI Requested URI
731 %DST Requested host
4e3f4dc7 732 %PROTO Requested URL scheme
41bd17a4 733 %PORT Requested port
734 %PATH Requested URL path
735 %METHOD Request method
736 %MYADDR Squid interface address
737 %MYPORT Squid http_port number
738 %PATH Requested URL-path (including query-string if any)
739 %USER_CERT SSL User certificate in PEM format
740 %USER_CERTCHAIN SSL User certificate chain in PEM format
741 %USER_CERT_xx SSL User certificate subject attribute xx
742 %USER_CA_xx SSL User certificate issuer attribute xx
7b0ca1e8 743
c68c9682 744 %>{Header} HTTP request header "Header"
7b0ca1e8 745 %>{Hdr:member}
c68c9682 746 HTTP request header "Hdr" list member "member"
7b0ca1e8 747 %>{Hdr:;member}
41bd17a4 748 HTTP request header list member using ; as
749 list separator. ; can be any non-alphanumeric
750 character.
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c68c9682 752 %<{Header} HTTP reply header "Header"
7b0ca1e8 753 %<{Hdr:member}
c68c9682 754 HTTP reply header "Hdr" list member "member"
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755 %<{Hdr:;member}
756 HTTP reply header list member using ; as
757 list separator. ; can be any non-alphanumeric
758 character.
759
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760 %ACL The name of the ACL being tested.
761 %DATA The ACL arguments. If not used then any arguments
762 is automatically added at the end of the line
763 sent to the helper.
764 NOTE: this will encode the arguments as one token,
765 whereas the default will pass each separately.
766
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767 %% The percent sign. Useful for helpers which need
768 an unchanging input format.
769
cccac0a2 770
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771 General request syntax:
772
773 [channel-ID] FORMAT-values [acl-values ...]
774
775
776 FORMAT-values consists of transaction details expanded with
777 whitespace separation per the config file FORMAT specification
778 using the FORMAT macros listed above.
779
780 acl-values consists of any string specified in the referencing
781 config 'acl ... external' line. see the "acl external" directive.
782
783 Request values sent to the helper are URL escaped to protect
784 each value in requests against whitespaces.
785
786 If using protocol=2.5 then the request sent to the helper is not
787 URL escaped to protect against whitespace.
788
789 NOTE: protocol=3.0 is deprecated as no longer necessary.
790
791 When using the concurrency= option the protocol is changed by
792 introducing a query channel tag in front of the request/response.
793 The query channel tag is a number between 0 and concurrency-1.
794 This value must be echoed back unchanged to Squid as the first part
795 of the response relating to its request.
796
797
798 The helper receives lines expanded per the above format specification
799 and for each input line returns 1 line starting with OK/ERR/BH result
800 code and optionally followed by additional keywords with more details.
801
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41bd17a4 803 General result syntax:
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806
807 Result consists of one of the codes:
808
809 OK
810 the ACL test produced a match.
811
812 ERR
813 the ACL test does not produce a match.
814
815 BH
4ded749e 816 An internal error occurred in the helper, preventing
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817 a result being identified.
818
819 The meaning of 'a match' is determined by your squid.conf
820 access control configuration. See the Squid wiki for details.
cccac0a2 821
41bd17a4 822 Defined keywords:
cccac0a2 823
41bd17a4 824 user= The users name (login)
5269ec0e 825
41bd17a4 826 password= The users password (for login= cache_peer option)
5269ec0e 827
05e52854 828 message= Message describing the reason for this response.
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829 Available as %o in error pages.
830 Useful on (ERR and BH results).
831
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832 tag= Apply a tag to a request. Only sets a tag once,
833 does not alter existing tags.
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41bd17a4 835 log= String to be logged in access.log. Available as
5269ec0e 836 %ea in logformat specifications.
934b03fc 837
05e52854 838 Any keywords may be sent on any response whether OK, ERR or BH.
6a566b9c 839
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840 All response keyword values need to be a single token with URL
841 escaping, or enclosed in double quotes (") and escaped using \ on
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842 any double quotes or \ characters within the value. The wrapping
843 double quotes are removed before the value is interpreted by Squid.
844 \r and \n are also replace by CR and LF.
1e5562e3 845
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847
5269ec0e 848 user=John%20Smith
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849 user="John Smith"
850 user="J. \"Bob\" Smith"
cccac0a2 851DOC_END
852
41bd17a4 853NAME: acl
854TYPE: acl
855LOC: Config.aclList
cb4f4424 856IF USE_OPENSSL
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857DEFAULT: ssl::certHasExpired ssl_error X509_V_ERR_CERT_HAS_EXPIRED
858DEFAULT: ssl::certNotYetValid ssl_error X509_V_ERR_CERT_NOT_YET_VALID
859DEFAULT: ssl::certDomainMismatch ssl_error SQUID_X509_V_ERR_DOMAIN_MISMATCH
860DEFAULT: ssl::certUntrusted ssl_error X509_V_ERR_INVALID_CA X509_V_ERR_SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN X509_V_ERR_UNABLE_TO_VERIFY_LEAF_SIGNATURE X509_V_ERR_UNABLE_TO_GET_ISSUER_CERT X509_V_ERR_UNABLE_TO_GET_ISSUER_CERT_LOCALLY X509_V_ERR_CERT_UNTRUSTED
861DEFAULT: ssl::certSelfSigned ssl_error X509_V_ERR_DEPTH_ZERO_SELF_SIGNED_CERT
862ENDIF
1f5bd0a4 863DEFAULT: all src all
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864DEFAULT: manager url_regex -i ^cache_object:// +i ^https?://[^/]+/squid-internal-mgr/
865DEFAULT: localhost src 127.0.0.1/32 ::1
866DEFAULT: to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8 0.0.0.0/32 ::1
867DEFAULT_DOC: ACLs all, manager, localhost, and to_localhost are predefined.
cccac0a2 868DOC_START
41bd17a4 869 Defining an Access List
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871 Every access list definition must begin with an aclname and acltype,
872 followed by either type-specific arguments or a quoted filename that
873 they are read from.
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876 acl aclname acltype "file" ...
cccac0a2 877
375eeb3b 878 When using "file", the file should contain one item per line.
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881 The available options are:
882
883 -i,+i By default, regular expressions are CASE-SENSITIVE. To make them
884 case-insensitive, use the -i option. To return case-sensitive
885 use the +i option between patterns, or make a new ACL line
886 without -i.
887
888 -n Disable lookups and address type conversions. If lookup or
889 conversion is required because the parameter type (IP or
890 domain name) does not match the message address type (domain
891 name or IP), then the ACL would immediately declare a mismatch
892 without any warnings or lookups.
893
894 -- Used to stop processing all options, in the case the first acl
895 value has '-' character as first character (for example the '-'
896 is a valid domain name)
cccac0a2 897
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899 to access some external data source.
900 Those which do are marked with the tag [slow], those which
901 don't are marked as [fast].
902 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl
903 for further information
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905 ***** ACL TYPES AVAILABLE *****
906
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907 acl aclname src ip-address/mask ... # clients IP address [fast]
908 acl aclname src addr1-addr2/mask ... # range of addresses [fast]
0f987978 909 acl aclname dst [-n] ip-address/mask ... # URL host's IP address [slow]
1e40905d 910 acl aclname localip ip-address/mask ... # IP address the client connected to [fast]
cccac0a2 911
41bd17a4 912 acl aclname arp mac-address ... (xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx notation)
913 # The arp ACL requires the special configure option --enable-arp-acl.
914 # Furthermore, the ARP ACL code is not portable to all operating systems.
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915 # It works on Linux, Solaris, Windows, FreeBSD, and some
916 # other *BSD variants.
917 # [fast]
41bd17a4 918 #
919 # NOTE: Squid can only determine the MAC address for clients that are on
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920 # the same subnet. If the client is on a different subnet,
921 # then Squid cannot find out its MAC address.
922
923 acl aclname srcdomain .foo.com ...
924 # reverse lookup, from client IP [slow]
0f987978 925 acl aclname dstdomain [-n] .foo.com ...
e38c7724 926 # Destination server from URL [fast]
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927 acl aclname srcdom_regex [-i] \.foo\.com ...
928 # regex matching client name [slow]
0f987978 929 acl aclname dstdom_regex [-n] [-i] \.foo\.com ...
e38c7724 930 # regex matching server [fast]
b3567eb5 931 #
41bd17a4 932 # For dstdomain and dstdom_regex a reverse lookup is tried if a IP
933 # based URL is used and no match is found. The name "none" is used
934 # if the reverse lookup fails.
9bc73deb 935
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936 acl aclname src_as number ...
937 acl aclname dst_as number ...
b3567eb5 938 # [fast]
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939 # Except for access control, AS numbers can be used for
940 # routing of requests to specific caches. Here's an
941 # example for routing all requests for AS#1241 and only
942 # those to mycache.mydomain.net:
943 # acl asexample dst_as 1241
944 # cache_peer_access mycache.mydomain.net allow asexample
945 # cache_peer_access mycache_mydomain.net deny all
7f7db318 946
6db78a1a 947 acl aclname peername myPeer ...
b3567eb5 948 # [fast]
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949 # match against a named cache_peer entry
950 # set unique name= on cache_peer lines for reliable use.
951
375eeb3b 952 acl aclname time [day-abbrevs] [h1:m1-h2:m2]
b3567eb5 953 # [fast]
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954 # day-abbrevs:
955 # S - Sunday
956 # M - Monday
957 # T - Tuesday
958 # W - Wednesday
959 # H - Thursday
960 # F - Friday
961 # A - Saturday
962 # h1:m1 must be less than h2:m2
963
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964 acl aclname url_regex [-i] ^http:// ...
965 # regex matching on whole URL [fast]
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966 acl aclname urllogin [-i] [^a-zA-Z0-9] ...
967 # regex matching on URL login field
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968 acl aclname urlpath_regex [-i] \.gif$ ...
969 # regex matching on URL path [fast]
e988aa40 970
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971 acl aclname port 80 70 21 0-1024... # destination TCP port [fast]
972 # ranges are alloed
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973 acl aclname localport 3128 ... # TCP port the client connected to [fast]
974 # NP: for interception mode this is usually '80'
975
b3567eb5 976 acl aclname myportname 3128 ... # http(s)_port name [fast]
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978 acl aclname proto HTTP FTP ... # request protocol [fast]
979
980 acl aclname method GET POST ... # HTTP request method [fast]
e988aa40 981
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982 acl aclname http_status 200 301 500- 400-403 ...
983 # status code in reply [fast]
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375eeb3b 985 acl aclname browser [-i] regexp ...
b3567eb5 986 # pattern match on User-Agent header (see also req_header below) [fast]
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375eeb3b 988 acl aclname referer_regex [-i] regexp ...
b3567eb5 989 # pattern match on Referer header [fast]
41bd17a4 990 # Referer is highly unreliable, so use with care
e988aa40 991
375eeb3b 992 acl aclname ident username ...
41bd17a4 993 acl aclname ident_regex [-i] pattern ...
b3567eb5 994 # string match on ident output [slow]
41bd17a4 995 # use REQUIRED to accept any non-null ident.
cf5cc17e 996
41bd17a4 997 acl aclname proxy_auth [-i] username ...
998 acl aclname proxy_auth_regex [-i] pattern ...
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1000 # supplied credentials [slow]
1001 #
1002 # takes a list of allowed usernames.
41bd17a4 1003 # use REQUIRED to accept any valid username.
1004 #
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1006 # http authenticaiton in reverse-proxy scenarios
1007 #
41bd17a4 1008 # NOTE: when a Proxy-Authentication header is sent but it is not
1009 # needed during ACL checking the username is NOT logged
1010 # in access.log.
1011 #
1012 # NOTE: proxy_auth requires a EXTERNAL authentication program
1013 # to check username/password combinations (see
1014 # auth_param directive).
1015 #
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1017 # as the browser needs to be configured for using a proxy in order
41bd17a4 1018 # to respond to proxy authentication.
8e8d4f30 1019
41bd17a4 1020 acl aclname snmp_community string ...
b3567eb5 1021 # A community string to limit access to your SNMP Agent [fast]
41bd17a4 1022 # Example:
1023 #
1024 # acl snmppublic snmp_community public
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41bd17a4 1026 acl aclname maxconn number
1027 # This will be matched when the client's IP address has
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1029 # NOTE: This only measures direct TCP links so X-Forwarded-For
1030 # indirect clients are not counted.
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41bd17a4 1032 acl aclname max_user_ip [-s] number
1033 # This will be matched when the user attempts to log in from more
1034 # than <number> different ip addresses. The authenticate_ip_ttl
b3567eb5 1035 # parameter controls the timeout on the ip entries. [fast]
41bd17a4 1036 # If -s is specified the limit is strict, denying browsing
1037 # from any further IP addresses until the ttl has expired. Without
1038 # -s Squid will just annoy the user by "randomly" denying requests.
1039 # (the counter is reset each time the limit is reached and a
1040 # request is denied)
1041 # NOTE: in acceleration mode or where there is mesh of child proxies,
1042 # clients may appear to come from multiple addresses if they are
1043 # going through proxy farms, so a limit of 1 may cause user problems.
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1045 acl aclname random probability
1046 # Pseudo-randomly match requests. Based on the probability given.
1047 # Probability may be written as a decimal (0.333), fraction (1/3)
1048 # or ratio of matches:non-matches (3:5).
1049
375eeb3b 1050 acl aclname req_mime_type [-i] mime-type ...
41bd17a4 1051 # regex match against the mime type of the request generated
1052 # by the client. Can be used to detect file upload or some
b3567eb5 1053 # types HTTP tunneling requests [fast]
41bd17a4 1054 # NOTE: This does NOT match the reply. You cannot use this
1055 # to match the returned file type.
cccac0a2 1056
41bd17a4 1057 acl aclname req_header header-name [-i] any\.regex\.here
1058 # regex match against any of the known request headers. May be
1059 # thought of as a superset of "browser", "referer" and "mime-type"
b3567eb5 1060 # ACL [fast]
cccac0a2 1061
375eeb3b 1062 acl aclname rep_mime_type [-i] mime-type ...
41bd17a4 1063 # regex match against the mime type of the reply received by
1064 # squid. Can be used to detect file download or some
b3567eb5 1065 # types HTTP tunneling requests. [fast]
41bd17a4 1066 # NOTE: This has no effect in http_access rules. It only has
1067 # effect in rules that affect the reply data stream such as
1068 # http_reply_access.
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41bd17a4 1070 acl aclname rep_header header-name [-i] any\.regex\.here
1071 # regex match against any of the known reply headers. May be
1072 # thought of as a superset of "browser", "referer" and "mime-type"
b3567eb5 1073 # ACLs [fast]
cccac0a2 1074
375eeb3b 1075 acl aclname external class_name [arguments...]
41bd17a4 1076 # external ACL lookup via a helper class defined by the
b3567eb5 1077 # external_acl_type directive [slow]
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41bd17a4 1079 acl aclname user_cert attribute values...
1080 # match against attributes in a user SSL certificate
b3567eb5 1081 # attribute is one of DN/C/O/CN/L/ST [fast]
cccac0a2 1082
41bd17a4 1083 acl aclname ca_cert attribute values...
1084 # match against attributes a users issuing CA SSL certificate
b3567eb5 1085 # attribute is one of DN/C/O/CN/L/ST [fast]
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41bd17a4 1087 acl aclname ext_user username ...
1088 acl aclname ext_user_regex [-i] pattern ...
b3567eb5 1089 # string match on username returned by external acl helper [slow]
41bd17a4 1090 # use REQUIRED to accept any non-null user name.
b3567eb5 1091
0ab50441 1092 acl aclname tag tagvalue ...
b3567eb5 1093 # string match on tag returned by external acl helper [slow]
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1096 # string match against squid hierarchy code(s); [fast]
1097 # e.g., DIRECT, PARENT_HIT, NONE, etc.
1098 #
1099 # NOTE: This has no effect in http_access rules. It only has
1100 # effect in rules that affect the reply data stream such as
1101 # http_reply_access.
1102
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1104 # match transaction annotation [fast]
1105 # Without values, matches any annotation with a given name.
1106 # With value(s), matches any annotation with a given name that
1107 # also has one of the given values.
1108 # Names and values are compared using a string equality test.
1109 # Annotation sources include note and adaptation_meta directives
1110 # as well as helper and eCAP responses.
1111
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1113 # Matches the name of any icap_service, ecap_service,
1114 # adaptation_service_set, or adaptation_service_chain that Squid
1115 # has used (or attempted to use) for the master transaction.
1116 # This ACL must be defined after the corresponding adaptation
1117 # service is named in squid.conf. This ACL is usable with
1118 # adaptation_meta because it starts matching immediately after
1119 # the service has been selected for adaptation.
1120
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1123 # match against SSL certificate validation error [fast]
cf1c09f6 1124 #
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1125 # For valid error names see in @DEFAULT_ERROR_DIR@/templates/error-details.txt
1126 # template file.
cf1c09f6 1127 #
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1129 # [ssl::]certHasExpired: the "not after" field is in the past
1130 # [ssl::]certNotYetValid: the "not before" field is in the future
1131 # [ssl::]certUntrusted: The certificate issuer is not to be trusted.
1132 # [ssl::]certSelfSigned: The certificate is self signed.
1133 # [ssl::]certDomainMismatch: The certificate CN domain does not
1134 # match the name the name of the host we are connecting to.
1135 #
1136 # The ssl::certHasExpired, ssl::certNotYetValid, ssl::certDomainMismatch,
1137 # ssl::certUntrusted, and ssl::certSelfSigned can also be used as
1138 # predefined ACLs, just like the 'all' ACL.
1139 #
1140 # NOTE: The ssl_error ACL is only supported with sslproxy_cert_error,
1141 # sslproxy_cert_sign, and sslproxy_cert_adapt options.
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1145 #
1146 # The fingerprint is the digest of the DER encoded version
1147 # of the whole certificate. The user should use the form: XX:XX:...
1148 # Optional argument specifies the digest algorithm to use.
1149 # The SHA1 digest algorithm is the default and is currently
1150 # the only algorithm supported (-sha1).
cf1c09f6 1151ENDIF
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1152 acl aclname any-of acl1 acl2 ...
1153 # match any one of the acls [fast or slow]
1154 # The first matching ACL stops further ACL evaluation.
1155 #
1156 # ACLs from multiple any-of lines with the same name are ORed.
1157 # For example, A = (a1 or a2) or (a3 or a4) can be written as
1158 # acl A any-of a1 a2
1159 # acl A any-of a3 a4
1160 #
1161 # This group ACL is fast if all evaluated ACLs in the group are fast
1162 # and slow otherwise.
1163
1164 acl aclname all-of acl1 acl2 ...
1165 # match all of the acls [fast or slow]
1166 # The first mismatching ACL stops further ACL evaluation.
1167 #
1168 # ACLs from multiple all-of lines with the same name are ORed.
1169 # For example, B = (b1 and b2) or (b3 and b4) can be written as
1170 # acl B all-of b1 b2
1171 # acl B all-of b3 b4
1172 #
1173 # This group ACL is fast if all evaluated ACLs in the group are fast
1174 # and slow otherwise.
cf1c09f6 1175
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1177 acl macaddress arp 09:00:2b:23:45:67
1178 acl myexample dst_as 1241
1179 acl password proxy_auth REQUIRED
1180 acl fileupload req_mime_type -i ^multipart/form-data$
1181 acl javascript rep_mime_type -i ^application/x-javascript$
cccac0a2 1182
41bd17a4 1183NOCOMMENT_START
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1185# Recommended minimum configuration:
1186#
e0855596 1187
ee776778 1188# Example rule allowing access from your local networks.
1189# Adapt to list your (internal) IP networks from where browsing
1190# should be allowed
1191acl localnet src 10.0.0.0/8 # RFC1918 possible internal network
1192acl localnet src 172.16.0.0/12 # RFC1918 possible internal network
1193acl localnet src 192.168.0.0/16 # RFC1918 possible internal network
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1194acl localnet src fc00::/7 # RFC 4193 local private network range
1195acl localnet src fe80::/10 # RFC 4291 link-local (directly plugged) machines
e0855596 1196
41bd17a4 1197acl SSL_ports port 443
1198acl Safe_ports port 80 # http
1199acl Safe_ports port 21 # ftp
1200acl Safe_ports port 443 # https
1201acl Safe_ports port 70 # gopher
1202acl Safe_ports port 210 # wais
1203acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535 # unregistered ports
1204acl Safe_ports port 280 # http-mgmt
1205acl Safe_ports port 488 # gss-http
1206acl Safe_ports port 591 # filemaker
1207acl Safe_ports port 777 # multiling http
1208acl CONNECT method CONNECT
1209NOCOMMENT_END
1210DOC_END
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1212NAME: follow_x_forwarded_for
1213TYPE: acl_access
1214IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
1215LOC: Config.accessList.followXFF
3d674977 1216DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
638402dd 1217DEFAULT_DOC: X-Forwarded-For header will be ignored.
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1219 Allowing or Denying the X-Forwarded-For header to be followed to
1220 find the original source of a request.
1221
1222 Requests may pass through a chain of several other proxies
1223 before reaching us. The X-Forwarded-For header will contain a
1224 comma-separated list of the IP addresses in the chain, with the
1225 rightmost address being the most recent.
1226
1227 If a request reaches us from a source that is allowed by this
1228 configuration item, then we consult the X-Forwarded-For header
1229 to see where that host received the request from. If the
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1231 backtracking until we reach an address for which we are not allowed
1232 to follow the X-Forwarded-For header, or until we reach the first
1233 address in the list. For the purpose of ACL used in the
1234 follow_x_forwarded_for directive the src ACL type always matches
1235 the address we are testing and srcdomain matches its rDNS.
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1237 The end result of this process is an IP address that we will
1238 refer to as the indirect client address. This address may
57d76dd4 1239 be treated as the client address for access control, ICAP, delay
3d674977 1240 pools and logging, depending on the acl_uses_indirect_client,
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1242 log_uses_indirect_client and tproxy_uses_indirect_client options.
3d674977 1243
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1245 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
1246
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1248
1249 Any host for which we follow the X-Forwarded-For header
1250 can place incorrect information in the header, and Squid
1251 will use the incorrect information as if it were the
1252 source address of the request. This may enable remote
1253 hosts to bypass any access control restrictions that are
1254 based on the client's source addresses.
1255
1256 For example:
1257
1258 acl localhost src 127.0.0.1
1259 acl my_other_proxy srcdomain .proxy.example.com
1260 follow_x_forwarded_for allow localhost
1261 follow_x_forwarded_for allow my_other_proxy
1262DOC_END
1263
1264NAME: acl_uses_indirect_client
1265COMMENT: on|off
1266TYPE: onoff
1267IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
1268DEFAULT: on
1269LOC: Config.onoff.acl_uses_indirect_client
1270DOC_START
1271 Controls whether the indirect client address
1272 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
1273 direct client address in acl matching.
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1275 NOTE: maxconn ACL considers direct TCP links and indirect
1276 clients will always have zero. So no match.
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1278
1279NAME: delay_pool_uses_indirect_client
1280COMMENT: on|off
1281TYPE: onoff
9a0a18de 1282IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR&&USE_DELAY_POOLS
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1284LOC: Config.onoff.delay_pool_uses_indirect_client
1285DOC_START
1286 Controls whether the indirect client address
1287 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
1288 direct client address in delay pools.
1289DOC_END
1290
1291NAME: log_uses_indirect_client
1292COMMENT: on|off
1293TYPE: onoff
1294IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
1295DEFAULT: on
1296LOC: Config.onoff.log_uses_indirect_client
1297DOC_START
1298 Controls whether the indirect client address
1299 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
1300 direct client address in the access log.
1301DOC_END
1302
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1303NAME: tproxy_uses_indirect_client
1304COMMENT: on|off
1305TYPE: onoff
1306IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR&&LINUX_NETFILTER
4d7ab5a2 1307DEFAULT: off
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1308LOC: Config.onoff.tproxy_uses_indirect_client
1309DOC_START
1310 Controls whether the indirect client address
1311 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
1312 direct client address when spoofing the outgoing client.
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1314 This has no effect on requests arriving in non-tproxy
1315 mode ports.
1316
1317 SECURITY WARNING: Usage of this option is dangerous
1318 and should not be used trivially. Correct configuration
b01a2238 1319 of follow_x_forewarded_for with a limited set of trusted
4d7ab5a2 1320 sources is required to prevent abuse of your proxy.
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1322
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1323NAME: spoof_client_ip
1324TYPE: acl_access
1325LOC: Config.accessList.spoof_client_ip
1326DEFAULT: none
1327DEFAULT_DOC: Allow spoofing on all TPROXY traffic.
1328DOC_START
1329 Control client IP address spoofing of TPROXY traffic based on
1330 defined access lists.
1331
1332 spoof_client_ip allow|deny [!]aclname ...
1333
1334 If there are no "spoof_client_ip" lines present, the default
1335 is to "allow" spoofing of any suitable request.
1336
1337 Note that the cache_peer "no-tproxy" option overrides this ACL.
1338
1339 This clause supports fast acl types.
1340 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
1341DOC_END
1342
41bd17a4 1343NAME: http_access
1344TYPE: acl_access
1345LOC: Config.accessList.http
41bd17a4 1346DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
638402dd 1347DEFAULT_DOC: Deny, unless rules exist in squid.conf.
41bd17a4 1348DOC_START
1349 Allowing or Denying access based on defined access lists
cccac0a2 1350
41bd17a4 1351 Access to the HTTP port:
1352 http_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
cccac0a2 1353
41bd17a4 1354 NOTE on default values:
cccac0a2 1355
41bd17a4 1356 If there are no "access" lines present, the default is to deny
1357 the request.
cccac0a2 1358
41bd17a4 1359 If none of the "access" lines cause a match, the default is the
1360 opposite of the last line in the list. If the last line was
1361 deny, the default is allow. Conversely, if the last line
1362 is allow, the default will be deny. For these reasons, it is a
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1364 lists to avoid potential confusion.
cccac0a2 1365
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1367 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
1368
41bd17a4 1369NOCOMMENT_START
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1371#
1372# Recommended minimum Access Permission configuration:
41bd17a4 1373#
e0855596 1374# Deny requests to certain unsafe ports
41bd17a4 1375http_access deny !Safe_ports
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1377# Deny CONNECT to other than secure SSL ports
41bd17a4 1378http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports
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1381http_access allow localhost manager
1382http_access deny manager
1383
41bd17a4 1384# We strongly recommend the following be uncommented to protect innocent
1385# web applications running on the proxy server who think the only
1386# one who can access services on "localhost" is a local user
1387#http_access deny to_localhost
e0855596 1388
41bd17a4 1389#
1390# INSERT YOUR OWN RULE(S) HERE TO ALLOW ACCESS FROM YOUR CLIENTS
e0855596 1391#
c8f4eac4 1392
ee776778 1393# Example rule allowing access from your local networks.
1394# Adapt localnet in the ACL section to list your (internal) IP networks
1395# from where browsing should be allowed
1396http_access allow localnet
afb33856 1397http_access allow localhost
7d90757b 1398
41bd17a4 1399# And finally deny all other access to this proxy
1400http_access deny all
1401NOCOMMENT_END
1402DOC_END
7d90757b 1403
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1404NAME: adapted_http_access http_access2
1405TYPE: acl_access
1406LOC: Config.accessList.adapted_http
1407DEFAULT: none
638402dd 1408DEFAULT_DOC: Allow, unless rules exist in squid.conf.
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1410 Allowing or Denying access based on defined access lists
1411
1412 Essentially identical to http_access, but runs after redirectors
1413 and ICAP/eCAP adaptation. Allowing access control based on their
1414 output.
1415
1416 If not set then only http_access is used.
1417DOC_END
1418
41bd17a4 1419NAME: http_reply_access
1420TYPE: acl_access
1421LOC: Config.accessList.reply
1422DEFAULT: none
638402dd 1423DEFAULT_DOC: Allow, unless rules exist in squid.conf.
41bd17a4 1424DOC_START
1425 Allow replies to client requests. This is complementary to http_access.
cccac0a2 1426
41bd17a4 1427 http_reply_access allow|deny [!] aclname ...
cccac0a2 1428
41bd17a4 1429 NOTE: if there are no access lines present, the default is to allow
638402dd 1430 all replies.
1a224843 1431
41bd17a4 1432 If none of the access lines cause a match the opposite of the
1433 last line will apply. Thus it is good practice to end the rules
1434 with an "allow all" or "deny all" entry.
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1436 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
1437 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
cccac0a2 1438DOC_END
1439
41bd17a4 1440NAME: icp_access
1441TYPE: acl_access
1442LOC: Config.accessList.icp
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1444DEFAULT_DOC: Deny, unless rules exist in squid.conf.
5473c134 1445DOC_START
41bd17a4 1446 Allowing or Denying access to the ICP port based on defined
1447 access lists
5473c134 1448
41bd17a4 1449 icp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
5473c134 1450
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1452 deny all traffic. This default may cause problems with peers
1453 using ICP.
41bd17a4 1454
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1456 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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1458# Allow ICP queries from local networks only
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1459#icp_access allow localnet
1460#icp_access deny all
5473c134 1461DOC_END
1462
41bd17a4 1463NAME: htcp_access
1464IFDEF: USE_HTCP
1465TYPE: acl_access
1466LOC: Config.accessList.htcp
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1468DEFAULT_DOC: Deny, unless rules exist in squid.conf.
5473c134 1469DOC_START
41bd17a4 1470 Allowing or Denying access to the HTCP port based on defined
1471 access lists
5473c134 1472
41bd17a4 1473 htcp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
5473c134 1474
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1476 cache purge (CLR) HTCP messages.
5473c134 1477
0b48417e 1478 NOTE: The default if no htcp_access lines are present is to
1479 deny all traffic. This default may cause problems with peers
18191440 1480 using the htcp option.
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1483 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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1485# Allow HTCP queries from local networks only
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1486#htcp_access allow localnet
1487#htcp_access deny all
41bd17a4 1488DOC_END
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41bd17a4 1490NAME: htcp_clr_access
1491IFDEF: USE_HTCP
1492TYPE: acl_access
1493LOC: Config.accessList.htcp_clr
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1495DEFAULT_DOC: Deny, unless rules exist in squid.conf.
41bd17a4 1496DOC_START
1497 Allowing or Denying access to purge content using HTCP based
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1499 See htcp_access for details on general HTCP access control.
5473c134 1500
41bd17a4 1501 htcp_clr_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
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1504 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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1506# Allow HTCP CLR requests from trusted peers
638402dd 1507acl htcp_clr_peer src 192.0.2.2 2001:DB8::2
41bd17a4 1508htcp_clr_access allow htcp_clr_peer
638402dd 1509htcp_clr_access deny all
5473c134 1510DOC_END
1511
41bd17a4 1512NAME: miss_access
1513TYPE: acl_access
1514LOC: Config.accessList.miss
b8a25eaa 1515DEFAULT: none
638402dd 1516DEFAULT_DOC: Allow, unless rules exist in squid.conf.
5473c134 1517DOC_START
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1518 Determins whether network access is permitted when satisfying a request.
1519
1520 For example;
1521 to force your neighbors to use you as a sibling instead of
1522 a parent.
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638402dd 1524 acl localclients src 192.0.2.0/24 2001:DB8::a:0/64
41bd17a4 1525 miss_access deny !localclients
638402dd 1526 miss_access allow all
5473c134 1527
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1529 replies from the network and all other clients can only fetch cached
1530 objects (HITs).
1531
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1533 http_access rules to relay via this proxy.
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1535 This clause only supports fast acl types.
1536 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 1537DOC_END
1538
1539NAME: ident_lookup_access
1540TYPE: acl_access
1541IFDEF: USE_IDENT
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1543DEFAULT_DOC: Unless rules exist in squid.conf, IDENT is not fetched.
4daaf3cb 1544LOC: Ident::TheConfig.identLookup
5473c134 1545DOC_START
41bd17a4 1546 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, cause an ident
1547 (RFC 931) lookup to be performed for this request. For
1548 example, you might choose to always perform ident lookups
1549 for your main multi-user Unix boxes, but not for your Macs
1550 and PCs. By default, ident lookups are not performed for
1551 any requests.
5473c134 1552
41bd17a4 1553 To enable ident lookups for specific client addresses, you
1554 can follow this example:
5473c134 1555
4daaf3cb 1556 acl ident_aware_hosts src 198.168.1.0/24
41bd17a4 1557 ident_lookup_access allow ident_aware_hosts
1558 ident_lookup_access deny all
5473c134 1559
4daaf3cb 1560 Only src type ACL checks are fully supported. A srcdomain
41bd17a4 1561 ACL might work at times, but it will not always provide
1562 the correct result.
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1564 This clause only supports fast acl types.
1565 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 1566DOC_END
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5b0f5383 1568NAME: reply_body_max_size
1569COMMENT: size [acl acl...]
1570TYPE: acl_b_size_t
1571DEFAULT: none
638402dd 1572DEFAULT_DOC: No limit is applied.
5b0f5383 1573LOC: Config.ReplyBodySize
1574DOC_START
1575 This option specifies the maximum size of a reply body. It can be
1576 used to prevent users from downloading very large files, such as
1577 MP3's and movies. When the reply headers are received, the
1578 reply_body_max_size lines are processed, and the first line where
1579 all (if any) listed ACLs are true is used as the maximum body size
1580 for this reply.
1581
1582 This size is checked twice. First when we get the reply headers,
1583 we check the content-length value. If the content length value exists
1584 and is larger than the allowed size, the request is denied and the
1585 user receives an error message that says "the request or reply
1586 is too large." If there is no content-length, and the reply
1587 size exceeds this limit, the client's connection is just closed
1588 and they will receive a partial reply.
1589
1590 WARNING: downstream caches probably can not detect a partial reply
1591 if there is no content-length header, so they will cache
1592 partial responses and give them out as hits. You should NOT
1593 use this option if you have downstream caches.
1594
1595 WARNING: A maximum size smaller than the size of squid's error messages
1596 will cause an infinite loop and crash squid. Ensure that the smallest
1597 non-zero value you use is greater that the maximum header size plus
1598 the size of your largest error page.
1599
1600 If you set this parameter none (the default), there will be
1601 no limit imposed.
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1603 Configuration Format is:
1604 reply_body_max_size SIZE UNITS [acl ...]
1605 ie.
1606 reply_body_max_size 10 MB
1607
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1609
1610COMMENT_START
1611 NETWORK OPTIONS
1612 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1613COMMENT_END
1614
1615NAME: http_port ascii_port
65d448bc 1616TYPE: PortCfg
5b0f5383 1617DEFAULT: none
1618LOC: Config.Sockaddr.http
1619DOC_START
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1620 Usage: port [mode] [options]
1621 hostname:port [mode] [options]
1622 1.2.3.4:port [mode] [options]
5b0f5383 1623
1624 The socket addresses where Squid will listen for HTTP client
1625 requests. You may specify multiple socket addresses.
1626 There are three forms: port alone, hostname with port, and
1627 IP address with port. If you specify a hostname or IP
1628 address, Squid binds the socket to that specific
c7b1dd5d 1629 address. Most likely, you do not need to bind to a specific
5b0f5383 1630 address, so you can use the port number alone.
1631
1632 If you are running Squid in accelerator mode, you
1633 probably want to listen on port 80 also, or instead.
1634
1635 The -a command line option may be used to specify additional
1636 port(s) where Squid listens for proxy request. Such ports will
1637 be plain proxy ports with no options.
1638
1639 You may specify multiple socket addresses on multiple lines.
1640
c7b1dd5d 1641 Modes:
5b0f5383 1642
e77bdb4e 1643 intercept Support for IP-Layer interception of
5b0f5383 1644 outgoing requests without browser settings.
13b5cd0c 1645 NP: disables authentication and IPv6 on the port.
5b0f5383 1646
1647 tproxy Support Linux TPROXY for spoofing outgoing
1648 connections using the client IP address.
6f05d9c8 1649 NP: disables authentication and maybe IPv6 on the port.
5b0f5383 1650
7f45065d 1651 accel Accelerator / reverse proxy mode
5b0f5383 1652
caf3666d 1653 ssl-bump For each CONNECT request allowed by ssl_bump ACLs,
c7b1dd5d 1654 establish secure connection with the client and with
caf3666d 1655 the server, decrypt HTTPS messages as they pass through
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1657 becoming the man-in-the-middle.
1658
7a957a93 1659 The ssl_bump option is required to fully enable
caf3666d 1660 bumping of CONNECT requests.
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1662 Omitting the mode flag causes default forward proxy mode to be used.
1663
1664
1665 Accelerator Mode Options:
1666
5b0f5383 1667 defaultsite=domainname
1668 What to use for the Host: header if it is not present
1669 in a request. Determines what site (not origin server)
1670 accelerators should consider the default.
5b0f5383 1671
cf673853 1672 no-vhost Disable using HTTP/1.1 Host header for virtual domain support.
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1675 requests with. Defaults to HTTP/1.1 for http_port and
1676 HTTPS/1.1 for https_port.
1677 When an unsupported value is configured Squid will
1678 produce a FATAL error.
1679 Values: HTTP or HTTP/1.1, HTTPS or HTTPS/1.1
5b0f5383 1680
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1682 instead of the port passed on Host: headers.
5b0f5383 1683
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1685 number instead of the port passed on Host: headers.
5b0f5383 1686
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1688 Act as if this Squid is the origin server.
1689 This currently means generate new Date: and Expires:
1690 headers on HIT instead of adding Age:.
5b0f5383 1691
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1693
7f45065d 1694 WARNING: This option violates HTTP specifications if
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1696
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1698 accelerated requests are denied direct forwarding as if
1699 never_direct was used.
1700
1701 WARNING: this option opens accelerator mode to security
1702 vulnerabilities usually only affecting in interception
1703 mode. Make sure to protect forwarding with suitable
1704 http_access rules when using this.
1705
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1707 SSL Bump Mode Options:
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1709
1710 generate-host-certificates[=<on|off>]
1711 Dynamically create SSL server certificates for the
1712 destination hosts of bumped CONNECT requests.When
1713 enabled, the cert and key options are used to sign
1714 generated certificates. Otherwise generated
1715 certificate will be selfsigned.
1716 If there is a CA certificate lifetime of the generated
1717 certificate equals lifetime of the CA certificate. If
1718 generated certificate is selfsigned lifetime is three
1719 years.
1720 This option is enabled by default when ssl-bump is used.
1721 See the ssl-bump option above for more information.
1722
1723 dynamic_cert_mem_cache_size=SIZE
1724 Approximate total RAM size spent on cached generated
1725 certificates. If set to zero, caching is disabled. The
23bb0ebf 1726 default value is 4MB.
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1728 TLS / SSL Options:
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1730 cert= Path to SSL certificate (PEM format).
1731
1732 key= Path to SSL private key file (PEM format)
1733 if not specified, the certificate file is
1734 assumed to be a combined certificate and
1735 key file.
1736
1737 version= The version of SSL/TLS supported
1738 1 automatic (default)
1739 2 SSLv2 only
1740 3 SSLv3 only
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1741 4 TLSv1.0 only
1742 5 TLSv1.1 only
1743 6 TLSv1.2 only
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1745 cipher= Colon separated list of supported ciphers.
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1747 additional settings. If those settings are
1748 omitted the ciphers may be silently ignored
1749 by the OpenSSL library.
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c7b1dd5d 1752 being:
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1753 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
1754 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
1755 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1.0
1756 NO_TLSv1_1 Disallow the use of TLSv1.1
1757 NO_TLSv1_2 Disallow the use of TLSv1.2
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1758 SINGLE_DH_USE Always create a new key when using
1759 temporary/ephemeral DH key exchanges
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1761 suggested as "harmless" by OpenSSL
1762 Be warned that this reduces SSL/TLS
1763 strength to some attacks.
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1764 See OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options documentation for a
1765 complete list of options.
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1767 clientca= File containing the list of CAs to use when
1768 requesting a client certificate.
1769
1770 cafile= File containing additional CA certificates to
1771 use when verifying client certificates. If unset
1772 clientca will be used.
1773
1774 capath= Directory containing additional CA certificates
1775 and CRL lists to use when verifying client certificates.
1776
1777 crlfile= File of additional CRL lists to use when verifying
1778 the client certificate, in addition to CRLs stored in
1779 the capath. Implies VERIFY_CRL flag below.
1780
1781 dhparams= File containing DH parameters for temporary/ephemeral
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1783 on how to create this file.
1784 WARNING: EDH ciphers will be silently disabled if this
1785 option is not set.
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1787 sslflags= Various flags modifying the use of SSL:
1788 DELAYED_AUTH
1789 Don't request client certificates
1790 immediately, but wait until acl processing
1791 requires a certificate (not yet implemented).
1792 NO_DEFAULT_CA
1793 Don't use the default CA lists built in
1794 to OpenSSL.
1795 NO_SESSION_REUSE
1796 Don't allow for session reuse. Each connection
1797 will result in a new SSL session.
1798 VERIFY_CRL
1799 Verify CRL lists when accepting client
1800 certificates.
1801 VERIFY_CRL_ALL
1802 Verify CRL lists for all certificates in the
1803 client certificate chain.
1804
1805 sslcontext= SSL session ID context identifier.
1806
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1808
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1809 connection-auth[=on|off]
1810 use connection-auth=off to tell Squid to prevent
1811 forwarding Microsoft connection oriented authentication
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1812 (NTLM, Negotiate and Kerberos)
1813
5b0f5383 1814 disable-pmtu-discovery=
1815 Control Path-MTU discovery usage:
1816 off lets OS decide on what to do (default).
1817 transparent disable PMTU discovery when transparent
1818 support is enabled.
1819 always disable always PMTU discovery.
1820
1821 In many setups of transparently intercepting proxies
1822 Path-MTU discovery can not work on traffic towards the
1823 clients. This is the case when the intercepting device
1824 does not fully track connections and fails to forward
1825 ICMP must fragment messages to the cache server. If you
1826 have such setup and experience that certain clients
1827 sporadically hang or never complete requests set
1828 disable-pmtu-discovery option to 'transparent'.
1829
81b6e9a7 1830 name= Specifies a internal name for the port. Defaults to
1831 the port specification (port or addr:port)
1832
68924b6d 1833 tcpkeepalive[=idle,interval,timeout]
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1835 In seconds; idle is the initial time before TCP starts
1836 probing the connection, interval how often to probe, and
b2130d58 1837 timeout the time before giving up.
1838
5b0f5383 1839 If you run Squid on a dual-homed machine with an internal
1840 and an external interface we recommend you to specify the
1841 internal address:port in http_port. This way Squid will only be
1842 visible on the internal address.
1843
1844NOCOMMENT_START
e0855596 1845
5b0f5383 1846# Squid normally listens to port 3128
1847http_port @DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT@
1848NOCOMMENT_END
1849DOC_END
1850
1851NAME: https_port
cb4f4424 1852IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
65d448bc 1853TYPE: PortCfg
5b0f5383 1854DEFAULT: none
1855LOC: Config.Sockaddr.https
1856DOC_START
7f45065d 1857 Usage: [ip:]port cert=certificate.pem [key=key.pem] [mode] [options...]
5b0f5383 1858
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1860 over TLS or SSL connections. Commonly referred to as HTTPS.
5b0f5383 1861
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1863 accelerator mode and you want to do the SSL work at the accelerator level.
5b0f5383 1864
1865 You may specify multiple socket addresses on multiple lines,
1866 each with their own SSL certificate and/or options.
1867
7f45065d 1868 Modes:
5b0f5383 1869
7f45065d 1870 accel Accelerator / reverse proxy mode
5b0f5383 1871
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1873 outgoing requests without browser settings.
1874 NP: disables authentication and IPv6 on the port.
1875
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1877 connections using the client IP address.
1878 NP: disables authentication and maybe IPv6 on the port.
1879
caf3666d 1880 ssl-bump For each intercepted connection allowed by ssl_bump
7a957a93 1881 ACLs, establish a secure connection with the client and with
caf3666d 1882 the server, decrypt HTTPS messages as they pass through
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1884 becoming the man-in-the-middle.
1885
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1887 fully enable bumping of intercepted SSL connections.
379e8c1c 1888
38450a50 1889 Requires tproxy or intercept.
379e8c1c 1890
7f45065d 1891 Omitting the mode flag causes default forward proxy mode to be used.
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1895
1896
1897 SSL Options:
5b0f5383 1898
1899 cert= Path to SSL certificate (PEM format).
1900
1901 key= Path to SSL private key file (PEM format)
1902 if not specified, the certificate file is
1903 assumed to be a combined certificate and
1904 key file.
1905
1906 version= The version of SSL/TLS supported
1907 1 automatic (default)
1908 2 SSLv2 only
1909 3 SSLv3 only
1910 4 TLSv1 only
1911
1912 cipher= Colon separated list of supported ciphers.
1913
1914 options= Various SSL engine options. The most important
1915 being:
1916 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
1917 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
1918 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
1919 SINGLE_DH_USE Always create a new key when using
1920 temporary/ephemeral DH key exchanges
1921 See src/ssl_support.c or OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options
1922 documentation for a complete list of options.
1923
1924 clientca= File containing the list of CAs to use when
1925 requesting a client certificate.
1926
1927 cafile= File containing additional CA certificates to
1928 use when verifying client certificates. If unset
1929 clientca will be used.
1930
1931 capath= Directory containing additional CA certificates
1932 and CRL lists to use when verifying client certificates.
1933
1934 crlfile= File of additional CRL lists to use when verifying
1935 the client certificate, in addition to CRLs stored in
1936 the capath. Implies VERIFY_CRL flag below.
1937
1938 dhparams= File containing DH parameters for temporary/ephemeral
1939 DH key exchanges.
1940
1941 sslflags= Various flags modifying the use of SSL:
1942 DELAYED_AUTH
1943 Don't request client certificates
1944 immediately, but wait until acl processing
1945 requires a certificate (not yet implemented).
1946 NO_DEFAULT_CA
1947 Don't use the default CA lists built in
1948 to OpenSSL.
1949 NO_SESSION_REUSE
1950 Don't allow for session reuse. Each connection
1951 will result in a new SSL session.
1952 VERIFY_CRL
1953 Verify CRL lists when accepting client
1954 certificates.
1955 VERIFY_CRL_ALL
1956 Verify CRL lists for all certificates in the
1957 client certificate chain.
1958
1959 sslcontext= SSL session ID context identifier.
1960
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1962 Dynamically create SSL server certificates for the
1963 destination hosts of bumped SSL requests.When
1964 enabled, the cert and key options are used to sign
1965 generated certificates. Otherwise generated
1966 certificate will be selfsigned.
1967 If there is CA certificate life time of generated
1968 certificate equals lifetime of CA certificate. If
1969 generated certificate is selfsigned lifetime is three
1970 years.
1971 This option is enabled by default when SslBump is used.
1972 See the sslBump option above for more information.
1973
1974 dynamic_cert_mem_cache_size=SIZE
1975 Approximate total RAM size spent on cached generated
1976 certificates. If set to zero, caching is disabled. The
23bb0ebf 1977 default value is 4MB.
379e8c1c 1978
859741ed 1979 See http_port for a list of available options.
5b0f5383 1980DOC_END
1981
41bd17a4 1982NAME: tcp_outgoing_tos tcp_outgoing_ds tcp_outgoing_dscp
1983TYPE: acl_tos
5473c134 1984DEFAULT: none
425de4c8 1985LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig.tosToServer
5473c134 1986DOC_START
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1987 Allows you to select a TOS/Diffserv value for packets outgoing
1988 on the server side, based on an ACL.
5473c134 1989
41bd17a4 1990 tcp_outgoing_tos ds-field [!]aclname ...
cccac0a2 1991
41bd17a4 1992 Example where normal_service_net uses the TOS value 0x00
7def7206 1993 and good_service_net uses 0x20
cccac0a2 1994
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1996 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/24
2c73de90 1997 tcp_outgoing_tos 0x00 normal_service_net
41bd17a4 1998 tcp_outgoing_tos 0x20 good_service_net
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41bd17a4 2000 TOS/DSCP values really only have local significance - so you should
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2002 RFC2475, and RFC3260.
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41bd17a4 2004 The TOS/DSCP byte must be exactly that - a octet value 0 - 255, or
2005 "default" to use whatever default your host has. Note that in
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2007 have been redefined for use by ECN (RFC 3168 section 23.1).
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41bd17a4 2009 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
2010 matching line.
cccac0a2 2011DOC_END
2012
41bd17a4 2013NAME: clientside_tos
2014TYPE: acl_tos
cccac0a2 2015DEFAULT: none
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2016LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig.tosToClient
2017DOC_START
2018 Allows you to select a TOS/Diffserv value for packets being transmitted
2019 on the client-side, based on an ACL.
2020
2021 clientside_tos ds-field [!]aclname ...
2022
2023 Example where normal_service_net uses the TOS value 0x00
2024 and good_service_net uses 0x20
2025
2026 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/24
2027 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/24
2028 clientside_tos 0x00 normal_service_net
2029 clientside_tos 0x20 good_service_net
2030
2031 Note: This feature is incompatible with qos_flows. Any TOS values set here
2032 will be overwritten by TOS values in qos_flows.
2033DOC_END
2034
2035NAME: tcp_outgoing_mark
2036TYPE: acl_nfmark
11e8cfe3 2037IFDEF: SO_MARK&&USE_LIBCAP
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2039LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig.nfmarkToServer
2040DOC_START
2041 Allows you to apply a Netfilter mark value to outgoing packets
2042 on the server side, based on an ACL.
2043
2044 tcp_outgoing_mark mark-value [!]aclname ...
2045
2046 Example where normal_service_net uses the mark value 0x00
2047 and good_service_net uses 0x20
2048
2049 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/24
2050 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/24
2051 tcp_outgoing_mark 0x00 normal_service_net
2052 tcp_outgoing_mark 0x20 good_service_net
2053DOC_END
2054
2055NAME: clientside_mark
2056TYPE: acl_nfmark
11e8cfe3 2057IFDEF: SO_MARK&&USE_LIBCAP
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2059LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig.nfmarkToClient
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2061 Allows you to apply a Netfilter mark value to packets being transmitted
2062 on the client-side, based on an ACL.
2063
2064 clientside_mark mark-value [!]aclname ...
2065
2066 Example where normal_service_net uses the mark value 0x00
2067 and good_service_net uses 0x20
2068
2069 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/24
2070 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/24
2071 clientside_mark 0x00 normal_service_net
2072 clientside_mark 0x20 good_service_net
2073
2074 Note: This feature is incompatible with qos_flows. Any mark values set here
2075 will be overwritten by mark values in qos_flows.
41bd17a4 2076DOC_END
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2079TYPE: QosConfig
425de4c8 2080IFDEF: USE_QOS_TOS
575cb927 2081DEFAULT: none
b7ac5457 2082LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig
7172612f 2083DOC_START
575cb927 2084 Allows you to select a TOS/DSCP value to mark outgoing
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2086 For platforms using netfilter, allows you to set a netfilter mark
425de4c8 2087 value instead of, or in addition to, a TOS value.
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2090 settings simply use "qos_flows mark" or "qos_flows tos". Default
2091 settings will result in the netfilter mark or TOS value being copied
2092 from the upstream connection to the client. Note that it is the connection
2093 CONNMARK value not the packet MARK value that is copied.
2094
2095 It is not currently possible to copy the mark or TOS value from the
2096 client to the upstream connection request.
2097
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2099 know what you're specifying. For more information, see RFC2474,
2100 RFC2475, and RFC3260.
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2103 in practice often only multiples of 4 is usable as the two rightmost bits
2104 have been redefined for use by ECN (RFC 3168 section 23.1).
2105
2106 Mark values can be any unsigned 32-bit integer value.
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2108 This setting is configured by setting the following values:
2109
2110 tos|mark Whether to set TOS or netfilter mark values
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2112 local-hit=0xFF Value to mark local cache hits.
2113
2114 sibling-hit=0xFF Value to mark hits from sibling peers.
2115
2116 parent-hit=0xFF Value to mark hits from parent peers.
2117
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2119 over the preserve-miss feature (see below), unless
2120 mask is specified, in which case only the bits
2121 specified in the mask are written.
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2123 The TOS variant of the following features are only possible on Linux
2124 and require your kernel to be patched with the TOS preserving ZPH
2125 patch, available from http://zph.bratcheda.org
2126 No patch is needed to preserve the netfilter mark, which will work
2127 with all variants of netfilter.
575cb927 2128
575cb927 2129 disable-preserve-miss
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2130 This option disables the preservation of the TOS or netfilter
2131 mark. By default, the existing TOS or netfilter mark value of
2132 the response coming from the remote server will be retained
2133 and masked with miss-mark.
2134 NOTE: in the case of a netfilter mark, the mark must be set on
2135 the connection (using the CONNMARK target) not on the packet
2136 (MARK target).
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2138 miss-mask=0xFF
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2139 Allows you to mask certain bits in the TOS or mark value
2140 received from the remote server, before copying the value to
2141 the TOS sent towards clients.
2142 Default for tos: 0xFF (TOS from server is not changed).
2143 Default for mark: 0xFFFFFFFF (mark from server is not changed).
2144
2145 All of these features require the --enable-zph-qos compilation flag
2146 (enabled by default). Netfilter marking also requires the
2147 libnetfilter_conntrack libraries (--with-netfilter-conntrack) and
2148 libcap 2.09+ (--with-libcap).
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2151
41bd17a4 2152NAME: tcp_outgoing_address
2153TYPE: acl_address
2154DEFAULT: none
638402dd 2155DEFAULT_DOC: Address selection is performed by the operating system.
41bd17a4 2156LOC: Config.accessList.outgoing_address
2157DOC_START
2158 Allows you to map requests to different outgoing IP addresses
2159 based on the username or source address of the user making
2160 the request.
7f7db318 2161
41bd17a4 2162 tcp_outgoing_address ipaddr [[!]aclname] ...
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2165 Forwarding clients with dedicated IPs for certain subnets.
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2168 acl good_service_net src 10.0.2.0/24
2169
2170 tcp_outgoing_address 2001:db8::c001 good_service_net
2171 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.2 good_service_net
2172
2173 tcp_outgoing_address 2001:db8::beef normal_service_net
2174 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.1 normal_service_net
2175
2176 tcp_outgoing_address 2001:db8::1
2177 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.3
9197cd13 2178
41bd17a4 2179 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
2180 matching line.
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2183 Requests going to IPv4 websites will use the outgoing 10.1.0.* addresses.
2184 Requests going to IPv6 websites will use the outgoing 2001:db8:* addresses.
2185
2186
2187 NOTE: The use of this directive using client dependent ACLs is
41bd17a4 2188 incompatible with the use of server side persistent connections. To
2189 ensure correct results it is best to set server_persistent_connections
2190 to off when using this directive in such configurations.
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2dd51400 2192 NOTE: The use of this directive to set a local IP on outgoing TCP links
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2195 client_dst_passthru directive re-enable normal forwarding such as this.
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2200TYPE: onoff
2201DEFAULT: off
2202LOC: Config.onoff.hostStrictVerify
2203DOC_START
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2205 traffic, Squid always verifies that the destination IP address matches
2962f8b8 2206 the Host header domain or IP (called 'authority form URL').
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2208 This enforcement is performed to satisfy a MUST-level requirement in
2209 RFC 2616 section 14.23: "The Host field value MUST represent the naming
2210 authority of the origin server or gateway given by the original URL".
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2212 When set to ON:
2213 Squid always responds with an HTTP 409 (Conflict) error
2214 page and logs a security warning if there is no match.
2215
2216 Squid verifies that the destination IP address matches
2217 the Host header for forward-proxy and reverse-proxy traffic
2218 as well. For those traffic types, Squid also enables the
2219 following checks, comparing the corresponding Host header
2220 and Request-URI components:
2221
2222 * The host names (domain or IP) must be identical,
2223 but valueless or missing Host header disables all checks.
2224 For the two host names to match, both must be either IP
2225 or FQDN.
2226
2227 * Port numbers must be identical, but if a port is missing
2228 the scheme-default port is assumed.
2229
2230
2231 When set to OFF (the default):
2232 Squid allows suspicious requests to continue but logs a
2233 security warning and blocks caching of the response.
2234
2235 * Forward-proxy traffic is not checked at all.
2236
2237 * Reverse-proxy traffic is not checked at all.
2238
2239 * Intercepted traffic which passes verification is handled
32c32865 2240 according to client_dst_passthru.
2962f8b8 2241
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2243 to the client original destination instead of DIRECT.
2244 This overrides 'client_dst_passthru off'.
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2246 For now suspicious intercepted CONNECT requests are always
2247 responded to with an HTTP 409 (Conflict) error page.
bfe4e2fe 2248
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2252 As described in CVE-2009-0801 when the Host: header alone is used
2253 to determine the destination of a request it becomes trivial for
2254 malicious scripts on remote websites to bypass browser same-origin
2255 security policy and sandboxing protections.
2256
2257 The cause of this is that such applets are allowed to perform their
2258 own HTTP stack, in which case the same-origin policy of the browser
2259 sandbox only verifies that the applet tries to contact the same IP
2260 as from where it was loaded at the IP level. The Host: header may
2261 be different from the connected IP and approved origin.
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2263DOC_END
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2265NAME: client_dst_passthru
2266TYPE: onoff
2267DEFAULT: on
2268LOC: Config.onoff.client_dst_passthru
2269DOC_START
2270 With NAT or TPROXY intercepted traffic Squid may pass the request
2271 directly to the original client destination IP or seek a faster
2272 source using the HTTP Host header.
2273
2274 Using Host to locate alternative servers can provide faster
2275 connectivity with a range of failure recovery options.
2276 But can also lead to connectivity trouble when the client and
2277 server are attempting stateful interactions unaware of the proxy.
2278
2279 This option (on by default) prevents alternative DNS entries being
2280 located to send intercepted traffic DIRECT to an origin server.
2281 The clients original destination IP and port will be used instead.
2282
2283 Regardless of this option setting, when dealing with intercepted
2284 traffic Squid will verify the Host: header and any traffic which
2285 fails Host verification will be treated as if this option were ON.
2286
2287 see host_verify_strict for details on the verification process.
cccac0a2 2288DOC_END
2289
41bd17a4 2290COMMENT_START
2291 SSL OPTIONS
2292 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2293COMMENT_END
2294
2295NAME: ssl_unclean_shutdown
cb4f4424 2296IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
cccac0a2 2297TYPE: onoff
2298DEFAULT: off
41bd17a4 2299LOC: Config.SSL.unclean_shutdown
cccac0a2 2300DOC_START
41bd17a4 2301 Some browsers (especially MSIE) bugs out on SSL shutdown
2302 messages.
cccac0a2 2303DOC_END
2304
41bd17a4 2305NAME: ssl_engine
cb4f4424 2306IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
cccac0a2 2307TYPE: string
41bd17a4 2308LOC: Config.SSL.ssl_engine
2309DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 2310DOC_START
41bd17a4 2311 The OpenSSL engine to use. You will need to set this if you
2312 would like to use hardware SSL acceleration for example.
cccac0a2 2313DOC_END
2314
41bd17a4 2315NAME: sslproxy_client_certificate
cb4f4424 2316IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
cccac0a2 2317DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 2318LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert
2319TYPE: string
cccac0a2 2320DOC_START
41bd17a4 2321 Client SSL Certificate to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 2322DOC_END
2323
41bd17a4 2324NAME: sslproxy_client_key
cb4f4424 2325IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
cccac0a2 2326DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 2327LOC: Config.ssl_client.key
2328TYPE: string
cccac0a2 2329DOC_START
41bd17a4 2330 Client SSL Key to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 2331DOC_END
2332
41bd17a4 2333NAME: sslproxy_version
cb4f4424 2334IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
41bd17a4 2335DEFAULT: 1
638402dd 2336DEFAULT_DOC: automatic SSL/TLS version negotiation
41bd17a4 2337LOC: Config.ssl_client.version
2338TYPE: int
cccac0a2 2339DOC_START
41bd17a4 2340 SSL version level to use when proxying https:// URLs
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2341
2342 The versions of SSL/TLS supported:
2343
2344 1 automatic (default)
2345 2 SSLv2 only
2346 3 SSLv3 only
2347 4 TLSv1.0 only
2348 5 TLSv1.1 only
2349 6 TLSv1.2 only
cccac0a2 2350DOC_END
2351
41bd17a4 2352NAME: sslproxy_options
cb4f4424 2353IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
41bd17a4 2354DEFAULT: none
2355LOC: Config.ssl_client.options
2356TYPE: string
cccac0a2 2357DOC_START
943c5f16 2358 SSL implementation options to use when proxying https:// URLs
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2359
2360 The most important being:
2361
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2362 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
2363 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
2364 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1.0
2365 NO_TLSv1_1 Disallow the use of TLSv1.1
2366 NO_TLSv1_2 Disallow the use of TLSv1.2
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2367 SINGLE_DH_USE
2368 Always create a new key when using temporary/ephemeral
2369 DH key exchanges
2370 SSL_OP_NO_TICKET
2371 Disable use of RFC5077 session tickets. Some servers
2372 may have problems understanding the TLS extension due
2373 to ambiguous specification in RFC4507.
2374 ALL Enable various bug workarounds suggested as "harmless"
2375 by OpenSSL. Be warned that this may reduce SSL/TLS
2376 strength to some attacks.
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2378 See the OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options documentation for a
2379 complete list of possible options.
cccac0a2 2380DOC_END
2381
41bd17a4 2382NAME: sslproxy_cipher
cb4f4424 2383IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
41bd17a4 2384DEFAULT: none
2385LOC: Config.ssl_client.cipher
2386TYPE: string
cccac0a2 2387DOC_START
41bd17a4 2388 SSL cipher list to use when proxying https:// URLs
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2389
2390 Colon separated list of supported ciphers.
cccac0a2 2391DOC_END
2392
41bd17a4 2393NAME: sslproxy_cafile
cb4f4424 2394IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
41bd17a4 2395DEFAULT: none
2396LOC: Config.ssl_client.cafile
2397TYPE: string
cccac0a2 2398DOC_START
41bd17a4 2399 file containing CA certificates to use when verifying server
2400 certificates while proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 2401DOC_END
0976f8db 2402
41bd17a4 2403NAME: sslproxy_capath
cb4f4424 2404IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
5473c134 2405DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 2406LOC: Config.ssl_client.capath
2407TYPE: string
5473c134 2408DOC_START
41bd17a4 2409 directory containing CA certificates to use when verifying
2410 server certificates while proxying https:// URLs
5473c134 2411DOC_END
2412
10a69fc0 2413NAME: sslproxy_session_ttl
cb4f4424 2414IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
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2416LOC: Config.SSL.session_ttl
2417TYPE: int
2418DOC_START
2419 Sets the timeout value for SSL sessions
2420DOC_END
2421
2422NAME: sslproxy_session_cache_size
cb4f4424 2423IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
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2424DEFAULT: 2 MB
2425LOC: Config.SSL.sessionCacheSize
2426TYPE: b_size_t
2427DOC_START
2428 Sets the cache size to use for ssl session
2429DOC_END
2430
4c9da963 2431NAME: ssl_bump
cb4f4424 2432IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
caf3666d 2433TYPE: sslproxy_ssl_bump
4c9da963 2434LOC: Config.accessList.ssl_bump
638402dd 2435DEFAULT_DOC: Does not bump unless rules are present in squid.conf
4c9da963 2436DEFAULT: none
2437DOC_START
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2438 This option is consulted when a CONNECT request is received on
2439 an http_port (or a new connection is intercepted at an
2440 https_port), provided that port was configured with an ssl-bump
2441 flag. The subsequent data on the connection is either treated as
2442 HTTPS and decrypted OR tunneled at TCP level without decryption,
2443 depending on the first bumping "mode" which ACLs match.
2444
2445 ssl_bump <mode> [!]acl ...
2446
2447 The following bumping modes are supported:
2448
2449 client-first
2450 Allow bumping of the connection. Establish a secure connection
2451 with the client first, then connect to the server. This old mode
2452 does not allow Squid to mimic server SSL certificate and does
2453 not work with intercepted SSL connections.
2454
2455 server-first
2456 Allow bumping of the connection. Establish a secure connection
2457 with the server first, then establish a secure connection with
2458 the client, using a mimicked server certificate. Works with both
2459 CONNECT requests and intercepted SSL connections.
2460
2461 none
2462 Become a TCP tunnel without decoding the connection.
2463 Works with both CONNECT requests and intercepted SSL
2464 connections. This is the default behavior when no
2465 ssl_bump option is given or no ssl_bump ACLs match.
2466
2467 By default, no connections are bumped.
2468
2469 The first matching ssl_bump option wins. If no ACLs match, the
2470 connection is not bumped. Unlike most allow/deny ACL lists, ssl_bump
2471 does not have an implicit "negate the last given option" rule. You
2472 must make that rule explicit if you convert old ssl_bump allow/deny
2473 rules that rely on such an implicit rule.
4c9da963 2474
e0c0d54c 2475 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
b3567eb5 2476 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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2479
e0855596 2480
caf3666d 2481 # Example: Bump all requests except those originating from
638402dd 2482 # localhost or those going to example.com.
e0855596 2483
e0855596 2484 acl broken_sites dstdomain .example.com
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2485 ssl_bump none localhost
2486 ssl_bump none broken_sites
2487 ssl_bump server-first all
4c9da963 2488DOC_END
2489
41bd17a4 2490NAME: sslproxy_flags
cb4f4424 2491IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
41bd17a4 2492DEFAULT: none
2493LOC: Config.ssl_client.flags
2494TYPE: string
5473c134 2495DOC_START
41bd17a4 2496 Various flags modifying the use of SSL while proxying https:// URLs:
4c9da963 2497 DONT_VERIFY_PEER Accept certificates that fail verification.
2498 For refined control, see sslproxy_cert_error.
41bd17a4 2499 NO_DEFAULT_CA Don't use the default CA list built in
2500 to OpenSSL.
5473c134 2501DOC_END
2502
4c9da963 2503NAME: sslproxy_cert_error
cb4f4424 2504IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
4c9da963 2505DEFAULT: none
638402dd 2506DEFAULT_DOC: Server certificate errors terminate the transaction.
4c9da963 2507LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert_error
2508TYPE: acl_access
2509DOC_START
2510 Use this ACL to bypass server certificate validation errors.
2511
2512 For example, the following lines will bypass all validation errors
3b8f558c 2513 when talking to servers for example.com. All other
4c9da963 2514 validation errors will result in ERR_SECURE_CONNECT_FAIL error.
2515
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2517 sslproxy_cert_error allow BrokenButTrustedServers
4c9da963 2518 sslproxy_cert_error deny all
2519
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2521 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
2522 Using slow acl types may result in server crashes
4c9da963 2523
2524 Without this option, all server certificate validation errors
638402dd 2525 terminate the transaction to protect Squid and the client.
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2527 SQUID_X509_V_ERR_INFINITE_VALIDATION error cannot be bypassed
2528 but should not happen unless your OpenSSL library is buggy.
2529
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2530 SECURITY WARNING:
2531 Bypassing validation errors is dangerous because an
2532 error usually implies that the server cannot be trusted
2533 and the connection may be insecure.
4c9da963 2534
638402dd 2535 See also: sslproxy_flags and DONT_VERIFY_PEER.
4c9da963 2536DOC_END
2537
aebe6888 2538NAME: sslproxy_cert_sign
cb4f4424 2539IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
aebe6888 2540DEFAULT: none
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2541POSTSCRIPTUM: signUntrusted ssl::certUntrusted
2542POSTSCRIPTUM: signSelf ssl::certSelfSigned
2543POSTSCRIPTUM: signTrusted all
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2544TYPE: sslproxy_cert_sign
2545LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert_sign
2546DOC_START
2547
69742b76 2548 sslproxy_cert_sign <signing algorithm> acl ...
aebe6888 2549
69742b76 2550 The following certificate signing algorithms are supported:
638402dd 2551
aebe6888 2552 signTrusted
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2553 Sign using the configured CA certificate which is usually
2554 placed in and trusted by end-user browsers. This is the
2555 default for trusted origin server certificates.
638402dd 2556
aebe6888 2557 signUntrusted
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2558 Sign to guarantee an X509_V_ERR_CERT_UNTRUSTED browser error.
2559 This is the default for untrusted origin server certificates
2560 that are not self-signed (see ssl::certUntrusted).
638402dd 2561
aebe6888 2562 signSelf
69742b76 2563 Sign using a self-signed certificate with the right CN to
aebe6888 2564 generate a X509_V_ERR_DEPTH_ZERO_SELF_SIGNED_CERT error in the
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2566 certificates (see ssl::certSelfSigned).
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2569
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2570 When sslproxy_cert_sign acl(s) match, Squid uses the corresponding
2571 signing algorithm to generate the certificate and ignores all
2572 subsequent sslproxy_cert_sign options (the first match wins). If no
2573 acl(s) match, the default signing algorithm is determined by errors
2574 detected when obtaining and validating the origin server certificate.
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2576 WARNING: SQUID_X509_V_ERR_DOMAIN_MISMATCH and ssl:certDomainMismatch can
2577 be used with sslproxy_cert_adapt, but if and only if Squid is bumping a
2578 CONNECT request that carries a domain name. In all other cases (CONNECT
2579 to an IP address or an intercepted SSL connection), Squid cannot detect
2580 the domain mismatch at certificate generation time when
2581 bump-server-first is used.
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2582DOC_END
2583
638402dd 2584NAME: sslproxy_cert_adapt
cb4f4424 2585IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
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2586DEFAULT: none
2587TYPE: sslproxy_cert_adapt
2588LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert_adapt
2589DOC_START
2590
2591 sslproxy_cert_adapt <adaptation algorithm> acl ...
2592
69742b76 2593 The following certificate adaptation algorithms are supported:
638402dd 2594
fb2178bb 2595 setValidAfter
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2597 the CA certificate used to sign generated certificates.
638402dd 2598
fb2178bb 2599 setValidBefore
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2600 Sets the "Not Before" property to the "Not Before" property of
2601 the CA certificate used to sign generated certificates.
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2604 Sets Subject.CN property to the host name specified as a
2605 CN parameter or, if no explicit CN parameter was specified,
2606 extracted from the CONNECT request. It is a misconfiguration
2607 to use setCommonName without an explicit parameter for
2608 intercepted or tproxied SSL connections.
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2610 This clause only supports fast acl types.
2611
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2612 Squid first groups sslproxy_cert_adapt options by adaptation algorithm.
2613 Within a group, when sslproxy_cert_adapt acl(s) match, Squid uses the
2614 corresponding adaptation algorithm to generate the certificate and
2615 ignores all subsequent sslproxy_cert_adapt options in that algorithm's
2616 group (i.e., the first match wins within each algorithm group). If no
2617 acl(s) match, the default mimicking action takes place.
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2619 WARNING: SQUID_X509_V_ERR_DOMAIN_MISMATCH and ssl:certDomainMismatch can
2620 be used with sslproxy_cert_adapt, but if and only if Squid is bumping a
2621 CONNECT request that carries a domain name. In all other cases (CONNECT
2622 to an IP address or an intercepted SSL connection), Squid cannot detect
2623 the domain mismatch at certificate generation time when
2624 bump-server-first is used.
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2626
41bd17a4 2627NAME: sslpassword_program
cb4f4424 2628IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
41bd17a4 2629DEFAULT: none
2630LOC: Config.Program.ssl_password
2631TYPE: string
5473c134 2632DOC_START
41bd17a4 2633 Specify a program used for entering SSL key passphrases
2634 when using encrypted SSL certificate keys. If not specified
2635 keys must either be unencrypted, or Squid started with the -N
2636 option to allow it to query interactively for the passphrase.
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2637
2638 The key file name is given as argument to the program allowing
2639 selection of the right password if you have multiple encrypted
2640 keys.
5473c134 2641DOC_END
2642
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2643COMMENT_START
2644 OPTIONS RELATING TO EXTERNAL SSL_CRTD
2645 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2646COMMENT_END
2647
2648NAME: sslcrtd_program
2649TYPE: eol
2650IFDEF: USE_SSL_CRTD
2651DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_SSL_CRTD@ -s @DEFAULT_SSL_DB_DIR@ -M 4MB
2652LOC: Ssl::TheConfig.ssl_crtd
2653DOC_START
2654 Specify the location and options of the executable for ssl_crtd process.
2655 @DEFAULT_SSL_CRTD@ program requires -s and -M parameters
2656 For more information use:
2657 @DEFAULT_SSL_CRTD@ -h
2658DOC_END
2659
2660NAME: sslcrtd_children
2661TYPE: HelperChildConfig
2662IFDEF: USE_SSL_CRTD
2663DEFAULT: 32 startup=5 idle=1
2664LOC: Ssl::TheConfig.ssl_crtdChildren
2665DOC_START
2666 The maximum number of processes spawn to service ssl server.
2667 The maximum this may be safely set to is 32.
2668
2669 The startup= and idle= options allow some measure of skew in your
2670 tuning.
2671
2672 startup=N
2673
2674 Sets the minimum number of processes to spawn when Squid
2675 starts or reconfigures. When set to zero the first request will
2676 cause spawning of the first child process to handle it.
2677
2678 Starting too few children temporary slows Squid under load while it
2679 tries to spawn enough additional processes to cope with traffic.
2680
2681 idle=N
2682
2683 Sets a minimum of how many processes Squid is to try and keep available
2684 at all times. When traffic begins to rise above what the existing
2685 processes can handle this many more will be spawned up to the maximum
2686 configured. A minimum setting of 1 is required.
2687
2688 You must have at least one ssl_crtd process.
2689DOC_END
2690
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2691NAME: sslcrtvalidator_program
2692TYPE: eol
cb4f4424 2693IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
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2694DEFAULT: none
2695LOC: Ssl::TheConfig.ssl_crt_validator
2696DOC_START
2697 Specify the location and options of the executable for ssl_crt_validator
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2698 process.
2699
2700 Usage: sslcrtvalidator_program [ttl=n] [cache=n] path ...
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2701
2702 Options:
638402dd 2703 ttl=n TTL in seconds for cached results. The default is 60 secs
14798e73 2704 cache=n limit the result cache size. The default value is 2048
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2705DOC_END
2706
2707NAME: sslcrtvalidator_children
2708TYPE: HelperChildConfig
cb4f4424 2709IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
413bb969 2710DEFAULT: 32 startup=5 idle=1 concurrency=1
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2711LOC: Ssl::TheConfig.ssl_crt_validator_Children
2712DOC_START
638402dd 2713 The maximum number of processes spawn to service SSL server.
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2714 The maximum this may be safely set to is 32.
2715
2716 The startup= and idle= options allow some measure of skew in your
2717 tuning.
2718
2719 startup=N
2720
2721 Sets the minimum number of processes to spawn when Squid
2722 starts or reconfigures. When set to zero the first request will
2723 cause spawning of the first child process to handle it.
2724
2725 Starting too few children temporary slows Squid under load while it
2726 tries to spawn enough additional processes to cope with traffic.
2727
2728 idle=N
2729
2730 Sets a minimum of how many processes Squid is to try and keep available
2731 at all times. When traffic begins to rise above what the existing
2732 processes can handle this many more will be spawned up to the maximum
2733 configured. A minimum setting of 1 is required.
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2734
2735 concurrency=
2736
2737 The number of requests each certificate validator helper can handle in
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2738 parallel. A value of 0 indicates the certficate validator does not
2739 support concurrency. Defaults to 1.
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2740
2741 When this directive is set to a value >= 1 then the protocol
2742 used to communicate with the helper is modified to include
2743 a request ID in front of the request/response. The request
2744 ID from the request must be echoed back with the response
2745 to that request.
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2747 You must have at least one ssl_crt_validator process.
2748DOC_END
2749
cccac0a2 2750COMMENT_START
41bd17a4 2751 OPTIONS WHICH AFFECT THE NEIGHBOR SELECTION ALGORITHM
cccac0a2 2752 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2753COMMENT_END
2754
41bd17a4 2755NAME: cache_peer
2756TYPE: peer
2757DEFAULT: none
2758LOC: Config.peers
cccac0a2 2759DOC_START
41bd17a4 2760 To specify other caches in a hierarchy, use the format:
2b94f655 2761
41bd17a4 2762 cache_peer hostname type http-port icp-port [options]
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41bd17a4 2764 For example,
2b94f655 2765
41bd17a4 2766 # proxy icp
2767 # hostname type port port options
2768 # -------------------- -------- ----- ----- -----------
2b94f655 2769 cache_peer parent.foo.net parent 3128 3130 default
41bd17a4 2770 cache_peer sib1.foo.net sibling 3128 3130 proxy-only
2771 cache_peer sib2.foo.net sibling 3128 3130 proxy-only
2e9993e1 2772 cache_peer example.com parent 80 0 default
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2773 cache_peer cdn.example.com sibling 3128 0
2774
2775 type: either 'parent', 'sibling', or 'multicast'.
2776
2777 proxy-port: The port number where the peer accept HTTP requests.
2778 For other Squid proxies this is usually 3128
2779 For web servers this is usually 80
2780
2781 icp-port: Used for querying neighbor caches about objects.
2782 Set to 0 if the peer does not support ICP or HTCP.
2783 See ICP and HTCP options below for additional details.
2784
2785
2786 ==== ICP OPTIONS ====
2787
2788 You MUST also set icp_port and icp_access explicitly when using these options.
2789 The defaults will prevent peer traffic using ICP.
2790
2791
2792 no-query Disable ICP queries to this neighbor.
2793
2794 multicast-responder
2795 Indicates the named peer is a member of a multicast group.
2796 ICP queries will not be sent directly to the peer, but ICP
2797 replies will be accepted from it.
2798
2799 closest-only Indicates that, for ICP_OP_MISS replies, we'll only forward
2800 CLOSEST_PARENT_MISSes and never FIRST_PARENT_MISSes.
2801
2802 background-ping
2803 To only send ICP queries to this neighbor infrequently.
2804 This is used to keep the neighbor round trip time updated
2805 and is usually used in conjunction with weighted-round-robin.
2806
2807
2808 ==== HTCP OPTIONS ====
2809
2810 You MUST also set htcp_port and htcp_access explicitly when using these options.
2811 The defaults will prevent peer traffic using HTCP.
2812
2813
2814 htcp Send HTCP, instead of ICP, queries to the neighbor.
2815 You probably also want to set the "icp-port" to 4827
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2816 instead of 3130. This directive accepts a comma separated
2817 list of options described below.
2b94f655 2818
18191440 2819 htcp=oldsquid Send HTCP to old Squid versions (2.5 or earlier).
2b94f655 2820
18191440 2821 htcp=no-clr Send HTCP to the neighbor but without
2b94f655 2822 sending any CLR requests. This cannot be used with
18191440 2823 only-clr.
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2825 htcp=only-clr Send HTCP to the neighbor but ONLY CLR requests.
2826 This cannot be used with no-clr.
2b94f655 2827
18191440 2828 htcp=no-purge-clr
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2829 Send HTCP to the neighbor including CLRs but only when
2830 they do not result from PURGE requests.
2831
18191440 2832 htcp=forward-clr
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2833 Forward any HTCP CLR requests this proxy receives to the peer.
2834
2835
2836 ==== PEER SELECTION METHODS ====
2837
2838 The default peer selection method is ICP, with the first responding peer
2839 being used as source. These options can be used for better load balancing.
2840
2841
2842 default This is a parent cache which can be used as a "last-resort"
2843 if a peer cannot be located by any of the peer-selection methods.
2844 If specified more than once, only the first is used.
2845
2846 round-robin Load-Balance parents which should be used in a round-robin
2847 fashion in the absence of any ICP queries.
2848 weight=N can be used to add bias.
2849
2850 weighted-round-robin
2851 Load-Balance parents which should be used in a round-robin
2852 fashion with the frequency of each parent being based on the
2853 round trip time. Closer parents are used more often.
2854 Usually used for background-ping parents.
2855 weight=N can be used to add bias.
2856
2857 carp Load-Balance parents which should be used as a CARP array.
2858 The requests will be distributed among the parents based on the
2859 CARP load balancing hash function based on their weight.
2860
2861 userhash Load-balance parents based on the client proxy_auth or ident username.
2862
2863 sourcehash Load-balance parents based on the client source IP.
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2865 multicast-siblings
2866 To be used only for cache peers of type "multicast".
2867 ALL members of this multicast group have "sibling"
2e9993e1 2868 relationship with it, not "parent". This is to a multicast
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2870 a "parent" cache, anyway. It's useful, e.g., when
2871 configuring a pool of redundant Squid proxies, being
2872 members of the same multicast group.
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2873
2874
2875 ==== PEER SELECTION OPTIONS ====
2876
2877 weight=N use to affect the selection of a peer during any weighted
2878 peer-selection mechanisms.
2879 The weight must be an integer; default is 1,
2880 larger weights are favored more.
2881 This option does not affect parent selection if a peering
2882 protocol is not in use.
2883
2884 basetime=N Specify a base amount to be subtracted from round trip
2885 times of parents.
2886 It is subtracted before division by weight in calculating
2887 which parent to fectch from. If the rtt is less than the
2888 base time the rtt is set to a minimal value.
2889
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2890 ttl=N Specify a TTL to use when sending multicast ICP queries
2891 to this address.
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2892 Only useful when sending to a multicast group.
2893 Because we don't accept ICP replies from random
2894 hosts, you must configure other group members as
2895 peers with the 'multicast-responder' option.
2896
2897 no-delay To prevent access to this neighbor from influencing the
2898 delay pools.
2899
2900 digest-url=URL Tell Squid to fetch the cache digest (if digests are
2901 enabled) for this host from the specified URL rather
2902 than the Squid default location.
2903
2904
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2905 ==== CARP OPTIONS ====
2906
2907 carp-key=key-specification
2908 use a different key than the full URL to hash against the peer.
2909 the key-specification is a comma-separated list of the keywords
2910 scheme, host, port, path, params
2911 Order is not important.
2912
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2913 ==== ACCELERATOR / REVERSE-PROXY OPTIONS ====
2914
2915 originserver Causes this parent to be contacted as an origin server.
2916 Meant to be used in accelerator setups when the peer
2917 is a web server.
2918
2919 forceddomain=name
2920 Set the Host header of requests forwarded to this peer.
2921 Useful in accelerator setups where the server (peer)
2922 expects a certain domain name but clients may request
2923 others. ie example.com or www.example.com
2924
2925 no-digest Disable request of cache digests.
2926
2927 no-netdb-exchange
2928 Disables requesting ICMP RTT database (NetDB).
2929
2930
2931 ==== AUTHENTICATION OPTIONS ====
2932
2933 login=user:password
2934 If this is a personal/workgroup proxy and your parent
2935 requires proxy authentication.
2936
2937 Note: The string can include URL escapes (i.e. %20 for
2938 spaces). This also means % must be written as %%.
2939
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2940 login=PASSTHRU
2941 Send login details received from client to this peer.
2942 Both Proxy- and WWW-Authorization headers are passed
2943 without alteration to the peer.
2944 Authentication is not required by Squid for this to work.
2945
2946 Note: This will pass any form of authentication but
2947 only Basic auth will work through a proxy unless the
2948 connection-auth options are also used.
ee0b94f4 2949
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2950 login=PASS Send login details received from client to this peer.
2951 Authentication is not required by this option.
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2953 If there are no client-provided authentication headers
2954 to pass on, but username and password are available
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2955 from an external ACL user= and password= result tags
2956 they may be sent instead.
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2957
2958 Note: To combine this with proxy_auth both proxies must
2959 share the same user database as HTTP only allows for
2960 a single login (one for proxy, one for origin server).
2961 Also be warned this will expose your users proxy
2962 password to the peer. USE WITH CAUTION
2963
2964 login=*:password
2965 Send the username to the upstream cache, but with a
2966 fixed password. This is meant to be used when the peer
2967 is in another administrative domain, but it is still
2968 needed to identify each user.
2969 The star can optionally be followed by some extra
2970 information which is added to the username. This can
2971 be used to identify this proxy to the peer, similar to
2972 the login=username:password option above.
2973
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2974 login=NEGOTIATE
2975 If this is a personal/workgroup proxy and your parent
2976 requires a secure proxy authentication.
2977 The first principal from the default keytab or defined by
2978 the environment variable KRB5_KTNAME will be used.
2979
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2981 clients. Negotiate often assumes end-to-end authentication
2982 and a single-client. Which is not strictly true here.
2983
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2984 login=NEGOTIATE:principal_name
2985 If this is a personal/workgroup proxy and your parent
2986 requires a secure proxy authentication.
2987 The principal principal_name from the default keytab or
2988 defined by the environment variable KRB5_KTNAME will be
2989 used.
2990
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2991 WARNING: The connection may transmit requests from multiple
2992 clients. Negotiate often assumes end-to-end authentication
2993 and a single-client. Which is not strictly true here.
2994
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2995 connection-auth=on|off
2996 Tell Squid that this peer does or not support Microsoft
2997 connection oriented authentication, and any such
2998 challenges received from there should be ignored.
2999 Default is auto to automatically determine the status
3000 of the peer.
3001
3002
3003 ==== SSL / HTTPS / TLS OPTIONS ====
3004
3005 ssl Encrypt connections to this peer with SSL/TLS.
3006
3007 sslcert=/path/to/ssl/certificate
3008 A client SSL certificate to use when connecting to
3009 this peer.
3010
3011 sslkey=/path/to/ssl/key
3012 The private SSL key corresponding to sslcert above.
3013 If 'sslkey' is not specified 'sslcert' is assumed to
3014 reference a combined file containing both the
3015 certificate and the key.
3016
3d96b0e8 3017 sslversion=1|2|3|4|5|6
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3018 The SSL version to use when connecting to this peer
3019 1 = automatic (default)
3020 2 = SSL v2 only
3021 3 = SSL v3 only
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3022 4 = TLS v1.0 only
3023 5 = TLS v1.1 only
3024 6 = TLS v1.2 only
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3025
3026 sslcipher=... The list of valid SSL ciphers to use when connecting
3027 to this peer.
3028
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3029 ssloptions=... Specify various SSL implementation options:
3030
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3031 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
3032 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
3033 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1.0
3034 NO_TLSv1_1 Disallow the use of TLSv1.1
3035 NO_TLSv1_2 Disallow the use of TLSv1.2
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3036 SINGLE_DH_USE
3037 Always create a new key when using
3038 temporary/ephemeral DH key exchanges
3039 ALL Enable various bug workarounds
3040 suggested as "harmless" by OpenSSL
3041 Be warned that this reduces SSL/TLS
3042 strength to some attacks.
3043
3044 See the OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options documentation for a
3045 more complete list.
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3046
3047 sslcafile=... A file containing additional CA certificates to use
3048 when verifying the peer certificate.
3049
3050 sslcapath=... A directory containing additional CA certificates to
3051 use when verifying the peer certificate.
3052
3053 sslcrlfile=... A certificate revocation list file to use when
3054 verifying the peer certificate.
3055
3056 sslflags=... Specify various flags modifying the SSL implementation:
3057
41bd17a4 3058 DONT_VERIFY_PEER
3059 Accept certificates even if they fail to
3060 verify.
3061 NO_DEFAULT_CA
3062 Don't use the default CA list built in
3063 to OpenSSL.
3064 DONT_VERIFY_DOMAIN
3065 Don't verify the peer certificate
3066 matches the server name
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3067
3068 ssldomain= The peer name as advertised in it's certificate.
3069 Used for verifying the correctness of the received peer
3070 certificate. If not specified the peer hostname will be
3071 used.
3072
3073 front-end-https
3074 Enable the "Front-End-Https: On" header needed when
3075 using Squid as a SSL frontend in front of Microsoft OWA.
3076 See MS KB document Q307347 for details on this header.
3077 If set to auto the header will only be added if the
3078 request is forwarded as a https:// URL.
3079
3080
3081 ==== GENERAL OPTIONS ====
3082
3083 connect-timeout=N
3084 A peer-specific connect timeout.
3085 Also see the peer_connect_timeout directive.
3086
3087 connect-fail-limit=N
3088 How many times connecting to a peer must fail before
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3089 it is marked as down. Standby connection failures
3090 count towards this limit. Default is 10.
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3091
3092 allow-miss Disable Squid's use of only-if-cached when forwarding
3093 requests to siblings. This is primarily useful when
3094 icp_hit_stale is used by the sibling. To extensive use
3095 of this option may result in forwarding loops, and you
3096 should avoid having two-way peerings with this option.
3097 For example to deny peer usage on requests from peer
3098 by denying cache_peer_access if the source is a peer.
3099
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3100 max-conn=N Limit the number of concurrent connections the Squid
3101 may open to this peer, including already opened idle
3102 and standby connections. There is no peer-specific
3103 connection limit by default.
3104
3105 A peer exceeding the limit is not used for new
3106 requests unless a standby connection is available.
3107
3108 max-conn currently works poorly with idle persistent
3109 connections: When a peer reaches its max-conn limit,
3110 and there are idle persistent connections to the peer,
3111 the peer may not be selected because the limiting code
3112 does not know whether Squid can reuse those idle
3113 connections.
3114
3115 standby=N Maintain a pool of N "hot standby" connections to an
3116 UP peer, available for requests when no idle
3117 persistent connection is available (or safe) to use.
3118 By default and with zero N, no such pool is maintained.
3119 N must not exceed the max-conn limit (if any).
3120
3121 At start or after reconfiguration, Squid opens new TCP
3122 standby connections until there are N connections
3123 available and then replenishes the standby pool as
3124 opened connections are used up for requests. A used
3125 connection never goes back to the standby pool, but
3126 may go to the regular idle persistent connection pool
3127 shared by all peers and origin servers.
3128
3129 Squid never opens multiple new standby connections
3130 concurrently. This one-at-a-time approach minimizes
3131 flooding-like effect on peers. Furthermore, just a few
3132 standby connections should be sufficient in most cases
3133 to supply most new requests with a ready-to-use
3134 connection.
3135
3136 Standby connections obey server_idle_pconn_timeout.
3137 For the feature to work as intended, the peer must be
3138 configured to accept and keep them open longer than
3139 the idle timeout at the connecting Squid, to minimize
3140 race conditions typical to idle used persistent
3141 connections. Default request_timeout and
3142 server_idle_pconn_timeout values ensure such a
3143 configuration.
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3144
3145 name=xxx Unique name for the peer.
3146 Required if you have multiple peers on the same host
3147 but different ports.
3148 This name can be used in cache_peer_access and similar
3149 directives to dentify the peer.
3150 Can be used by outgoing access controls through the
3151 peername ACL type.
3152
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3153 no-tproxy Do not use the client-spoof TPROXY support when forwarding
3154 requests to this peer. Use normal address selection instead.
0d901ef4 3155 This overrides the spoof_client_ip ACL.
b0758e04 3156
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3157 proxy-only objects fetched from the peer will not be stored locally.
3158
41bd17a4 3159DOC_END
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41bd17a4 3161NAME: cache_peer_domain cache_host_domain
3162TYPE: hostdomain
3163DEFAULT: none
3164LOC: none
3165DOC_START
3166 Use to limit the domains for which a neighbor cache will be
638402dd 3167 queried.
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3169 Usage:
3170 cache_peer_domain cache-host domain [domain ...]
3171 cache_peer_domain cache-host !domain
cccac0a2 3172
41bd17a4 3173 For example, specifying
cccac0a2 3174
41bd17a4 3175 cache_peer_domain parent.foo.net .edu
cccac0a2 3176
41bd17a4 3177 has the effect such that UDP query packets are sent to
3178 'bigserver' only when the requested object exists on a
3179 server in the .edu domain. Prefixing the domainname
3180 with '!' means the cache will be queried for objects
3181 NOT in that domain.
cccac0a2 3182
41bd17a4 3183 NOTE: * Any number of domains may be given for a cache-host,
3184 either on the same or separate lines.
3185 * When multiple domains are given for a particular
3186 cache-host, the first matched domain is applied.
3187 * Cache hosts with no domain restrictions are queried
3188 for all requests.
3189 * There are no defaults.
3190 * There is also a 'cache_peer_access' tag in the ACL
3191 section.
3192DOC_END
dd9b1776 3193
41bd17a4 3194NAME: cache_peer_access
3195TYPE: peer_access
3196DEFAULT: none
3197LOC: none
3198DOC_START
3199 Similar to 'cache_peer_domain' but provides more flexibility by
3200 using ACL elements.
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3202 Usage:
3203 cache_peer_access cache-host allow|deny [!]aclname ...
dd9b1776 3204
41bd17a4 3205 The syntax is identical to 'http_access' and the other lists of
3206 ACL elements. See the comments for 'http_access' below, or
e314b7b9 3207 the Squid FAQ (http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl).
41bd17a4 3208DOC_END
dd9b1776 3209
41bd17a4 3210NAME: neighbor_type_domain
3211TYPE: hostdomaintype
3212DEFAULT: none
638402dd 3213DEFAULT_DOC: The peer type from cache_peer directive is used for all requests to that peer.
41bd17a4 3214LOC: none
3215DOC_START
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3216 Modify the cache_peer neighbor type when passing requests
3217 about specific domains to the peer.
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3219 Usage:
3220 neighbor_type_domain neighbor parent|sibling domain domain ...
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3222 For example:
3223 cache_peer foo.example.com parent 3128 3130
3224 neighbor_type_domain foo.example.com sibling .au .de
6bf4f823 3225
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3226 The above configuration treats all requests to foo.example.com as a
3227 parent proxy unless the request is for a .au or .de ccTLD domain name.
41bd17a4 3228DOC_END
6bf4f823 3229
41bd17a4 3230NAME: dead_peer_timeout
3231COMMENT: (seconds)
3232DEFAULT: 10 seconds
3233TYPE: time_t
3234LOC: Config.Timeout.deadPeer
3235DOC_START
3236 This controls how long Squid waits to declare a peer cache
3237 as "dead." If there are no ICP replies received in this
3238 amount of time, Squid will declare the peer dead and not
3239 expect to receive any further ICP replies. However, it
3240 continues to send ICP queries, and will mark the peer as
3241 alive upon receipt of the first subsequent ICP reply.
699acd19 3242
41bd17a4 3243 This timeout also affects when Squid expects to receive ICP
3244 replies from peers. If more than 'dead_peer' seconds have
3245 passed since the last ICP reply was received, Squid will not
3246 expect to receive an ICP reply on the next query. Thus, if
3247 your time between requests is greater than this timeout, you
3248 will see a lot of requests sent DIRECT to origin servers
3249 instead of to your parents.
3250DOC_END
cccac0a2 3251
437823b4 3252NAME: forward_max_tries
6c367206 3253DEFAULT: 25
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3254TYPE: int
3255LOC: Config.forward_max_tries
3256DOC_START
3257 Controls how many different forward paths Squid will try
3258 before giving up. See also forward_timeout.
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3259
3260 NOTE: connect_retries (default: none) can make each of these
3261 possible forwarding paths be tried multiple times.
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3263
41bd17a4 3264NAME: hierarchy_stoplist
3265TYPE: wordlist
3266DEFAULT: none
3267LOC: Config.hierarchy_stoplist
3268DOC_START
3269 A list of words which, if found in a URL, cause the object to
3270 be handled directly by this cache. In other words, use this
3271 to not query neighbor caches for certain objects. You may
3272 list this option multiple times.
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3274 Example:
3275 hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ?
3276
3277 Note: never_direct overrides this option.
6b698a21 3278DOC_END
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41bd17a4 3280COMMENT_START
3281 MEMORY CACHE OPTIONS
3282 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3283COMMENT_END
3284
3285NAME: cache_mem
3286COMMENT: (bytes)
3287TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 3288DEFAULT: 256 MB
41bd17a4 3289LOC: Config.memMaxSize
6b698a21 3290DOC_START
41bd17a4 3291 NOTE: THIS PARAMETER DOES NOT SPECIFY THE MAXIMUM PROCESS SIZE.
3292 IT ONLY PLACES A LIMIT ON HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL MEMORY SQUID WILL
3293 USE AS A MEMORY CACHE OF OBJECTS. SQUID USES MEMORY FOR OTHER
3294 THINGS AS WELL. SEE THE SQUID FAQ SECTION 8 FOR DETAILS.
3295
3296 'cache_mem' specifies the ideal amount of memory to be used
3297 for:
3298 * In-Transit objects
3299 * Hot Objects
3300 * Negative-Cached objects
3301
3302 Data for these objects are stored in 4 KB blocks. This
3303 parameter specifies the ideal upper limit on the total size of
3304 4 KB blocks allocated. In-Transit objects take the highest
3305 priority.
3306
3307 In-transit objects have priority over the others. When
3308 additional space is needed for incoming data, negative-cached
3309 and hot objects will be released. In other words, the
3310 negative-cached and hot objects will fill up any unused space
3311 not needed for in-transit objects.
3312
3313 If circumstances require, this limit will be exceeded.
3314 Specifically, if your incoming request rate requires more than
3315 'cache_mem' of memory to hold in-transit objects, Squid will
3316 exceed this limit to satisfy the new requests. When the load
3317 decreases, blocks will be freed until the high-water mark is
3318 reached. Thereafter, blocks will be used to store hot
3319 objects.
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3321 If shared memory caching is enabled, Squid does not use the shared
3322 cache space for in-transit objects, but they still consume as much
3323 local memory as they need. For more details about the shared memory
3324 cache, see memory_cache_shared.
6b698a21 3325DOC_END
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41bd17a4 3327NAME: maximum_object_size_in_memory
3328COMMENT: (bytes)
3329TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 3330DEFAULT: 512 KB
41bd17a4 3331LOC: Config.Store.maxInMemObjSize
6b698a21 3332DOC_START
41bd17a4 3333 Objects greater than this size will not be attempted to kept in
3334 the memory cache. This should be set high enough to keep objects
3335 accessed frequently in memory to improve performance whilst low
3336 enough to keep larger objects from hoarding cache_mem.
6b698a21 3337DOC_END
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3340COMMENT: on|off
3341TYPE: YesNoNone
3342LOC: Config.memShared
3343DEFAULT: none
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3345DOC_START
3346 Controls whether the memory cache is shared among SMP workers.
3347
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3349 the non-shared memory cache, although some entities may still be
3350 cached locally by workers for now (e.g., internal and in-transit
3351 objects may be served from a local memory cache even if shared memory
3352 caching is enabled).
3353
65b81b27 3354 By default, the memory cache is shared if and only if all of the
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3356 multiple workers, cache_mem is positive, and Squid environment
3357 supports required IPC primitives (e.g., POSIX shared memory segments
3358 and GCC-style atomic operations).
3359
3360 To avoid blocking locks, shared memory uses opportunistic algorithms
3361 that do not guarantee that every cachable entity that could have been
3362 shared among SMP workers will actually be shared.
3363
3364 Currently, entities exceeding 32KB in size cannot be shared.
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3366
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3367NAME: memory_cache_mode
3368TYPE: memcachemode
3369LOC: Config
3370DEFAULT: always
638402dd 3371DEFAULT_DOC: Keep the most recently fetched objects in memory
ff4b33f4 3372DOC_START
ea21d497 3373 Controls which objects to keep in the memory cache (cache_mem)
ff4b33f4 3374
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3375 always Keep most recently fetched objects in memory (default)
3376
3377 disk Only disk cache hits are kept in memory, which means
3378 an object must first be cached on disk and then hit
3379 a second time before cached in memory.
3380
3381 network Only objects fetched from network is kept in memory
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3383
41bd17a4 3384NAME: memory_replacement_policy
3385TYPE: removalpolicy
3386LOC: Config.memPolicy
3387DEFAULT: lru
6b698a21 3388DOC_START
41bd17a4 3389 The memory replacement policy parameter determines which
3390 objects are purged from memory when memory space is needed.
7f7db318 3391
638402dd 3392 See cache_replacement_policy for details on algorithms.
41bd17a4 3393DOC_END
6b698a21 3394
41bd17a4 3395COMMENT_START
3396 DISK CACHE OPTIONS
3397 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3398COMMENT_END
6b698a21 3399
41bd17a4 3400NAME: cache_replacement_policy
3401TYPE: removalpolicy
3402LOC: Config.replPolicy
3403DEFAULT: lru
3404DOC_START
3405 The cache replacement policy parameter determines which
3406 objects are evicted (replaced) when disk space is needed.
6b698a21 3407
41bd17a4 3408 lru : Squid's original list based LRU policy
3409 heap GDSF : Greedy-Dual Size Frequency
3410 heap LFUDA: Least Frequently Used with Dynamic Aging
3411 heap LRU : LRU policy implemented using a heap
6b698a21 3412
638402dd 3413 Applies to any cache_dir lines listed below this directive.
7f7db318 3414
41bd17a4 3415 The LRU policies keeps recently referenced objects.
0976f8db 3416
41bd17a4 3417 The heap GDSF policy optimizes object hit rate by keeping smaller
3418 popular objects in cache so it has a better chance of getting a
3419 hit. It achieves a lower byte hit rate than LFUDA though since
3420 it evicts larger (possibly popular) objects.
0976f8db 3421
41bd17a4 3422 The heap LFUDA policy keeps popular objects in cache regardless of
3423 their size and thus optimizes byte hit rate at the expense of
3424 hit rate since one large, popular object will prevent many
3425 smaller, slightly less popular objects from being cached.
0976f8db 3426
41bd17a4 3427 Both policies utilize a dynamic aging mechanism that prevents
3428 cache pollution that can otherwise occur with frequency-based
3429 replacement policies.
7d90757b 3430
41bd17a4 3431 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
b51ec8c8 3432 the value of maximum_object_size above its default of 4 MB to
41bd17a4 3433 to maximize the potential byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA.
dc1af3cf 3434
41bd17a4 3435 For more information about the GDSF and LFUDA cache replacement
3436 policies see http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/1999/HPL-1999-69.html
3437 and http://fog.hpl.external.hp.com/techreports/98/HPL-98-173.html.
6b698a21 3438DOC_END
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3440NAME: minimum_object_size
3441COMMENT: (bytes)
3442TYPE: b_int64_t
3443DEFAULT: 0 KB
3444DEFAULT_DOC: no limit
3445LOC: Config.Store.minObjectSize
3446DOC_START
3447 Objects smaller than this size will NOT be saved on disk. The
3448 value is specified in bytes, and the default is 0 KB, which
3449 means all responses can be stored.
3450DOC_END
3451
3452NAME: maximum_object_size
3453COMMENT: (bytes)
3454TYPE: b_int64_t
3455DEFAULT: 4 MB
3456LOC: Config.Store.maxObjectSize
3457DOC_START
499f852c 3458 Set the default value for max-size parameter on any cache_dir.
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3460
3461 If you wish to get a high BYTES hit ratio, you should probably
3462 increase this (one 32 MB object hit counts for 3200 10KB
3463 hits).
3464
3465 If you wish to increase hit ratio more than you want to
3466 save bandwidth you should leave this low.
3467
3468 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
3469 this value to maximize the byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA!
3470 See cache_replacement_policy for a discussion of this policy.
3471DOC_END
3472
41bd17a4 3473NAME: cache_dir
3474TYPE: cachedir
3475DEFAULT: none
638402dd 3476DEFAULT_DOC: No disk cache. Store cache ojects only in memory.
41bd17a4 3477LOC: Config.cacheSwap
6b698a21 3478DOC_START
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3479 Format:
3480 cache_dir Type Directory-Name Fs-specific-data [options]
0976f8db 3481
41bd17a4 3482 You can specify multiple cache_dir lines to spread the
3483 cache among different disk partitions.
0976f8db 3484
41bd17a4 3485 Type specifies the kind of storage system to use. Only "ufs"
3486 is built by default. To enable any of the other storage systems
3487 see the --enable-storeio configure option.
0976f8db 3488
41bd17a4 3489 'Directory' is a top-level directory where cache swap
3490 files will be stored. If you want to use an entire disk
3491 for caching, this can be the mount-point directory.
3492 The directory must exist and be writable by the Squid
3493 process. Squid will NOT create this directory for you.
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3495 In SMP configurations, cache_dir must not precede the workers option
3496 and should use configuration macros or conditionals to give each
3497 worker interested in disk caching a dedicated cache directory.
3498
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3500 ==== The ufs store type ====
0976f8db 3501
41bd17a4 3502 "ufs" is the old well-known Squid storage format that has always
3503 been there.
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3505 Usage:
3506 cache_dir ufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
0976f8db 3507
41bd17a4 3508 'Mbytes' is the amount of disk space (MB) to use under this
3509 directory. The default is 100 MB. Change this to suit your
3510 configuration. Do NOT put the size of your disk drive here.
3511 Instead, if you want Squid to use the entire disk drive,
3512 subtract 20% and use that value.
0976f8db 3513
56fba4d0 3514 'L1' is the number of first-level subdirectories which
41bd17a4 3515 will be created under the 'Directory'. The default is 16.
0976f8db 3516
56fba4d0 3517 'L2' is the number of second-level subdirectories which
41bd17a4 3518 will be created under each first-level directory. The default
3519 is 256.
0976f8db 3520
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3522 ==== The aufs store type ====
7f7db318 3523
41bd17a4 3524 "aufs" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing
3525 POSIX-threads to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
3526 disk-I/O. This was formerly known in Squid as async-io.
38f9c547 3527
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3528 Usage:
3529 cache_dir aufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
38f9c547 3530
41bd17a4 3531 see argument descriptions under ufs above
38f9c547 3532
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3533
3534 ==== The diskd store type ====
38f9c547 3535
41bd17a4 3536 "diskd" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing a
3537 separate process to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
3538 disk-I/O.
4c3ef9b2 3539
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3540 Usage:
3541 cache_dir diskd Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options] [Q1=n] [Q2=n]
0976f8db 3542
41bd17a4 3543 see argument descriptions under ufs above
0976f8db 3544
41bd17a4 3545 Q1 specifies the number of unacknowledged I/O requests when Squid
3546 stops opening new files. If this many messages are in the queues,
3547 Squid won't open new files. Default is 64
0976f8db 3548
41bd17a4 3549 Q2 specifies the number of unacknowledged messages when Squid
3550 starts blocking. If this many messages are in the queues,
3551 Squid blocks until it receives some replies. Default is 72
0976f8db 3552
41bd17a4 3553 When Q1 < Q2 (the default), the cache directory is optimized
3554 for lower response time at the expense of a decrease in hit
3555 ratio. If Q1 > Q2, the cache directory is optimized for
3556 higher hit ratio at the expense of an increase in response
3557 time.
0976f8db 3558
e2851fe7 3559
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3560 ==== The rock store type ====
3561
3562 Usage:
e51ce7da 3563 cache_dir rock Directory-Name Mbytes [options]
e2851fe7 3564
2e55f083 3565 The Rock Store type is a database-style storage. All cached
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3566 entries are stored in a "database" file, using fixed-size slots.
3567 A single entry occupies one or more slots.
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3569 If possible, Squid using Rock Store creates a dedicated kid
3570 process called "disker" to avoid blocking Squid worker(s) on disk
3571 I/O. One disker kid is created for each rock cache_dir. Diskers
3572 are created only when Squid, running in daemon mode, has support
3573 for the IpcIo disk I/O module.
3574
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3575 swap-timeout=msec: Squid will not start writing a miss to or
3576 reading a hit from disk if it estimates that the swap operation
3577 will take more than the specified number of milliseconds. By
3578 default and when set to zero, disables the disk I/O time limit
3579 enforcement. Ignored when using blocking I/O module because
3580 blocking synchronous I/O does not allow Squid to estimate the
3581 expected swap wait time.
3582
df881a0f 3583 max-swap-rate=swaps/sec: Artificially limits disk access using
1e614370 3584 the specified I/O rate limit. Swap out requests that
df881a0f 3585 would cause the average I/O rate to exceed the limit are
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3586 delayed. Individual swap in requests (i.e., hits or reads) are
3587 not delayed, but they do contribute to measured swap rate and
3588 since they are placed in the same FIFO queue as swap out
3589 requests, they may wait longer if max-swap-rate is smaller.
3590 This is necessary on file systems that buffer "too
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3591 many" writes and then start blocking Squid and other processes
3592 while committing those writes to disk. Usually used together
3593 with swap-timeout to avoid excessive delays and queue overflows
3594 when disk demand exceeds available disk "bandwidth". By default
3595 and when set to zero, disables the disk I/O rate limit
3596 enforcement. Currently supported by IpcIo module only.
3597
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3598 slot-size=bytes: The size of a database "record" used for
3599 storing cached responses. A cached response occupies at least
3600 one slot and all database I/O is done using individual slots so
3601 increasing this parameter leads to more disk space waste while
3602 decreasing it leads to more disk I/O overheads. Should be a
3603 multiple of your operating system I/O page size. Defaults to
3604 16KBytes. A housekeeping header is stored with each slot and
3605 smaller slot-sizes will be rejected. The header is smaller than
3606 100 bytes.
3607
df881a0f 3608
638402dd 3609 ==== COMMON OPTIONS ====
0976f8db 3610
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3611 no-store no new objects should be stored to this cache_dir.
3612
3613 min-size=n the minimum object size in bytes this cache_dir
3614 will accept. It's used to restrict a cache_dir
3615 to only store large objects (e.g. AUFS) while
3616 other stores are optimized for smaller objects
73656056 3617 (e.g. Rock).
638402dd 3618 Defaults to 0.
0976f8db 3619
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3620 max-size=n the maximum object size in bytes this cache_dir
3621 supports.
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3622 The value in maximum_object_size directive sets
3623 the default unless more specific details are
3624 available (ie a small store capacity).
b6662ffd 3625
41bd17a4 3626 Note: To make optimal use of the max-size limits you should order
638402dd 3627 the cache_dir lines with the smallest max-size value first.
0976f8db 3628
bebc043b 3629NOCOMMENT_START
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3630
3631# Uncomment and adjust the following to add a disk cache directory.
3632#cache_dir ufs @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@ 100 16 256
bebc043b 3633NOCOMMENT_END
6b698a21 3634DOC_END
0976f8db 3635
41bd17a4 3636NAME: store_dir_select_algorithm
3637TYPE: string
3638LOC: Config.store_dir_select_algorithm
3639DEFAULT: least-load
6b698a21 3640DOC_START
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3641 How Squid selects which cache_dir to use when the response
3642 object will fit into more than one.
3643
3644 Regardless of which algorithm is used the cache_dir min-size
3645 and max-size parameters are obeyed. As such they can affect
3646 the selection algorithm by limiting the set of considered
3647 cache_dir.
3648
3649 Algorithms:
3650
3651 least-load
3652
3653 This algorithm is suited to caches with similar cache_dir
3654 sizes and disk speeds.
3655
3656 The disk with the least I/O pending is selected.
3657 When there are multiple disks with the same I/O load ranking
3658 the cache_dir with most available capacity is selected.
3659
3660 When a mix of cache_dir sizes are configured the faster disks
3661 have a naturally lower I/O loading and larger disks have more
3662 capacity. So space used to store objects and data throughput
3663 may be very unbalanced towards larger disks.
3664
3665
3666 round-robin
3667
3668 This algorithm is suited to caches with unequal cache_dir
3669 disk sizes.
3670
3671 Each cache_dir is selected in a rotation. The next suitable
3672 cache_dir is used.
3673
3674 Available cache_dir capacity is only considered in relation
3675 to whether the object will fit and meets the min-size and
3676 max-size parameters.
3677
3678 Disk I/O loading is only considered to prevent overload on slow
3679 disks. This algorithm does not spread objects by size, so any
3680 I/O loading per-disk may appear very unbalanced and volatile.
3681
6b698a21 3682DOC_END
0976f8db 3683
41bd17a4 3684NAME: max_open_disk_fds
3685TYPE: int
3686LOC: Config.max_open_disk_fds
3687DEFAULT: 0
638402dd 3688DEFAULT_DOC: no limit
6b698a21 3689DOC_START
41bd17a4 3690 To avoid having disk as the I/O bottleneck Squid can optionally
3691 bypass the on-disk cache if more than this amount of disk file
3692 descriptors are open.
3693
3694 A value of 0 indicates no limit.
6b698a21 3695DOC_END
0976f8db 3696
41bd17a4 3697NAME: cache_swap_low
3698COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
5473c134 3699TYPE: int
41bd17a4 3700DEFAULT: 90
3701LOC: Config.Swap.lowWaterMark
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3702DOC_START
3703 The low-water mark for cache object replacement.
3704 Replacement begins when the swap (disk) usage is above the
3705 low-water mark and attempts to maintain utilization near the
3706 low-water mark. As swap utilization gets close to high-water
3707 mark object eviction becomes more aggressive. If utilization is
3708 close to the low-water mark less replacement is done each time.
3709
3710 Defaults are 90% and 95%. If you have a large cache, 5% could be
3711 hundreds of MB. If this is the case you may wish to set these
3712 numbers closer together.
3713
3714 See also cache_swap_high
3715DOC_END
41bd17a4 3716
3717NAME: cache_swap_high
3718COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
3719TYPE: int
3720DEFAULT: 95
3721LOC: Config.Swap.highWaterMark
6b698a21 3722DOC_START
638402dd 3723 The high-water mark for cache object replacement.
41bd17a4 3724 Replacement begins when the swap (disk) usage is above the
3725 low-water mark and attempts to maintain utilization near the
3726 low-water mark. As swap utilization gets close to high-water
3727 mark object eviction becomes more aggressive. If utilization is
3728 close to the low-water mark less replacement is done each time.
3729
3730 Defaults are 90% and 95%. If you have a large cache, 5% could be
3731 hundreds of MB. If this is the case you may wish to set these
3732 numbers closer together.
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3733
3734 See also cache_swap_low
6b698a21 3735DOC_END
0976f8db 3736
5473c134 3737COMMENT_START
41bd17a4 3738 LOGFILE OPTIONS
5473c134 3739 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3740COMMENT_END
0976f8db 3741
41bd17a4 3742NAME: logformat
3743TYPE: logformat
20efa1c2 3744LOC: Log::TheConfig
5473c134 3745DEFAULT: none
638402dd 3746DEFAULT_DOC: The format definitions squid, common, combined, referrer, useragent are built in.
6b698a21 3747DOC_START
41bd17a4 3748 Usage:
0976f8db 3749
41bd17a4 3750 logformat <name> <format specification>
0976f8db 3751
41bd17a4 3752 Defines an access log format.
6b698a21 3753
41bd17a4 3754 The <format specification> is a string with embedded % format codes
5473c134 3755
41bd17a4 3756 % format codes all follow the same basic structure where all but
3757 the formatcode is optional. Output strings are automatically escaped
3758 as required according to their context and the output format
3759 modifiers are usually not needed, but can be specified if an explicit
3760 output format is desired.
6b698a21 3761
41bd17a4 3762 % ["|[|'|#] [-] [[0]width] [{argument}] formatcode
0976f8db 3763
41bd17a4 3764 " output in quoted string format
3765 [ output in squid text log format as used by log_mime_hdrs
3766 # output in URL quoted format
3767 ' output as-is
5473c134 3768
41bd17a4 3769 - left aligned
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3770
3771 width minimum and/or maximum field width:
3772 [width_min][.width_max]
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3773 When minimum starts with 0, the field is zero-padded.
3774 String values exceeding maximum width are truncated.
c32c6db7 3775
41bd17a4 3776 {arg} argument such as header name etc
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41bd17a4 3778 Format codes:
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3ff65596 3780 % a literal % character
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3781 sn Unique sequence number per log line entry
3782 err_code The ID of an error response served by Squid or
3783 a similar internal error identifier.
3784 err_detail Additional err_code-dependent error information.
c7bcf010 3785 note The annotation specified by the argument. Also
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3786 logs the adaptation meta headers set by the
3787 adaptation_meta configuration parameter.
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3788 If no argument given all annotations logged.
3789 The argument may include a separator to use with
3790 annotation values:
3791 name[:separator]
3792 By default, multiple note values are separated with ","
3793 and multiple notes are separated with "\r\n".
3794 When logging named notes with %{name}note, the
3795 explicitly configured separator is used between note
3796 values. When logging all notes with %note, the
3797 explicitly configured separator is used between
3798 individual notes. There is currently no way to
3799 specify both value and notes separators when logging
3800 all notes with %note.
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3801
3802 Connection related format codes:
3803
41bd17a4 3804 >a Client source IP address
3805 >A Client FQDN
3806 >p Client source port
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3807 >eui Client source EUI (MAC address, EUI-48 or EUI-64 identifier)
3808 >la Local IP address the client connected to
3809 >lp Local port number the client connected to
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3810 >qos Client connection TOS/DSCP value set by Squid
3811 >nfmark Client connection netfilter mark set by Squid
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3813 la Local listening IP address the client connection was connected to.
3814 lp Local listening port number the client connection was connected to.
3815
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3816 <a Server IP address of the last server or peer connection
3817 <A Server FQDN or peer name
3818 <p Server port number of the last server or peer connection
c3a082ae 3819 <la Local IP address of the last server or peer connection
152e24b3 3820 <lp Local port number of the last server or peer connection
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3821 <qos Server connection TOS/DSCP value set by Squid
3822 <nfmark Server connection netfilter mark set by Squid
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3823
3824 Time related format codes:
3825
41bd17a4 3826 ts Seconds since epoch
3827 tu subsecond time (milliseconds)
3828 tl Local time. Optional strftime format argument
3ff65596 3829 default %d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S %z
41bd17a4 3830 tg GMT time. Optional strftime format argument
3ff65596 3831 default %d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S %z
41bd17a4 3832 tr Response time (milliseconds)
3ff65596 3833 dt Total time spent making DNS lookups (milliseconds)
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3834 tS Approximate master transaction start time in
3835 <full seconds since epoch>.<fractional seconds> format.
3836 Currently, Squid considers the master transaction
3837 started when a complete HTTP request header initiating
3838 the transaction is received from the client. This is
3839 the same value that Squid uses to calculate transaction
3840 response time when logging %tr to access.log. Currently,
3841 Squid uses millisecond resolution for %tS values,
3842 similar to the default access.log "current time" field
3843 (%ts.%03tu).
3ff65596 3844
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3845 Access Control related format codes:
3846
3847 et Tag returned by external acl
3848 ea Log string returned by external acl
3849 un User name (any available)
3850 ul User name from authentication
3851 ue User name from external acl helper
3852 ui User name from ident
3853 us User name from SSL
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3854 credentials Client credentials. The exact meaning depends on
3855 the authentication scheme: For Basic authentication,
3856 it is the password; for Digest, the realm sent by the
3857 client; for NTLM and Negotiate, the client challenge
3858 or client credentials prefixed with "YR " or "KK ".
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3859
3860 HTTP related format codes:
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3862 REQUEST
3863
3864 [http::]rm Request method (GET/POST etc)
3865 [http::]>rm Request method from client
3866 [http::]<rm Request method sent to server or peer
3867 [http::]ru Request URL from client (historic, filtered for logging)
3868 [http::]>ru Request URL from client
3869 [http::]<ru Request URL sent to server or peer
fa450988 3870 [http::]>rd Request URL domain from client
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3871 [http::]rp Request URL-Path excluding hostname
3872 [http::]>rp Request URL-Path excluding hostname from client
3873 [http::]<rp Request URL-Path excluding hostname sent to server or peer
3874 [http::]rv Request protocol version
3875 [http::]>rv Request protocol version from client
3876 [http::]<rv Request protocol version sent to server or peer
3877
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3878 [http::]>h Original received request header.
3879 Usually differs from the request header sent by
3880 Squid, although most fields are often preserved.
3881 Accepts optional header field name/value filter
3882 argument using name[:[separator]element] format.
3883 [http::]>ha Received request header after adaptation and
3884 redirection (pre-cache REQMOD vectoring point).
3885 Usually differs from the request header sent by
3886 Squid, although most fields are often preserved.
6fca33e0 3887 Optional header name argument as for >h
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3888
3889
3890 RESPONSE
3891
3892 [http::]<Hs HTTP status code received from the next hop
3893 [http::]>Hs HTTP status code sent to the client
3894
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3895 [http::]<h Reply header. Optional header name argument
3896 as for >h
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3897
3898 [http::]mt MIME content type
3899
3900
3901 SIZE COUNTERS
3902
3903 [http::]st Total size of request + reply traffic with client
3904 [http::]>st Total size of request received from client.
3905 Excluding chunked encoding bytes.
3906 [http::]<st Total size of reply sent to client (after adaptation)
3907
3908 [http::]>sh Size of request headers received from client
3909 [http::]<sh Size of reply headers sent to client (after adaptation)
3910
3911 [http::]<sH Reply high offset sent
3912 [http::]<sS Upstream object size
3913
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3914 [http::]<bs Number of HTTP-equivalent message body bytes
3915 received from the next hop, excluding chunked
3916 transfer encoding and control messages.
3917 Generated FTP/Gopher listings are treated as
3918 received bodies.
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3919
3920
3921 TIMING
3922
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3923 [http::]<pt Peer response time in milliseconds. The timer starts
3924 when the last request byte is sent to the next hop
3925 and stops when the last response byte is received.
3926 [http::]<tt Total server-side time in milliseconds. The timer
3927 starts with the first connect request (or write I/O)
3928 sent to the first selected peer. The timer stops
3929 with the last I/O with the last peer.
3930
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3931 Squid handling related format codes:
3932
3933 Ss Squid request status (TCP_MISS etc)
3934 Sh Squid hierarchy status (DEFAULT_PARENT etc)
3935
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3936 SSL-related format codes:
3937
3938 ssl::bump_mode SslBump decision for the transaction:
3939
3940 For CONNECT requests that initiated bumping of
3941 a connection and for any request received on
3942 an already bumped connection, Squid logs the
3943 corresponding SslBump mode ("server-first" or
3944 "client-first"). See the ssl_bump option for
3945 more information about these modes.
3946
3947 A "none" token is logged for requests that
3948 triggered "ssl_bump" ACL evaluation matching
3949 either a "none" rule or no rules at all.
3950
3951 In all other cases, a single dash ("-") is
3952 logged.
3953
5038f9d8 3954 If ICAP is enabled, the following code becomes available (as
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3955 well as ICAP log codes documented with the icap_log option):
3956
3957 icap::tt Total ICAP processing time for the HTTP
3958 transaction. The timer ticks when ICAP
3959 ACLs are checked and when ICAP
3960 transaction is in progress.
3961
5038f9d8 3962 If adaptation is enabled the following three codes become available:
3ff65596 3963
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3964 adapt::<last_h The header of the last ICAP response or
3965 meta-information from the last eCAP
3966 transaction related to the HTTP transaction.
3967 Like <h, accepts an optional header name
3968 argument.
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3969
3970 adapt::sum_trs Summed adaptation transaction response
3971 times recorded as a comma-separated list in
3972 the order of transaction start time. Each time
3973 value is recorded as an integer number,
3974 representing response time of one or more
3975 adaptation (ICAP or eCAP) transaction in
3976 milliseconds. When a failed transaction is
3977 being retried or repeated, its time is not
3978 logged individually but added to the
3979 replacement (next) transaction. See also:
3980 adapt::all_trs.
3981
3982 adapt::all_trs All adaptation transaction response times.
3983 Same as adaptation_strs but response times of
3984 individual transactions are never added
3985 together. Instead, all transaction response
3986 times are recorded individually.
3987
3988 You can prefix adapt::*_trs format codes with adaptation
3989 service name in curly braces to record response time(s) specific
3990 to that service. For example: %{my_service}adapt::sum_trs
5473c134 3991
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3992 If SSL is enabled, the following formating codes become available:
3993
3994 %ssl::>cert_subject The Subject field of the received client
3995 SSL certificate or a dash ('-') if Squid has
3996 received an invalid/malformed certificate or
3997 no certificate at all. Consider encoding the
3998 logged value because Subject often has spaces.
3999
4000 %ssl::>cert_issuer The Issuer field of the received client
4001 SSL certificate or a dash ('-') if Squid has
4002 received an invalid/malformed certificate or
4003 no certificate at all. Consider encoding the
4004 logged value because Issuer often has spaces.
4005
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4006 The default formats available (which do not need re-defining) are:
4007
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4008logformat squid %ts.%03tu %6tr %>a %Ss/%03>Hs %<st %rm %ru %[un %Sh/%<a %mt
4009logformat common %>a %[ui %[un [%tl] "%rm %ru HTTP/%rv" %>Hs %<st %Ss:%Sh
4010logformat combined %>a %[ui %[un [%tl] "%rm %ru HTTP/%rv" %>Hs %<st "%{Referer}>h" "%{User-Agent}>h" %Ss:%Sh
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4011logformat referrer %ts.%03tu %>a %{Referer}>h %ru
4012logformat useragent %>a [%tl] "%{User-Agent}>h"
4013
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4014 NOTE: When the log_mime_hdrs directive is set to ON.
4015 The squid, common and combined formats have a safely encoded copy
4016 of the mime headers appended to each line within a pair of brackets.
4017
4018 NOTE: The common and combined formats are not quite true to the Apache definition.
4019 The logs from Squid contain an extra status and hierarchy code appended.
20efa1c2 4020
5473c134 4021DOC_END
4022
41bd17a4 4023NAME: access_log cache_access_log
4024TYPE: access_log
4025LOC: Config.Log.accesslogs
82b7abe3 4026DEFAULT_IF_NONE: daemon:@DEFAULT_ACCESS_LOG@ squid
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4028 Configures whether and how Squid logs HTTP and ICP transactions.
4029 If access logging is enabled, a single line is logged for every
4030 matching HTTP or ICP request. The recommended directive formats are:
4031
4032 access_log <module>:<place> [option ...] [acl acl ...]
4033 access_log none [acl acl ...]
4034
4035 The following directive format is accepted but may be deprecated:
82b7abe3 4036 access_log <module>:<place> [<logformat name> [acl acl ...]]
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4037
4038 In most cases, the first ACL name must not contain the '=' character
4039 and should not be equal to an existing logformat name. You can always
4040 start with an 'all' ACL to work around those restrictions.
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4041
4042 Will log to the specified module:place using the specified format (which
41bd17a4 4043 must be defined in a logformat directive) those entries which match
4044 ALL the acl's specified (which must be defined in acl clauses).
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4045 If no acl is specified, all requests will be logged to this destination.
4046
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4047 ===== Available options for the recommended directive format =====
4048
4049 logformat=name Names log line format (either built-in or
4050 defined by a logformat directive). Defaults
4051 to 'squid'.
4052
4053 buffer-size=64KB Defines approximate buffering limit for log
4054 records (see buffered_logs). Squid should not
4055 keep more than the specified size and, hence,
4056 should flush records before the buffer becomes
4057 full to avoid overflows under normal
4058 conditions (the exact flushing algorithm is
4059 module-dependent though). The on-error option
4060 controls overflow handling.
4061
4062 on-error=die|drop Defines action on unrecoverable errors. The
4063 'drop' action ignores (i.e., does not log)
4064 affected log records. The default 'die' action
4065 kills the affected worker. The drop action
4066 support has not been tested for modules other
4067 than tcp.
4068
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4069 ===== Modules Currently available =====
4070
bb7a1781 4071 none Do not log any requests matching these ACL.
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4072 Do not specify Place or logformat name.
4073
4074 stdio Write each log line to disk immediately at the completion of
4075 each request.
4076 Place: the filename and path to be written.
4077
4078 daemon Very similar to stdio. But instead of writing to disk the log
4079 line is passed to a daemon helper for asychronous handling instead.
4080 Place: varies depending on the daemon.
4081
4082 log_file_daemon Place: the file name and path to be written.
4083
4084 syslog To log each request via syslog facility.
4085 Place: The syslog facility and priority level for these entries.
4086 Place Format: facility.priority
5473c134 4087
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4088 where facility could be any of:
4089 authpriv, daemon, local0 ... local7 or user.
5473c134 4090
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4091 And priority could be any of:
4092 err, warning, notice, info, debug.
4093
4094 udp To send each log line as text data to a UDP receiver.
4095 Place: The destination host name or IP and port.
f4fc8610 4096 Place Format: //host:port
df2eec10 4097
2bf4e8fa 4098 tcp To send each log line as text data to a TCP receiver.
fb0c2f17 4099 Lines may be accumulated before sending (see buffered_logs).
2bf4e8fa 4100 Place: The destination host name or IP and port.
f4fc8610 4101 Place Format: //host:port
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4103 Default:
82b7abe3 4104 access_log daemon:@DEFAULT_ACCESS_LOG@ squid
41bd17a4 4105DOC_END
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4108TYPE: access_log
4109IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4110LOC: Config.Log.icaplogs
4111DEFAULT: none
4112DOC_START
4113 ICAP log files record ICAP transaction summaries, one line per
4114 transaction.
4115
4116 The icap_log option format is:
4117 icap_log <filepath> [<logformat name> [acl acl ...]]
4118 icap_log none [acl acl ...]]
4119
4120 Please see access_log option documentation for details. The two
4121 kinds of logs share the overall configuration approach and many
4122 features.
4123
4124 ICAP processing of a single HTTP message or transaction may
4125 require multiple ICAP transactions. In such cases, multiple
4126 ICAP transaction log lines will correspond to a single access
4127 log line.
4128
4129 ICAP log uses logformat codes that make sense for an ICAP
4130 transaction. Header-related codes are applied to the HTTP header
4131 embedded in an ICAP server response, with the following caveats:
4132 For REQMOD, there is no HTTP response header unless the ICAP
4133 server performed request satisfaction. For RESPMOD, the HTTP
4134 request header is the header sent to the ICAP server. For
4135 OPTIONS, there are no HTTP headers.
4136
4137 The following format codes are also available for ICAP logs:
4138
4139 icap::<A ICAP server IP address. Similar to <A.
4140
4141 icap::<service_name ICAP service name from the icap_service
4142 option in Squid configuration file.
4143
4144 icap::ru ICAP Request-URI. Similar to ru.
4145
4146 icap::rm ICAP request method (REQMOD, RESPMOD, or
4147 OPTIONS). Similar to existing rm.
4148
4149 icap::>st Bytes sent to the ICAP server (TCP payload
4150 only; i.e., what Squid writes to the socket).
4151
4152 icap::<st Bytes received from the ICAP server (TCP
4153 payload only; i.e., what Squid reads from
4154 the socket).
4155
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4156 icap::<bs Number of message body bytes received from the
4157 ICAP server. ICAP message body, if any, usually
4158 includes encapsulated HTTP message headers and
4159 possibly encapsulated HTTP message body. The
4160 HTTP body part is dechunked before its size is
4161 computed.
4162
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4164 milliseconds). The timer starts when
4165 the ICAP transaction is created and
4166 stops when the transaction is completed.
4167 Similar to tr.
4168
4169 icap::tio Transaction I/O time (in milliseconds). The
4170 timer starts when the first ICAP request
4171 byte is scheduled for sending. The timers
4172 stops when the last byte of the ICAP response
4173 is received.
4174
4175 icap::to Transaction outcome: ICAP_ERR* for all
4176 transaction errors, ICAP_OPT for OPTION
4177 transactions, ICAP_ECHO for 204
4178 responses, ICAP_MOD for message
4179 modification, and ICAP_SAT for request
4180 satisfaction. Similar to Ss.
4181
4182 icap::Hs ICAP response status code. Similar to Hs.
4183
4184 icap::>h ICAP request header(s). Similar to >h.
4185
4186 icap::<h ICAP response header(s). Similar to <h.
4187
4188 The default ICAP log format, which can be used without an explicit
4189 definition, is called icap_squid:
4190
4191logformat icap_squid %ts.%03tu %6icap::tr %>a %icap::to/%03icap::Hs %icap::<size %icap::rm %icap::ru% %un -/%icap::<A -
4192
5038f9d8 4193 See also: logformat, log_icap, and %adapt::<last_h
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4195
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4196NAME: logfile_daemon
4197TYPE: string
4198DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_LOGFILED@
4199LOC: Log::TheConfig.logfile_daemon
4200DOC_START
4201 Specify the path to the logfile-writing daemon. This daemon is
4202 used to write the access and store logs, if configured.
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4203
4204 Squid sends a number of commands to the log daemon:
4205 L<data>\n - logfile data
4206 R\n - rotate file
4207 T\n - truncate file
dd68402f 4208 O\n - reopen file
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4209 F\n - flush file
4210 r<n>\n - set rotate count to <n>
4211 b<n>\n - 1 = buffer output, 0 = don't buffer output
4212
4213 No responses is expected.
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4214DOC_END
4215
5b0f5383 4216NAME: log_access
8ebad780 4217TYPE: obsolete
5b0f5383 4218DOC_START
8ebad780 4219 Remove this line. Use acls with access_log directives to control access logging
5b0f5383 4220DOC_END
4221
3ff65596 4222NAME: log_icap
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4223TYPE: obsolete
4224DOC_START
4225 Remove this line. Use acls with icap_log directives to control icap logging
4226DOC_END
4227
4228NAME: stats_collection
3ff65596 4229TYPE: acl_access
8ebad780 4230LOC: Config.accessList.stats_collection
3ff65596 4231DEFAULT: none
638402dd 4232DEFAULT_DOC: Allow logging for all transactions.
5b0f5383 4233COMMENT: allow|deny acl acl...
3ff65596 4234DOC_START
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4235 This options allows you to control which requests gets accounted
4236 in performance counters.
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4237
4238 This clause only supports fast acl types.
4239 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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4241
41bd17a4 4242NAME: cache_store_log
4243TYPE: string
df2eec10 4244DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 4245LOC: Config.Log.store
4246DOC_START
4247 Logs the activities of the storage manager. Shows which
4248 objects are ejected from the cache, and which objects are
6d1dfcfc 4249 saved and for how long.
df2eec10 4250 There are not really utilities to analyze this data, so you can safely
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4251 disable it (the default).
4252
4253 Store log uses modular logging outputs. See access_log for the list
4254 of modules supported.
4255
e0855596 4256 Example:
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4257 cache_store_log stdio:@DEFAULT_STORE_LOG@
4258 cache_store_log daemon:@DEFAULT_STORE_LOG@
5473c134 4259DOC_END
4260
41bd17a4 4261NAME: cache_swap_state cache_swap_log
4262TYPE: string
4263LOC: Config.Log.swap
5473c134 4264DEFAULT: none
638402dd 4265DEFAULT_DOC: Store the journal inside its cache_dir
5473c134 4266DOC_START
41bd17a4 4267 Location for the cache "swap.state" file. This index file holds
4268 the metadata of objects saved on disk. It is used to rebuild
4269 the cache during startup. Normally this file resides in each
4270 'cache_dir' directory, but you may specify an alternate
4271 pathname here. Note you must give a full filename, not just
4272 a directory. Since this is the index for the whole object
4273 list you CANNOT periodically rotate it!
5473c134 4274
41bd17a4 4275 If %s can be used in the file name it will be replaced with a
4276 a representation of the cache_dir name where each / is replaced
4277 with '.'. This is needed to allow adding/removing cache_dir
4278 lines when cache_swap_log is being used.
5473c134 4279
41bd17a4 4280 If have more than one 'cache_dir', and %s is not used in the name
4281 these swap logs will have names such as:
5473c134 4282
41bd17a4 4283 cache_swap_log.00
4284 cache_swap_log.01
4285 cache_swap_log.02
5473c134 4286
41bd17a4 4287 The numbered extension (which is added automatically)
4288 corresponds to the order of the 'cache_dir' lines in this
4289 configuration file. If you change the order of the 'cache_dir'
4290 lines in this file, these index files will NOT correspond to
4291 the correct 'cache_dir' entry (unless you manually rename
4292 them). We recommend you do NOT use this option. It is
4293 better to keep these index files in each 'cache_dir' directory.
5473c134 4294DOC_END
4295
41bd17a4 4296NAME: logfile_rotate
4297TYPE: int
4298DEFAULT: 10
4299LOC: Config.Log.rotateNumber
5473c134 4300DOC_START
41bd17a4 4301 Specifies the number of logfile rotations to make when you
4302 type 'squid -k rotate'. The default is 10, which will rotate
4303 with extensions 0 through 9. Setting logfile_rotate to 0 will
4304 disable the file name rotation, but the logfiles are still closed
4305 and re-opened. This will enable you to rename the logfiles
4306 yourself just before sending the rotate signal.
5473c134 4307
41bd17a4 4308 Note, the 'squid -k rotate' command normally sends a USR1
4309 signal to the running squid process. In certain situations
4310 (e.g. on Linux with Async I/O), USR1 is used for other
4311 purposes, so -k rotate uses another signal. It is best to get
4312 in the habit of using 'squid -k rotate' instead of 'kill -USR1
4313 <pid>'.
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4315 Note, from Squid-3.1 this option is only a default for cache.log,
4316 that log can be rotated separately by using debug_options.
41bd17a4 4317DOC_END
5473c134 4318
41bd17a4 4319NAME: emulate_httpd_log
20efa1c2 4320TYPE: obsolete
41bd17a4 4321DOC_START
20efa1c2 4322 Replace this with an access_log directive using the format 'common' or 'combined'.
5473c134 4323DOC_END
4324
41bd17a4 4325NAME: log_ip_on_direct
8652f8e7 4326TYPE: obsolete
5473c134 4327DOC_START
8652f8e7 4328 Remove this option from your config. To log server or peer names use %<A in the log format.
41bd17a4 4329DOC_END
5473c134 4330
41bd17a4 4331NAME: mime_table
4332TYPE: string
4333DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_MIME_TABLE@
4334LOC: Config.mimeTablePathname
4335DOC_START
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4336 Path to Squid's icon configuration file.
4337
4338 You shouldn't need to change this, but the default file contains
4339 examples and formatting information if you do.
5473c134 4340DOC_END
4341
41bd17a4 4342NAME: log_mime_hdrs
4343COMMENT: on|off
4344TYPE: onoff
4345LOC: Config.onoff.log_mime_hdrs
4346DEFAULT: off
4347DOC_START
4348 The Cache can record both the request and the response MIME
4349 headers for each HTTP transaction. The headers are encoded
4350 safely and will appear as two bracketed fields at the end of
4351 the access log (for either the native or httpd-emulated log
4352 formats). To enable this logging set log_mime_hdrs to 'on'.
4353DOC_END
5473c134 4354
41bd17a4 4355NAME: useragent_log
20efa1c2 4356TYPE: obsolete
5473c134 4357DOC_START
20efa1c2 4358 Replace this with an access_log directive using the format 'useragent'.
5473c134 4359DOC_END
4360
41bd17a4 4361NAME: referer_log referrer_log
20efa1c2 4362TYPE: obsolete
5473c134 4363DOC_START
20efa1c2 4364 Replace this with an access_log directive using the format 'referrer'.
5473c134 4365DOC_END
4366
41bd17a4 4367NAME: pid_filename
4368TYPE: string
4369DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PID_FILE@
4370LOC: Config.pidFilename
5473c134 4371DOC_START
41bd17a4 4372 A filename to write the process-id to. To disable, enter "none".
5473c134 4373DOC_END
4374
41bd17a4 4375NAME: log_fqdn
c581e96b 4376TYPE: obsolete
5473c134 4377DOC_START
c581e96b 4378 Remove this option from your config. To log FQDN use %>A in the log format.
5473c134 4379DOC_END
4380
41bd17a4 4381NAME: client_netmask
4382TYPE: address
4383LOC: Config.Addrs.client_netmask
0eb08770 4384DEFAULT: no_addr
638402dd 4385DEFAULT_DOC: Log full client IP address
5473c134 4386DOC_START
41bd17a4 4387 A netmask for client addresses in logfiles and cachemgr output.
4388 Change this to protect the privacy of your cache clients.
4389 A netmask of 255.255.255.0 will log all IP's in that range with
4390 the last digit set to '0'.
5473c134 4391DOC_END
4392
41bd17a4 4393NAME: forward_log
20efa1c2 4394TYPE: obsolete
5473c134 4395DOC_START
20efa1c2 4396 Use a regular access.log with ACL limiting it to MISS events.
5473c134 4397DOC_END
4398
41bd17a4 4399NAME: strip_query_terms
5473c134 4400TYPE: onoff
41bd17a4 4401LOC: Config.onoff.strip_query_terms
5473c134 4402DEFAULT: on
4403DOC_START
41bd17a4 4404 By default, Squid strips query terms from requested URLs before
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4405 logging. This protects your user's privacy and reduces log size.
4406
4407 When investigating HIT/MISS or other caching behaviour you
4408 will need to disable this to see the full URL used by Squid.
5473c134 4409DOC_END
4410
41bd17a4 4411NAME: buffered_logs
4412COMMENT: on|off
4413TYPE: onoff
4414DEFAULT: off
4415LOC: Config.onoff.buffered_logs
5473c134 4416DOC_START
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4417 Whether to write/send access_log records ASAP or accumulate them and
4418 then write/send them in larger chunks. Buffering may improve
4419 performance because it decreases the number of I/Os. However,
4420 buffering increases the delay before log records become available to
4421 the final recipient (e.g., a disk file or logging daemon) and,
4422 hence, increases the risk of log records loss.
4423
4424 Note that even when buffered_logs are off, Squid may have to buffer
4425 records if it cannot write/send them immediately due to pending I/Os
4426 (e.g., the I/O writing the previous log record) or connectivity loss.
4427
fb0c2f17 4428 Currently honored by 'daemon' and 'tcp' access_log modules only.
6b698a21 4429DOC_END
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2b753521 4431NAME: netdb_filename
4432TYPE: string
221faecb 4433DEFAULT: stdio:@DEFAULT_NETDB_FILE@
2b753521 4434LOC: Config.netdbFilename
fb6a61d1 4435IFDEF: USE_ICMP
2b753521 4436DOC_START
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4437 Where Squid stores it's netdb journal.
4438 When enabled this journal preserves netdb state between restarts.
4439
2b753521 4440 To disable, enter "none".
4441DOC_END
4442
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4443COMMENT_START
4444 OPTIONS FOR TROUBLESHOOTING
4445 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4446COMMENT_END
4447
4448NAME: cache_log
4449TYPE: string
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4450DEFAULT_IF_NONE: @DEFAULT_CACHE_LOG@
4451LOC: Debug::cache_log
4452DOC_START
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4453 Squid administrative logging file.
4454
4455 This is where general information about Squid behavior goes. You can
4456 increase the amount of data logged to this file and how often it is
4457 rotated with "debug_options"
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4458DOC_END
4459
4460NAME: debug_options
4461TYPE: eol
47df1aa7 4462DEFAULT: ALL,1
638402dd 4463DEFAULT_DOC: Log all critical and important messages.
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4464LOC: Debug::debugOptions
4465DOC_START
4466 Logging options are set as section,level where each source file
4467 is assigned a unique section. Lower levels result in less
4468 output, Full debugging (level 9) can result in a very large
4469 log file, so be careful.
4470
4471 The magic word "ALL" sets debugging levels for all sections.
638402dd 4472 The default is to run with "ALL,1" to record important warnings.
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4474 The rotate=N option can be used to keep more or less of these logs
4475 than would otherwise be kept by logfile_rotate.
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4476 For most uses a single log should be enough to monitor current
4477 events affecting Squid.
4478DOC_END
4479
4480NAME: coredump_dir
4481TYPE: string
4482LOC: Config.coredump_dir
62493678 4483DEFAULT_IF_NONE: none
638402dd 4484DEFAULT_DOC: Use the directory from where Squid was started.
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4485DOC_START
4486 By default Squid leaves core files in the directory from where
4487 it was started. If you set 'coredump_dir' to a directory
4488 that exists, Squid will chdir() to that directory at startup
4489 and coredump files will be left there.
4490
4491NOCOMMENT_START
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4493# Leave coredumps in the first cache dir
4494coredump_dir @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@
4495NOCOMMENT_END
4496DOC_END
4497
4498
41bd17a4 4499COMMENT_START
4500 OPTIONS FOR FTP GATEWAYING
4501 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4502COMMENT_END
4503
4504NAME: ftp_user
4505TYPE: string
4506DEFAULT: Squid@
4507LOC: Config.Ftp.anon_user
6b698a21 4508DOC_START
41bd17a4 4509 If you want the anonymous login password to be more informative
638402dd 4510 (and enable the use of picky FTP servers), set this to something
41bd17a4 4511 reasonable for your domain, like wwwuser@somewhere.net
7f7db318 4512
41bd17a4 4513 The reason why this is domainless by default is the
4514 request can be made on the behalf of a user in any domain,
4515 depending on how the cache is used.
638402dd 4516 Some FTP server also validate the email address is valid
41bd17a4 4517 (for example perl.com).
6b698a21 4518DOC_END
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41bd17a4 4520NAME: ftp_passive
4521TYPE: onoff
4522DEFAULT: on
4523LOC: Config.Ftp.passive
6b698a21 4524DOC_START
41bd17a4 4525 If your firewall does not allow Squid to use passive
4526 connections, turn off this option.
a689bd4e 4527
4528 Use of ftp_epsv_all option requires this to be ON.
4529DOC_END
4530
4531NAME: ftp_epsv_all
4532TYPE: onoff
4533DEFAULT: off
4534LOC: Config.Ftp.epsv_all
4535DOC_START
4536 FTP Protocol extensions permit the use of a special "EPSV ALL" command.
4537
4538 NATs may be able to put the connection on a "fast path" through the
4539 translator, as the EPRT command will never be used and therefore,
4540 translation of the data portion of the segments will never be needed.
4541
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4543 useful.
a689bd4e 4544 If squid finds that it must do a three-way FTP transfer after issuing
4545 an EPSV ALL command, the FTP session will fail.
4546
4547 If you have any doubts about this option do not use it.
4548 Squid will nicely attempt all other connection methods.
4549
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4550 Requires ftp_passive to be ON (default) for any effect.
4551DOC_END
4552
4553NAME: ftp_epsv
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4555DEFAULT: none
4556LOC: Config.accessList.ftp_epsv
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4557DOC_START
4558 FTP Protocol extensions permit the use of a special "EPSV" command.
4559
4560 NATs may be able to put the connection on a "fast path" through the
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4561 translator using EPSV, as the EPRT command will never be used
4562 and therefore, translation of the data portion of the segments
4563 will never be needed.
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4565 EPSV is often required to interoperate with FTP servers on IPv6
4566 networks. On the other hand, it may break some IPv4 servers.
4567
4568 By default, EPSV may try EPSV with any FTP server. To fine tune
4569 that decision, you may restrict EPSV to certain clients or servers
4570 using ACLs:
4571
4572 ftp_epsv allow|deny al1 acl2 ...
4573
4574 WARNING: Disabling EPSV may cause problems with external NAT and IPv6.
51ee534d 4575
ddf5aa2b 4576 Only fast ACLs are supported.
51ee534d 4577 Requires ftp_passive to be ON (default) for any effect.
41bd17a4 4578DOC_END
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4580NAME: ftp_eprt
4581TYPE: onoff
4582DEFAULT: on
4583LOC: Config.Ftp.eprt
4584DOC_START
4585 FTP Protocol extensions permit the use of a special "EPRT" command.
4586
4587 This extension provides a protocol neutral alternative to the
4588 IPv4-only PORT command. When supported it enables active FTP data
4589 channels over IPv6 and efficient NAT handling.
4590
4591 Turning this OFF will prevent EPRT being attempted and will skip
4592 straight to using PORT for IPv4 servers.
4593
4594 Some devices are known to not handle this extension correctly and
4595 may result in crashes. Devices which suport EPRT enough to fail
4596 cleanly will result in Squid attempting PORT anyway. This directive
4597 should only be disabled when EPRT results in device failures.
4598
4599 WARNING: Doing so will convert Squid back to the old behavior with all
4600 the related problems with external NAT devices/layers and IPv4-only FTP.
4601DOC_END
4602
41bd17a4 4603NAME: ftp_sanitycheck
4604TYPE: onoff
4605DEFAULT: on
4606LOC: Config.Ftp.sanitycheck
4607DOC_START
4608 For security and data integrity reasons Squid by default performs
4609 sanity checks of the addresses of FTP data connections ensure the
4610 data connection is to the requested server. If you need to allow
4611 FTP connections to servers using another IP address for the data
4612 connection turn this off.
4613DOC_END
9e7dbc51 4614
41bd17a4 4615NAME: ftp_telnet_protocol
4616TYPE: onoff
4617DEFAULT: on
4618LOC: Config.Ftp.telnet
4619DOC_START
4620 The FTP protocol is officially defined to use the telnet protocol
4621 as transport channel for the control connection. However, many
4622 implementations are broken and does not respect this aspect of
4623 the FTP protocol.
4624
4625 If you have trouble accessing files with ASCII code 255 in the
4626 path or similar problems involving this ASCII code you can
4627 try setting this directive to off. If that helps, report to the
4628 operator of the FTP server in question that their FTP server
4629 is broken and does not follow the FTP standard.
4630DOC_END
4631
4632COMMENT_START
4633 OPTIONS FOR EXTERNAL SUPPORT PROGRAMS
4634 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4635COMMENT_END
4636
4637NAME: diskd_program
4638TYPE: string
4639DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_DISKD@
4640LOC: Config.Program.diskd
4641DOC_START
4642 Specify the location of the diskd executable.
4643 Note this is only useful if you have compiled in
4644 diskd as one of the store io modules.
4645DOC_END
4646
4647NAME: unlinkd_program
4648IFDEF: USE_UNLINKD
4649TYPE: string
4650DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_UNLINKD@
4651LOC: Config.Program.unlinkd
4652DOC_START
4653 Specify the location of the executable for file deletion process.
4654DOC_END
4655
4656NAME: pinger_program
4657TYPE: string
4658DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PINGER@
cc192b50 4659LOC: Config.pinger.program
41bd17a4 4660IFDEF: USE_ICMP
4661DOC_START
4662 Specify the location of the executable for the pinger process.
4663DOC_END
4664
cc192b50 4665NAME: pinger_enable
4666TYPE: onoff
4667DEFAULT: on
4668LOC: Config.pinger.enable
4669IFDEF: USE_ICMP
4670DOC_START
4671 Control whether the pinger is active at run-time.
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4672 Enables turning ICMP pinger on and off with a simple
4673 squid -k reconfigure.
cc192b50 4674DOC_END
4675
4676
41bd17a4 4677COMMENT_START
4678 OPTIONS FOR URL REWRITING
4679 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4680COMMENT_END
4681
4682NAME: url_rewrite_program redirect_program
4683TYPE: wordlist
4684LOC: Config.Program.redirect
4685DEFAULT: none
4686DOC_START
2c7aad89 4687 Specify the location of the executable URL rewriter to use.
41bd17a4 4688 Since they can perform almost any function there isn't one included.
4689
2c7aad89 4690 For each requested URL, the rewriter will receive on line with the format
41bd17a4 4691
b11724bb 4692 [channel-ID <SP>] URL [<SP> extras]<NL>
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4695 After processing the request the helper must reply using the following format:
4696
24eac830 4697 [channel-ID <SP>] result [<SP> kv-pairs]
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4699 The result code can be:
4700
4701 OK status=30N url="..."
4702 Redirect the URL to the one supplied in 'url='.
4703 'status=' is optional and contains the status code to send
4704 the client in Squids HTTP response. It must be one of the
4705 HTTP redirect status codes: 301, 302, 303, 307, 308.
4706 When no status is given Squid will use 302.
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4708 OK rewrite-url="..."
4709 Rewrite the URL to the one supplied in 'rewrite-url='.
4710 The new URL is fetched directly by Squid and returned to
4711 the client as the response to its request.
4712
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4714 When neither of url= and rewrite-url= are sent Squid does
4715 not change the URL.
4716
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4717 ERR
4718 Do not change the URL.
4719
4720 BH
4ded749e 4721 An internal error occurred in the helper, preventing
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4722 a result being identified. The 'message=' key name is
4723 reserved for delivering a log message.
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4724
4725
4726 In the future, the interface protocol will be extended with
24eac830 4727 key=value pairs ("kv-pairs" shown above). Helper programs
c71adec1 4728 should be prepared to receive and possibly ignore additional
4729 whitespace-separated tokens on each input line.
41bd17a4 4730
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4731 When using the concurrency= option the protocol is changed by
4732 introducing a query channel tag in front of the request/response.
4733 The query channel tag is a number between 0 and concurrency-1.
4734 This value must be echoed back unchanged to Squid as the first part
4735 of the response relating to its request.
4736
4737 WARNING: URL re-writing ability should be avoided whenever possible.
4738 Use the URL redirect form of response instead.
41bd17a4 4739
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4740 Re-write creates a difference in the state held by the client
4741 and server. Possibly causing confusion when the server response
4742 contains snippets of its view state. Embeded URLs, response
4743 and content Location headers, etc. are not re-written by this
4744 interface.
41bd17a4 4745
4746 By default, a URL rewriter is not used.
4747DOC_END
4748
4749NAME: url_rewrite_children redirect_children
48d54e4d 4750TYPE: HelperChildConfig
5b708d95 4751DEFAULT: 20 startup=0 idle=1 concurrency=0
41bd17a4 4752LOC: Config.redirectChildren
4753DOC_START
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4754 The maximum number of redirector processes to spawn. If you limit
4755 it too few Squid will have to wait for them to process a backlog of
4756 URLs, slowing it down. If you allow too many they will use RAM
4757 and other system resources noticably.
4758
4759 The startup= and idle= options allow some measure of skew in your
4760 tuning.
4761
4762 startup=
4763
4764 Sets a minimum of how many processes are to be spawned when Squid
4765 starts or reconfigures. When set to zero the first request will
4766 cause spawning of the first child process to handle it.
4767
4768 Starting too few will cause an initial slowdown in traffic as Squid
4769 attempts to simultaneously spawn enough processes to cope.
4770
4771 idle=
4772
4773 Sets a minimum of how many processes Squid is to try and keep available
4774 at all times. When traffic begins to rise above what the existing
4775 processes can handle this many more will be spawned up to the maximum
4776 configured. A minimum setting of 1 is required.
4777
4778 concurrency=
41bd17a4 4779
41bd17a4 4780 The number of requests each redirector helper can handle in
4781 parallel. Defaults to 0 which indicates the redirector
4782 is a old-style single threaded redirector.
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4783
4784 When this directive is set to a value >= 1 then the protocol
4785 used to communicate with the helper is modified to include
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4786 an ID in front of the request/response. The ID from the request
4787 must be echoed back with the response to that request.
41bd17a4 4788DOC_END
4789
4790NAME: url_rewrite_host_header redirect_rewrites_host_header
4791TYPE: onoff
4792DEFAULT: on
4793LOC: Config.onoff.redir_rewrites_host
4794DOC_START
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4795 To preserve same-origin security policies in browsers and
4796 prevent Host: header forgery by redirectors Squid rewrites
4797 any Host: header in redirected requests.
4798
4799 If you are running an accelerator this may not be a wanted
4800 effect of a redirector. This directive enables you disable
4801 Host: alteration in reverse-proxy traffic.
4802
41bd17a4 4803 WARNING: Entries are cached on the result of the URL rewriting
4804 process, so be careful if you have domain-virtual hosts.
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4805
4806 WARNING: Squid and other software verifies the URL and Host
4807 are matching, so be careful not to relay through other proxies
4808 or inspecting firewalls with this disabled.
41bd17a4 4809DOC_END
4810
4811NAME: url_rewrite_access redirector_access
4812TYPE: acl_access
4813DEFAULT: none
638402dd 4814DEFAULT_DOC: Allow, unless rules exist in squid.conf.
41bd17a4 4815LOC: Config.accessList.redirector
4816DOC_START
4817 If defined, this access list specifies which requests are
638402dd 4818 sent to the redirector processes.
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4819
4820 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
4821 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 4822DOC_END
4823
4824NAME: url_rewrite_bypass redirector_bypass
4825TYPE: onoff
4826LOC: Config.onoff.redirector_bypass
4827DEFAULT: off
4828DOC_START
4829 When this is 'on', a request will not go through the
638402dd 4830 redirector if all the helpers are busy. If this is 'off'
41bd17a4 4831 and the redirector queue grows too large, Squid will exit
4832 with a FATAL error and ask you to increase the number of
4833 redirectors. You should only enable this if the redirectors
4834 are not critical to your caching system. If you use
4835 redirectors for access control, and you enable this option,
4836 users may have access to pages they should not
4837 be allowed to request.
4838DOC_END
4839
fe7966ec 4840NAME: url_rewrite_extras
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4841TYPE: TokenOrQuotedString
4842LOC: Config.redirector_extras
4843DEFAULT: "%>a/%>A %un %>rm myip=%la myport=%lp"
4844DOC_START
4845 Specifies a string to be append to request line format for the
4846 rewriter helper. "Quoted" format values may contain spaces and
4847 logformat %macros. In theory, any logformat %macro can be used.
4848 In practice, a %macro expands as a dash (-) if the helper request is
4849 sent before the required macro information is available to Squid.
4850DOC_END
4851
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4852COMMENT_START
4853 OPTIONS FOR STORE ID
4854 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4855COMMENT_END
4856
4857NAME: store_id_program storeurl_rewrite_program
4858TYPE: wordlist
4859LOC: Config.Program.store_id
4860DEFAULT: none
4861DOC_START
4862 Specify the location of the executable StoreID helper to use.
4863 Since they can perform almost any function there isn't one included.
4864
4865 For each requested URL, the helper will receive one line with the format
4866
b11724bb 4867 [channel-ID <SP>] URL [<SP> extras]<NL>
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4868
4869
4870 After processing the request the helper must reply using the following format:
4871
4872 [channel-ID <SP>] result [<SP> kv-pairs]
4873
4874 The result code can be:
4875
4876 OK store-id="..."
4877 Use the StoreID supplied in 'store-id='.
4878
4879 ERR
4880 The default is to use HTTP request URL as the store ID.
4881
4882 BH
4883 An internal error occured in the helper, preventing
4884 a result being identified.
4885
4886
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4887 Helper programs should be prepared to receive and possibly ignore
4888 additional whitespace-separated tokens on each input line.
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4889
4890 When using the concurrency= option the protocol is changed by
4891 introducing a query channel tag in front of the request/response.
4892 The query channel tag is a number between 0 and concurrency-1.
4893 This value must be echoed back unchanged to Squid as the first part
4894 of the response relating to its request.
4895
4896 NOTE: when using StoreID refresh_pattern will apply to the StoreID
4897 returned from the helper and not the URL.
4898
4899 WARNING: Wrong StoreID value returned by a careless helper may result
4900 in the wrong cached response returned to the user.
4901
4902 By default, a StoreID helper is not used.
4903DOC_END
4904
fe7966ec 4905NAME: store_id_extras
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4906TYPE: TokenOrQuotedString
4907LOC: Config.storeId_extras
4908DEFAULT: "%>a/%>A %un %>rm myip=%la myport=%lp"
4909DOC_START
4910 Specifies a string to be append to request line format for the
4911 StoreId helper. "Quoted" format values may contain spaces and
4912 logformat %macros. In theory, any logformat %macro can be used.
4913 In practice, a %macro expands as a dash (-) if the helper request is
4914 sent before the required macro information is available to Squid.
4915DOC_END
4916
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4917NAME: store_id_children storeurl_rewrite_children
4918TYPE: HelperChildConfig
4919DEFAULT: 20 startup=0 idle=1 concurrency=0
4920LOC: Config.storeIdChildren
4921DOC_START
4922 The maximum number of StoreID helper processes to spawn. If you limit
4923 it too few Squid will have to wait for them to process a backlog of
4924 requests, slowing it down. If you allow too many they will use RAM
4925 and other system resources noticably.
4926
4927 The startup= and idle= options allow some measure of skew in your
4928 tuning.
4929
4930 startup=
4931
4932 Sets a minimum of how many processes are to be spawned when Squid
4933 starts or reconfigures. When set to zero the first request will
4934 cause spawning of the first child process to handle it.
4935
4936 Starting too few will cause an initial slowdown in traffic as Squid
4937 attempts to simultaneously spawn enough processes to cope.
4938
4939 idle=
4940
4941 Sets a minimum of how many processes Squid is to try and keep available
4942 at all times. When traffic begins to rise above what the existing
4943 processes can handle this many more will be spawned up to the maximum
4944 configured. A minimum setting of 1 is required.
4945
4946 concurrency=
4947
4948 The number of requests each storeID helper can handle in
4949 parallel. Defaults to 0 which indicates the helper
4950 is a old-style single threaded program.
4951
4952 When this directive is set to a value >= 1 then the protocol
4953 used to communicate with the helper is modified to include
4954 an ID in front of the request/response. The ID from the request
4955 must be echoed back with the response to that request.
4956DOC_END
4957
4958NAME: store_id_access storeurl_rewrite_access
4959TYPE: acl_access
4960DEFAULT: none
638402dd 4961DEFAULT_DOC: Allow, unless rules exist in squid.conf.
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4962LOC: Config.accessList.store_id
4963DOC_START
4964 If defined, this access list specifies which requests are
4965 sent to the StoreID processes. By default all requests
4966 are sent.
4967
4968 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
4969 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
4970DOC_END
4971
4972NAME: store_id_bypass storeurl_rewrite_bypass
4973TYPE: onoff
4974LOC: Config.onoff.store_id_bypass
4975DEFAULT: on
4976DOC_START
4977 When this is 'on', a request will not go through the
4978 helper if all helpers are busy. If this is 'off'
4979 and the helper queue grows too large, Squid will exit
4980 with a FATAL error and ask you to increase the number of
4981 helpers. You should only enable this if the helperss
4982 are not critical to your caching system. If you use
4983 helpers for critical caching components, and you enable this
4984 option, users may not get objects from cache.
4985DOC_END
4986
41bd17a4 4987COMMENT_START
4988 OPTIONS FOR TUNING THE CACHE
4989 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4990COMMENT_END
4991
f04b37d8 4992NAME: cache no_cache
4993TYPE: acl_access
4994DEFAULT: none
70706149 4995DEFAULT_DOC: By default, this directive is unused and has no effect.
f04b37d8 4996LOC: Config.accessList.noCache
41bd17a4 4997DOC_START
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4998 Requests denied by this directive will not be served from the cache
4999 and their responses will not be stored in the cache. This directive
5000 has no effect on other transactions and on already cached responses.
f04b37d8 5001
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5002 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
5003 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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5004
5005 This and the two other similar caching directives listed below are
5006 checked at different transaction processing stages, have different
5007 access to response information, affect different cache operations,
5008 and differ in slow ACLs support:
5009
5010 * cache: Checked before Squid makes a hit/miss determination.
5011 No access to reply information!
5012 Denies both serving a hit and storing a miss.
5013 Supports both fast and slow ACLs.
5014 * send_hit: Checked after a hit was detected.
5015 Has access to reply (hit) information.
5016 Denies serving a hit only.
5017 Supports fast ACLs only.
5018 * store_miss: Checked before storing a cachable miss.
5019 Has access to reply (miss) information.
5020 Denies storing a miss only.
5021 Supports fast ACLs only.
5022
5023 If you are not sure which of the three directives to use, apply the
5024 following decision logic:
5025
5026 * If your ACL(s) are of slow type _and_ need response info, redesign.
5027 Squid does not support that particular combination at this time.
5028 Otherwise:
5029 * If your directive ACL(s) are of slow type, use "cache"; and/or
5030 * if your directive ACL(s) need no response info, use "cache".
5031 Otherwise:
5032 * If you do not want the response cached, use store_miss; and/or
5033 * if you do not want a hit on a cached response, use send_hit.
5034DOC_END
5035
5036NAME: send_hit
5037TYPE: acl_access
5038DEFAULT: none
5039DEFAULT_DOC: By default, this directive is unused and has no effect.
5040LOC: Config.accessList.sendHit
5041DOC_START
5042 Responses denied by this directive will not be served from the cache
5043 (but may still be cached, see store_miss). This directive has no
5044 effect on the responses it allows and on the cached objects.
5045
5046 Please see the "cache" directive for a summary of differences among
5047 store_miss, send_hit, and cache directives.
5048
5049 Unlike the "cache" directive, send_hit only supports fast acl
5050 types. See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
5051
5052 For example:
5053
5054 # apply custom Store ID mapping to some URLs
5055 acl MapMe dstdomain .c.example.com
5056 store_id_program ...
5057 store_id_access allow MapMe
5058
5059 # but prevent caching of special responses
5060 # such as 302 redirects that cause StoreID loops
5061 acl Ordinary http_status 200-299
5062 store_miss deny MapMe !Ordinary
5063
5064 # and do not serve any previously stored special responses
5065 # from the cache (in case they were already cached before
5066 # the above store_miss rule was in effect).
5067 send_hit deny MapMe !Ordinary
5068DOC_END
5069
5070NAME: store_miss
5071TYPE: acl_access
5072DEFAULT: none
5073DEFAULT_DOC: By default, this directive is unused and has no effect.
5074LOC: Config.accessList.storeMiss
5075DOC_START
5076 Responses denied by this directive will not be cached (but may still
5077 be served from the cache, see send_hit). This directive has no
5078 effect on the responses it allows and on the already cached responses.
5079
5080 Please see the "cache" directive for a summary of differences among
5081 store_miss, send_hit, and cache directives. See the
5082 send_hit directive for a usage example.
5083
5084 Unlike the "cache" directive, store_miss only supports fast acl
5085 types. See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 5086DOC_END
5087
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5088NAME: max_stale
5089COMMENT: time-units
5090TYPE: time_t
5091LOC: Config.maxStale
5092DEFAULT: 1 week
5093DOC_START
5094 This option puts an upper limit on how stale content Squid
5095 will serve from the cache if cache validation fails.
5096 Can be overriden by the refresh_pattern max-stale option.
5097DOC_END
5098
41bd17a4 5099NAME: refresh_pattern
5100TYPE: refreshpattern
5101LOC: Config.Refresh
5102DEFAULT: none
5103DOC_START
5104 usage: refresh_pattern [-i] regex min percent max [options]
9e7dbc51 5105
6b698a21 5106 By default, regular expressions are CASE-SENSITIVE. To make
5107 them case-insensitive, use the -i option.
9e7dbc51 5108
41bd17a4 5109 'Min' is the time (in minutes) an object without an explicit
5110 expiry time should be considered fresh. The recommended
5111 value is 0, any higher values may cause dynamic applications
5112 to be erroneously cached unless the application designer
5113 has taken the appropriate actions.
9e7dbc51 5114
41bd17a4 5115 'Percent' is a percentage of the objects age (time since last
5116 modification age) an object without explicit expiry time
5117 will be considered fresh.
5b807763 5118
41bd17a4 5119 'Max' is an upper limit on how long objects without an explicit
5120 expiry time will be considered fresh.
9e7dbc51 5121
41bd17a4 5122 options: override-expire
5123 override-lastmod
5124 reload-into-ims
5125 ignore-reload
41bd17a4 5126 ignore-no-store
4ca08219 5127 ignore-must-revalidate
41bd17a4 5128 ignore-private
5129 ignore-auth
570d3f75 5130 max-stale=NN
41bd17a4 5131 refresh-ims
3d8b6ba4 5132 store-stale
a0ec9f68 5133
41bd17a4 5134 override-expire enforces min age even if the server
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5135 sent an explicit expiry time (e.g., with the
5136 Expires: header or Cache-Control: max-age). Doing this
5137 VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature
5138 could make you liable for problems which it causes.
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5140 Note: override-expire does not enforce staleness - it only extends
5141 freshness / min. If the server returns a Expires time which
5142 is longer than your max time, Squid will still consider
5143 the object fresh for that period of time.
5144
41bd17a4 5145 override-lastmod enforces min age even on objects
5146 that were modified recently.
934b03fc 5147
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5148 reload-into-ims changes a client no-cache or ``reload''
5149 request for a cached entry into a conditional request using
5150 If-Modified-Since and/or If-None-Match headers, provided the
5151 cached entry has a Last-Modified and/or a strong ETag header.
5152 Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature
5153 could make you liable for problems which it causes.
dba79ac5 5154
41bd17a4 5155 ignore-reload ignores a client no-cache or ``reload''
5156 header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
5157 this feature could make you liable for problems which
5158 it causes.
9bc73deb 5159
41bd17a4 5160 ignore-no-store ignores any ``Cache-control: no-store''
5161 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
5162 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
5163 liable for problems which it causes.
5164
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5165 ignore-must-revalidate ignores any ``Cache-Control: must-revalidate``
5166 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
5167 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
5168 liable for problems which it causes.
5169
41bd17a4 5170 ignore-private ignores any ``Cache-control: private''
5171 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
5172 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
5173 liable for problems which it causes.
5174
5175 ignore-auth caches responses to requests with authorization,
5176 as if the originserver had sent ``Cache-control: public''
5177 in the response header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard.
5178 Enabling this feature could make you liable for problems which
5179 it causes.
5180
5181 refresh-ims causes squid to contact the origin server
5182 when a client issues an If-Modified-Since request. This
5183 ensures that the client will receive an updated version
5184 if one is available.
5185
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5186 store-stale stores responses even if they don't have explicit
5187 freshness or a validator (i.e., Last-Modified or an ETag)
5188 present, or if they're already stale. By default, Squid will
5189 not cache such responses because they usually can't be
5190 reused. Note that such responses will be stale by default.
5191
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5192 max-stale=NN provide a maximum staleness factor. Squid won't
5193 serve objects more stale than this even if it failed to
5194 validate the object. Default: use the max_stale global limit.
5195
41bd17a4 5196 Basically a cached object is:
5197
5198 FRESH if expires < now, else STALE
5199 STALE if age > max
5200 FRESH if lm-factor < percent, else STALE
5201 FRESH if age < min
5202 else STALE
5203
5204 The refresh_pattern lines are checked in the order listed here.
5205 The first entry which matches is used. If none of the entries
5206 match the default will be used.
5207
5208 Note, you must uncomment all the default lines if you want
5209 to change one. The default setting is only active if none is
5210 used.
5211
41bd17a4 5212NOCOMMENT_START
e0855596 5213
638402dd 5214#
e0855596 5215# Add any of your own refresh_pattern entries above these.
638402dd 5216#
41bd17a4 5217refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080
5218refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440
89db45fa 5219refresh_pattern -i (/cgi-bin/|\?) 0 0% 0
41bd17a4 5220refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320
5221NOCOMMENT_END
5222DOC_END
5223
5224NAME: quick_abort_min
5225COMMENT: (KB)
5226TYPE: kb_int64_t
5227DEFAULT: 16 KB
5228LOC: Config.quickAbort.min
5229DOC_NONE
5230
5231NAME: quick_abort_max
5232COMMENT: (KB)
5233TYPE: kb_int64_t
5234DEFAULT: 16 KB
5235LOC: Config.quickAbort.max
5236DOC_NONE
5237
5238NAME: quick_abort_pct
5239COMMENT: (percent)
5240TYPE: int
5241DEFAULT: 95
5242LOC: Config.quickAbort.pct
5243DOC_START
5244 The cache by default continues downloading aborted requests
5245 which are almost completed (less than 16 KB remaining). This
5246 may be undesirable on slow (e.g. SLIP) links and/or very busy
5247 caches. Impatient users may tie up file descriptors and
5248 bandwidth by repeatedly requesting and immediately aborting
5249 downloads.
5250
5251 When the user aborts a request, Squid will check the
5252 quick_abort values to the amount of data transfered until
5253 then.
5254
5255 If the transfer has less than 'quick_abort_min' KB remaining,
5256 it will finish the retrieval.
5257
5258 If the transfer has more than 'quick_abort_max' KB remaining,
5259 it will abort the retrieval.
5260
5261 If more than 'quick_abort_pct' of the transfer has completed,
5262 it will finish the retrieval.
5263
5264 If you do not want any retrieval to continue after the client
5265 has aborted, set both 'quick_abort_min' and 'quick_abort_max'
5266 to '0 KB'.
5267
5268 If you want retrievals to always continue if they are being
5269 cached set 'quick_abort_min' to '-1 KB'.
5270DOC_END
60d096f4 5271
41bd17a4 5272NAME: read_ahead_gap
5273COMMENT: buffer-size
5274TYPE: b_int64_t
5275LOC: Config.readAheadGap
5276DEFAULT: 16 KB
5277DOC_START
5278 The amount of data the cache will buffer ahead of what has been
5279 sent to the client when retrieving an object from another server.
5280DOC_END
53e738c6 5281
41bd17a4 5282NAME: negative_ttl
626096be 5283IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 5284COMMENT: time-units
5285TYPE: time_t
5286LOC: Config.negativeTtl
ac9cc053 5287DEFAULT: 0 seconds
41bd17a4 5288DOC_START
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5289 Set the Default Time-to-Live (TTL) for failed requests.
5290 Certain types of failures (such as "connection refused" and
5291 "404 Not Found") are able to be negatively-cached for a short time.
5292 Modern web servers should provide Expires: header, however if they
5293 do not this can provide a minimum TTL.
5294 The default is not to cache errors with unknown expiry details.
5295
5296 Note that this is different from negative caching of DNS lookups.
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5297
5298 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
5299 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
5300 causes.
41bd17a4 5301DOC_END
53e738c6 5302
41bd17a4 5303NAME: positive_dns_ttl
5304COMMENT: time-units
5305TYPE: time_t
5306LOC: Config.positiveDnsTtl
5307DEFAULT: 6 hours
5308DOC_START
5309 Upper limit on how long Squid will cache positive DNS responses.
5310 Default is 6 hours (360 minutes). This directive must be set
5311 larger than negative_dns_ttl.
5312DOC_END
c4ab8329 5313
41bd17a4 5314NAME: negative_dns_ttl
5315COMMENT: time-units
5316TYPE: time_t
5317LOC: Config.negativeDnsTtl
5318DEFAULT: 1 minutes
5319DOC_START
5320 Time-to-Live (TTL) for negative caching of failed DNS lookups.
5321 This also sets the lower cache limit on positive lookups.
5322 Minimum value is 1 second, and it is not recommendable to go
5323 much below 10 seconds.
5324DOC_END
7df0bfd7 5325
41bd17a4 5326NAME: range_offset_limit
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5327COMMENT: size [acl acl...]
5328TYPE: acl_b_size_t
41bd17a4 5329LOC: Config.rangeOffsetLimit
11e3fa1c 5330DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 5331DOC_START
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5332 usage: (size) [units] [[!]aclname]
5333
5334 Sets an upper limit on how far (number of bytes) into the file
5335 a Range request may be to cause Squid to prefetch the whole file.
5336 If beyond this limit, Squid forwards the Range request as it is and
5337 the result is NOT cached.
5338
41bd17a4 5339 This is to stop a far ahead range request (lets say start at 17MB)
5340 from making Squid fetch the whole object up to that point before
5341 sending anything to the client.
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5342
5343 Multiple range_offset_limit lines may be specified, and they will
5344 be searched from top to bottom on each request until a match is found.
5345 The first match found will be used. If no line matches a request, the
5346 default limit of 0 bytes will be used.
5347
5348 'size' is the limit specified as a number of units.
5349
5350 'units' specifies whether to use bytes, KB, MB, etc.
5351 If no units are specified bytes are assumed.
5352
5353 A size of 0 causes Squid to never fetch more than the
ab275c7b 5354 client requested. (default)
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5355
5356 A size of 'none' causes Squid to always fetch the object from the
41bd17a4 5357 beginning so it may cache the result. (2.0 style)
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5358
5359 'aclname' is the name of a defined ACL.
5360
5361 NP: Using 'none' as the byte value here will override any quick_abort settings
5362 that may otherwise apply to the range request. The range request will
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5363 be fully fetched from start to finish regardless of the client
5364 actions. This affects bandwidth usage.
41bd17a4 5365DOC_END
d95b862f 5366
41bd17a4 5367NAME: minimum_expiry_time
5368COMMENT: (seconds)
5369TYPE: time_t
5370LOC: Config.minimum_expiry_time
5371DEFAULT: 60 seconds
5372DOC_START
5373 The minimum caching time according to (Expires - Date)
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5374 headers Squid honors if the object can't be revalidated.
5375 The default is 60 seconds.
5376
5377 In reverse proxy environments it might be desirable to honor
5378 shorter object lifetimes. It is most likely better to make
5379 your server return a meaningful Last-Modified header however.
5380
5381 In ESI environments where page fragments often have short
5382 lifetimes, this will often be best set to 0.
41bd17a4 5383DOC_END
c68e9c6b 5384
41bd17a4 5385NAME: store_avg_object_size
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5386COMMENT: (bytes)
5387TYPE: b_int64_t
41bd17a4 5388DEFAULT: 13 KB
5389LOC: Config.Store.avgObjectSize
5390DOC_START
5391 Average object size, used to estimate number of objects your
5392 cache can hold. The default is 13 KB.
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5393
5394 This is used to pre-seed the cache index memory allocation to
5395 reduce expensive reallocate operations while handling clients
5396 traffic. Too-large values may result in memory allocation during
5397 peak traffic, too-small values will result in wasted memory.
5398
5399 Check the cache manager 'info' report metrics for the real
5400 object sizes seen by your Squid before tuning this.
cccac0a2 5401DOC_END
5402
41bd17a4 5403NAME: store_objects_per_bucket
5404TYPE: int
5405DEFAULT: 20
5406LOC: Config.Store.objectsPerBucket
5407DOC_START
5408 Target number of objects per bucket in the store hash table.
5409 Lowering this value increases the total number of buckets and
5410 also the storage maintenance rate. The default is 20.
5411DOC_END
5412
5413COMMENT_START
5414 HTTP OPTIONS
5415 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5416COMMENT_END
5417
f04b37d8 5418NAME: request_header_max_size
5419COMMENT: (KB)
5420TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 5421DEFAULT: 64 KB
f04b37d8 5422LOC: Config.maxRequestHeaderSize
5423DOC_START
5424 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a request.
5425 Request headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
5426 Placing a limit on the request header size will catch certain
5427 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
5428 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
5429DOC_END
5430
5431NAME: reply_header_max_size
5432COMMENT: (KB)
5433TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 5434DEFAULT: 64 KB
f04b37d8 5435LOC: Config.maxReplyHeaderSize
5436DOC_START
5437 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a reply.
5438 Reply headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
5439 Placing a limit on the reply header size will catch certain
5440 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
5441 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
5442DOC_END
5443
5444NAME: request_body_max_size
5445COMMENT: (bytes)
5446TYPE: b_int64_t
5447DEFAULT: 0 KB
638402dd 5448DEFAULT_DOC: No limit.
f04b37d8 5449LOC: Config.maxRequestBodySize
5450DOC_START
5451 This specifies the maximum size for an HTTP request body.
5452 In other words, the maximum size of a PUT/POST request.
5453 A user who attempts to send a request with a body larger
5454 than this limit receives an "Invalid Request" error message.
5455 If you set this parameter to a zero (the default), there will
5456 be no limit imposed.
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5457
5458 See also client_request_buffer_max_size for an alternative
5459 limitation on client uploads which can be configured.
f04b37d8 5460DOC_END
5461
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5462NAME: client_request_buffer_max_size
5463COMMENT: (bytes)
5464TYPE: b_size_t
5465DEFAULT: 512 KB
5466LOC: Config.maxRequestBufferSize
5467DOC_START
5468 This specifies the maximum buffer size of a client request.
5469 It prevents squid eating too much memory when somebody uploads
5470 a large file.
5471DOC_END
5472
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5473NAME: chunked_request_body_max_size
5474COMMENT: (bytes)
5475TYPE: b_int64_t
5476DEFAULT: 64 KB
5477LOC: Config.maxChunkedRequestBodySize
5478DOC_START
5479 A broken or confused HTTP/1.1 client may send a chunked HTTP
5480 request to Squid. Squid does not have full support for that
5481 feature yet. To cope with such requests, Squid buffers the
5482 entire request and then dechunks request body to create a
5483 plain HTTP/1.0 request with a known content length. The plain
5484 request is then used by the rest of Squid code as usual.
5485
5486 The option value specifies the maximum size of the buffer used
5487 to hold the request before the conversion. If the chunked
5488 request size exceeds the specified limit, the conversion
5489 fails, and the client receives an "unsupported request" error,
5490 as if dechunking was disabled.
5491
5492 Dechunking is enabled by default. To disable conversion of
5493 chunked requests, set the maximum to zero.
5494
5495 Request dechunking feature and this option in particular are a
5496 temporary hack. When chunking requests and responses are fully
5497 supported, there will be no need to buffer a chunked request.
5498DOC_END
5499
41bd17a4 5500NAME: broken_posts
626096be 5501IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
cccac0a2 5502TYPE: acl_access
cccac0a2 5503DEFAULT: none
638402dd 5504DEFAULT_DOC: Obey RFC 2616.
41bd17a4 5505LOC: Config.accessList.brokenPosts
cccac0a2 5506DOC_START
41bd17a4 5507 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, causes Squid to send
5508 an extra CRLF pair after the body of a PUT/POST request.
cccac0a2 5509
41bd17a4 5510 Some HTTP servers has broken implementations of PUT/POST,
5511 and rely on an extra CRLF pair sent by some WWW clients.
cccac0a2 5512
41bd17a4 5513 Quote from RFC2616 section 4.1 on this matter:
cccac0a2 5514
41bd17a4 5515 Note: certain buggy HTTP/1.0 client implementations generate an
5516 extra CRLF's after a POST request. To restate what is explicitly
5517 forbidden by the BNF, an HTTP/1.1 client must not preface or follow
5518 a request with an extra CRLF.
cccac0a2 5519
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5520 This clause only supports fast acl types.
5521 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
5522
41bd17a4 5523Example:
5524 acl buggy_server url_regex ^http://....
5525 broken_posts allow buggy_server
5526DOC_END
cccac0a2 5527
22fff3bf 5528NAME: adaptation_uses_indirect_client icap_uses_indirect_client
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5529COMMENT: on|off
5530TYPE: onoff
22fff3bf 5531IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR&&USE_ADAPTATION
57d76dd4 5532DEFAULT: on
22fff3bf 5533LOC: Adaptation::Config::use_indirect_client
57d76dd4 5534DOC_START
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5535 Controls whether the indirect client IP address (instead of the direct
5536 client IP address) is passed to adaptation services.
5537
5538 See also: follow_x_forwarded_for adaptation_send_client_ip
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5539DOC_END
5540
41bd17a4 5541NAME: via
626096be 5542IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 5543COMMENT: on|off
5544TYPE: onoff
5545DEFAULT: on
5546LOC: Config.onoff.via
5547DOC_START
5548 If set (default), Squid will include a Via header in requests and
5549 replies as required by RFC2616.
5550DOC_END
4cc6eb12 5551
41bd17a4 5552NAME: ie_refresh
5553COMMENT: on|off
5554TYPE: onoff
5555LOC: Config.onoff.ie_refresh
5556DEFAULT: off
5557DOC_START
5558 Microsoft Internet Explorer up until version 5.5 Service
5559 Pack 1 has an issue with transparent proxies, wherein it
5560 is impossible to force a refresh. Turning this on provides
5561 a partial fix to the problem, by causing all IMS-REFRESH
5562 requests from older IE versions to check the origin server
5563 for fresh content. This reduces hit ratio by some amount
5564 (~10% in my experience), but allows users to actually get
5565 fresh content when they want it. Note because Squid
5566 cannot tell if the user is using 5.5 or 5.5SP1, the behavior
5567 of 5.5 is unchanged from old versions of Squid (i.e. a
5568 forced refresh is impossible). Newer versions of IE will,
5569 hopefully, continue to have the new behavior and will be
5570 handled based on that assumption. This option defaults to
5571 the old Squid behavior, which is better for hit ratios but
5572 worse for clients using IE, if they need to be able to
5573 force fresh content.
5574DOC_END
b9d7fe3e 5575
41bd17a4 5576NAME: vary_ignore_expire
5577COMMENT: on|off
5578TYPE: onoff
5579LOC: Config.onoff.vary_ignore_expire
5580DEFAULT: off
5581DOC_START
5582 Many HTTP servers supporting Vary gives such objects
5583 immediate expiry time with no cache-control header
5584 when requested by a HTTP/1.0 client. This option
5585 enables Squid to ignore such expiry times until
5586 HTTP/1.1 is fully implemented.
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5587
5588 WARNING: If turned on this may eventually cause some
5589 varying objects not intended for caching to get cached.
cccac0a2 5590DOC_END
c4ab8329 5591
41bd17a4 5592NAME: request_entities
5593TYPE: onoff
5594LOC: Config.onoff.request_entities
5595DEFAULT: off
5596DOC_START
5597 Squid defaults to deny GET and HEAD requests with request entities,
5598 as the meaning of such requests are undefined in the HTTP standard
5599 even if not explicitly forbidden.
0976f8db 5600
41bd17a4 5601 Set this directive to on if you have clients which insists
5602 on sending request entities in GET or HEAD requests. But be warned
5603 that there is server software (both proxies and web servers) which
5604 can fail to properly process this kind of request which may make you
5605 vulnerable to cache pollution attacks if enabled.
cccac0a2 5606DOC_END
6b53c392 5607
41bd17a4 5608NAME: request_header_access
626096be 5609IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3b07476b 5610TYPE: http_header_access
41bd17a4 5611LOC: Config.request_header_access
cccac0a2 5612DEFAULT: none
638402dd 5613DEFAULT_DOC: No limits.
cccac0a2 5614DOC_START
41bd17a4 5615 Usage: request_header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
0976f8db 5616
41bd17a4 5617 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
5618 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
5619 causes.
0976f8db 5620
41bd17a4 5621 This option replaces the old 'anonymize_headers' and the
5622 older 'http_anonymizer' option with something that is much
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5623 more configurable. A list of ACLs for each header name allows
5624 removal of specific header fields under specific conditions.
5625
5626 This option only applies to outgoing HTTP request headers (i.e.,
5627 headers sent by Squid to the next HTTP hop such as a cache peer
5628 or an origin server). The option has no effect during cache hit
5629 detection. The equivalent adaptation vectoring point in ICAP
5630 terminology is post-cache REQMOD.
5631
5632 The option is applied to individual outgoing request header
5633 fields. For each request header field F, Squid uses the first
5634 qualifying sets of request_header_access rules:
5635
5636 1. Rules with header_name equal to F's name.
5637 2. Rules with header_name 'Other', provided F's name is not
5638 on the hard-coded list of commonly used HTTP header names.
5639 3. Rules with header_name 'All'.
5640
5641 Within that qualifying rule set, rule ACLs are checked as usual.
5642 If ACLs of an "allow" rule match, the header field is allowed to
5643 go through as is. If ACLs of a "deny" rule match, the header is
5644 removed and request_header_replace is then checked to identify
5645 if the removed header has a replacement. If no rules within the
5646 set have matching ACLs, the header field is left as is.
5401aa8d 5647
41bd17a4 5648 For example, to achieve the same behavior as the old
5649 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
5401aa8d 5650
41bd17a4 5651 request_header_access From deny all
5652 request_header_access Referer deny all
41bd17a4 5653 request_header_access User-Agent deny all
5401aa8d 5654
41bd17a4 5655 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
5656 you should use:
5401aa8d 5657
41bd17a4 5658 request_header_access Authorization allow all
41bd17a4 5659 request_header_access Proxy-Authorization allow all
41bd17a4 5660 request_header_access Cache-Control allow all
41bd17a4 5661 request_header_access Content-Length allow all
5662 request_header_access Content-Type allow all
5663 request_header_access Date allow all
41bd17a4 5664 request_header_access Host allow all
5665 request_header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
41bd17a4 5666 request_header_access Pragma allow all
5667 request_header_access Accept allow all
5668 request_header_access Accept-Charset allow all
5669 request_header_access Accept-Encoding allow all
5670 request_header_access Accept-Language allow all
41bd17a4 5671 request_header_access Connection allow all
41bd17a4 5672 request_header_access All deny all
5401aa8d 5673
638402dd 5674 HTTP reply headers are controlled with the reply_header_access directive.
5401aa8d 5675
638402dd 5676 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is performed).
5401aa8d 5677DOC_END
5678
41bd17a4 5679NAME: reply_header_access
626096be 5680IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3b07476b 5681TYPE: http_header_access
41bd17a4 5682LOC: Config.reply_header_access
cccac0a2 5683DEFAULT: none
638402dd 5684DEFAULT_DOC: No limits.
cccac0a2 5685DOC_START
41bd17a4 5686 Usage: reply_header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
934b03fc 5687
41bd17a4 5688 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
5689 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
5690 causes.
934b03fc 5691
41bd17a4 5692 This option only applies to reply headers, i.e., from the
5693 server to the client.
934b03fc 5694
41bd17a4 5695 This is the same as request_header_access, but in the other
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5696 direction. Please see request_header_access for detailed
5697 documentation.
cccac0a2 5698
41bd17a4 5699 For example, to achieve the same behavior as the old
5700 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
cccac0a2 5701
41bd17a4 5702 reply_header_access Server deny all
41bd17a4 5703 reply_header_access WWW-Authenticate deny all
5704 reply_header_access Link deny all
cccac0a2 5705
41bd17a4 5706 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
5707 you should use:
cccac0a2 5708
41bd17a4 5709 reply_header_access Allow allow all
41bd17a4 5710 reply_header_access WWW-Authenticate allow all
41bd17a4 5711 reply_header_access Proxy-Authenticate allow all
5712 reply_header_access Cache-Control allow all
5713 reply_header_access Content-Encoding allow all
5714 reply_header_access Content-Length allow all
5715 reply_header_access Content-Type allow all
5716 reply_header_access Date allow all
5717 reply_header_access Expires allow all
41bd17a4 5718 reply_header_access Last-Modified allow all
5719 reply_header_access Location allow all
5720 reply_header_access Pragma allow all
41bd17a4 5721 reply_header_access Content-Language allow all
41bd17a4 5722 reply_header_access Retry-After allow all
5723 reply_header_access Title allow all
638402dd 5724 reply_header_access Content-Disposition allow all
41bd17a4 5725 reply_header_access Connection allow all
41bd17a4 5726 reply_header_access All deny all
cccac0a2 5727
638402dd 5728 HTTP request headers are controlled with the request_header_access directive.
cccac0a2 5729
41bd17a4 5730 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is
5731 performed).
cccac0a2 5732DOC_END
5733
75e4f2ea 5734NAME: request_header_replace header_replace
626096be 5735IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3b07476b 5736TYPE: http_header_replace
41bd17a4 5737LOC: Config.request_header_access
cccac0a2 5738DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 5739DOC_START
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5740 Usage: request_header_replace header_name message
5741 Example: request_header_replace User-Agent Nutscrape/1.0 (CP/M; 8-bit)
cccac0a2 5742
41bd17a4 5743 This option allows you to change the contents of headers
75e4f2ea 5744 denied with request_header_access above, by replacing them
638402dd 5745 with some fixed string.
cccac0a2 5746
41bd17a4 5747 This only applies to request headers, not reply headers.
cccac0a2 5748
41bd17a4 5749 By default, headers are removed if denied.
5750DOC_END
cccac0a2 5751
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5752NAME: reply_header_replace
5753IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3b07476b 5754TYPE: http_header_replace
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5755LOC: Config.reply_header_access
5756DEFAULT: none
5757DOC_START
5758 Usage: reply_header_replace header_name message
5759 Example: reply_header_replace Server Foo/1.0
5760
5761 This option allows you to change the contents of headers
5762 denied with reply_header_access above, by replacing them
5763 with some fixed string.
5764
5765 This only applies to reply headers, not request headers.
5766
5767 By default, headers are removed if denied.
5768DOC_END
5769
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5770NAME: request_header_add
5771TYPE: HeaderWithAclList
5772LOC: Config.request_header_add
5773DEFAULT: none
5774DOC_START
5775 Usage: request_header_add field-name field-value acl1 [acl2] ...
5776 Example: request_header_add X-Client-CA "CA=%ssl::>cert_issuer" all
5777
5778 This option adds header fields to outgoing HTTP requests (i.e.,
5779 request headers sent by Squid to the next HTTP hop such as a
5780 cache peer or an origin server). The option has no effect during
5781 cache hit detection. The equivalent adaptation vectoring point
5782 in ICAP terminology is post-cache REQMOD.
5783
5784 Field-name is a token specifying an HTTP header name. If a
5785 standard HTTP header name is used, Squid does not check whether
5786 the new header conflicts with any existing headers or violates
5787 HTTP rules. If the request to be modified already contains a
5788 field with the same name, the old field is preserved but the
5789 header field values are not merged.
5790
5791 Field-value is either a token or a quoted string. If quoted
5792 string format is used, then the surrounding quotes are removed
5793 while escape sequences and %macros are processed.
5794
5795 In theory, all of the logformat codes can be used as %macros.
5796 However, unlike logging (which happens at the very end of
5797 transaction lifetime), the transaction may not yet have enough
5798 information to expand a macro when the new header value is needed.
5799 And some information may already be available to Squid but not yet
5800 committed where the macro expansion code can access it (report
5801 such instances!). The macro will be expanded into a single dash
5802 ('-') in such cases. Not all macros have been tested.
5803
5804 One or more Squid ACLs may be specified to restrict header
5805 injection to matching requests. As always in squid.conf, all
5806 ACLs in an option ACL list must be satisfied for the insertion
5807 to happen. The request_header_add option supports fast ACLs
5808 only.
5809DOC_END
5810
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5811NAME: note
5812TYPE: note
5813LOC: Config.notes
5814DEFAULT: none
5815DOC_START
5816 This option used to log custom information about the master
5817 transaction. For example, an admin may configure Squid to log
5818 which "user group" the transaction belongs to, where "user group"
5819 will be determined based on a set of ACLs and not [just]
5820 authentication information.
5821 Values of key/value pairs can be logged using %{key}note macros:
5822
5823 note key value acl ...
5824 logformat myFormat ... %{key}note ...
5825DOC_END
5826
41bd17a4 5827NAME: relaxed_header_parser
5828COMMENT: on|off|warn
5829TYPE: tristate
5830LOC: Config.onoff.relaxed_header_parser
5831DEFAULT: on
5832DOC_START
5833 In the default "on" setting Squid accepts certain forms
5834 of non-compliant HTTP messages where it is unambiguous
5835 what the sending application intended even if the message
5836 is not correctly formatted. The messages is then normalized
5837 to the correct form when forwarded by Squid.
cccac0a2 5838
41bd17a4 5839 If set to "warn" then a warning will be emitted in cache.log
5840 each time such HTTP error is encountered.
cccac0a2 5841
41bd17a4 5842 If set to "off" then such HTTP errors will cause the request
5843 or response to be rejected.
5844DOC_END
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5846NAME: collapsed_forwarding
5847COMMENT: (on|off)
5848TYPE: onoff
5849LOC: Config.onoff.collapsed_forwarding
5850DEFAULT: off
5851DOC_START
5852 This option controls whether Squid is allowed to merge multiple
5853 potentially cachable requests for the same URI before Squid knows
5854 whether the response is going to be cachable.
5855
5856 This feature is disabled by default: Enabling collapsed forwarding
5857 needlessly delays forwarding requests that look cachable (when they are
5858 collapsed) but then need to be forwarded individually anyway because
5859 they end up being for uncachable content. However, in some cases, such
5860 as accelleration of highly cachable content with periodic or groupped
5861 expiration times, the gains from collapsing [large volumes of
5862 simultenous refresh requests] outweigh losses from such delays.
5863DOC_END
5864
41bd17a4 5865COMMENT_START
5866 TIMEOUTS
5867 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5868COMMENT_END
5869
5870NAME: forward_timeout
5871COMMENT: time-units
5872TYPE: time_t
5873LOC: Config.Timeout.forward
5874DEFAULT: 4 minutes
5875DOC_START
5876 This parameter specifies how long Squid should at most attempt in
5877 finding a forwarding path for the request before giving up.
cccac0a2 5878DOC_END
5879
41bd17a4 5880NAME: connect_timeout
5881COMMENT: time-units
5882TYPE: time_t
5883LOC: Config.Timeout.connect
5884DEFAULT: 1 minute
057f5854 5885DOC_START
41bd17a4 5886 This parameter specifies how long to wait for the TCP connect to
5887 the requested server or peer to complete before Squid should
5888 attempt to find another path where to forward the request.
057f5854 5889DOC_END
5890
41bd17a4 5891NAME: peer_connect_timeout
5892COMMENT: time-units
5893TYPE: time_t
5894LOC: Config.Timeout.peer_connect
5895DEFAULT: 30 seconds
cccac0a2 5896DOC_START
41bd17a4 5897 This parameter specifies how long to wait for a pending TCP
5898 connection to a peer cache. The default is 30 seconds. You
5899 may also set different timeout values for individual neighbors
5900 with the 'connect-timeout' option on a 'cache_peer' line.
5901DOC_END
7f7db318 5902
41bd17a4 5903NAME: read_timeout
5904COMMENT: time-units
5905TYPE: time_t
5906LOC: Config.Timeout.read
5907DEFAULT: 15 minutes
5908DOC_START
5909 The read_timeout is applied on server-side connections. After
5910 each successful read(), the timeout will be extended by this
5911 amount. If no data is read again after this amount of time,
5912 the request is aborted and logged with ERR_READ_TIMEOUT. The
5913 default is 15 minutes.
5914DOC_END
cccac0a2 5915
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5916NAME: write_timeout
5917COMMENT: time-units
5918TYPE: time_t
5919LOC: Config.Timeout.write
5920DEFAULT: 15 minutes
5921DOC_START
5922 This timeout is tracked for all connections that have data
5923 available for writing and are waiting for the socket to become
5924 ready. After each successful write, the timeout is extended by
5925 the configured amount. If Squid has data to write but the
5926 connection is not ready for the configured duration, the
5927 transaction associated with the connection is terminated. The
5928 default is 15 minutes.
5929DOC_END
5930
41bd17a4 5931NAME: request_timeout
5932TYPE: time_t
5933LOC: Config.Timeout.request
5934DEFAULT: 5 minutes
5935DOC_START
6b2a2108 5936 How long to wait for complete HTTP request headers after initial
41bd17a4 5937 connection establishment.
5938DOC_END
cccac0a2 5939
97b32442 5940NAME: client_idle_pconn_timeout persistent_request_timeout
41bd17a4 5941TYPE: time_t
97b32442 5942LOC: Config.Timeout.clientIdlePconn
41bd17a4 5943DEFAULT: 2 minutes
5944DOC_START
5945 How long to wait for the next HTTP request on a persistent
97b32442 5946 client connection after the previous request completes.
41bd17a4 5947DOC_END
cccac0a2 5948
41bd17a4 5949NAME: client_lifetime
5950COMMENT: time-units
5951TYPE: time_t
5952LOC: Config.Timeout.lifetime
5953DEFAULT: 1 day
5954DOC_START
5955 The maximum amount of time a client (browser) is allowed to
5956 remain connected to the cache process. This protects the Cache
5957 from having a lot of sockets (and hence file descriptors) tied up
5958 in a CLOSE_WAIT state from remote clients that go away without
5959 properly shutting down (either because of a network failure or
5960 because of a poor client implementation). The default is one
5961 day, 1440 minutes.
7d90757b 5962
41bd17a4 5963 NOTE: The default value is intended to be much larger than any
5964 client would ever need to be connected to your cache. You
5965 should probably change client_lifetime only as a last resort.
5966 If you seem to have many client connections tying up
5967 filedescriptors, we recommend first tuning the read_timeout,
5968 request_timeout, persistent_request_timeout and quick_abort values.
cccac0a2 5969DOC_END
5970
41bd17a4 5971NAME: half_closed_clients
5972TYPE: onoff
5973LOC: Config.onoff.half_closed_clients
0c2f5c4f 5974DEFAULT: off
4eb368f9 5975DOC_START
41bd17a4 5976 Some clients may shutdown the sending side of their TCP
5977 connections, while leaving their receiving sides open. Sometimes,
5978 Squid can not tell the difference between a half-closed and a
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5979 fully-closed TCP connection.
5980
5981 By default, Squid will immediately close client connections when
5982 read(2) returns "no more data to read."
5983
abdf1651 5984 Change this option to 'on' and Squid will keep open connections
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5985 until a read(2) or write(2) on the socket returns an error.
5986 This may show some benefits for reverse proxies. But if not
5987 it is recommended to leave OFF.
4eb368f9 5988DOC_END
5989
97b32442 5990NAME: server_idle_pconn_timeout pconn_timeout
41bd17a4 5991TYPE: time_t
97b32442 5992LOC: Config.Timeout.serverIdlePconn
41bd17a4 5993DEFAULT: 1 minute
cccac0a2 5994DOC_START
41bd17a4 5995 Timeout for idle persistent connections to servers and other
5996 proxies.
5997DOC_END
cccac0a2 5998
41bd17a4 5999NAME: ident_timeout
6000TYPE: time_t
6001IFDEF: USE_IDENT
4daaf3cb 6002LOC: Ident::TheConfig.timeout
41bd17a4 6003DEFAULT: 10 seconds
6004DOC_START
6005 Maximum time to wait for IDENT lookups to complete.
cccac0a2 6006
41bd17a4 6007 If this is too high, and you enabled IDENT lookups from untrusted
6008 users, you might be susceptible to denial-of-service by having
6009 many ident requests going at once.
cccac0a2 6010DOC_END
6011
41bd17a4 6012NAME: shutdown_lifetime
6013COMMENT: time-units
6014TYPE: time_t
6015LOC: Config.shutdownLifetime
6016DEFAULT: 30 seconds
cccac0a2 6017DOC_START
41bd17a4 6018 When SIGTERM or SIGHUP is received, the cache is put into
6019 "shutdown pending" mode until all active sockets are closed.
6020 This value is the lifetime to set for all open descriptors
6021 during shutdown mode. Any active clients after this many
6022 seconds will receive a 'timeout' message.
cccac0a2 6023DOC_END
0976f8db 6024
cccac0a2 6025COMMENT_START
6026 ADMINISTRATIVE PARAMETERS
6027 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6028COMMENT_END
6029
6030NAME: cache_mgr
6031TYPE: string
6032DEFAULT: webmaster
6033LOC: Config.adminEmail
6034DOC_START
6035 Email-address of local cache manager who will receive
638402dd 6036 mail if the cache dies. The default is "webmaster".
cccac0a2 6037DOC_END
6038
abacf776 6039NAME: mail_from
6040TYPE: string
6041DEFAULT: none
6042LOC: Config.EmailFrom
6043DOC_START
6044 From: email-address for mail sent when the cache dies.
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6045 The default is to use 'squid@unique_hostname'.
6046
6047 See also: unique_hostname directive.
abacf776 6048DOC_END
6049
d084bf20 6050NAME: mail_program
6051TYPE: eol
6052DEFAULT: mail
6053LOC: Config.EmailProgram
6054DOC_START
6055 Email program used to send mail if the cache dies.
846a5e31 6056 The default is "mail". The specified program must comply
d084bf20 6057 with the standard Unix mail syntax:
846a5e31 6058 mail-program recipient < mailfile
6059
d084bf20 6060 Optional command line options can be specified.
6061DOC_END
6062
cccac0a2 6063NAME: cache_effective_user
6064TYPE: string
5483d916 6065DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_CACHE_EFFECTIVE_USER@
cccac0a2 6066LOC: Config.effectiveUser
e3d74828 6067DOC_START
6068 If you start Squid as root, it will change its effective/real
6069 UID/GID to the user specified below. The default is to change
5483d916 6070 to UID of @DEFAULT_CACHE_EFFECTIVE_USER@.
64e288bd 6071 see also; cache_effective_group
e3d74828 6072DOC_END
6073
cccac0a2 6074NAME: cache_effective_group
6075TYPE: string
6076DEFAULT: none
638402dd 6077DEFAULT_DOC: Use system group memberships of the cache_effective_user account
cccac0a2 6078LOC: Config.effectiveGroup
6079DOC_START
64e288bd 6080 Squid sets the GID to the effective user's default group ID
6081 (taken from the password file) and supplementary group list
6082 from the groups membership.
6083
e3d74828 6084 If you want Squid to run with a specific GID regardless of
6085 the group memberships of the effective user then set this
6086 to the group (or GID) you want Squid to run as. When set
64e288bd 6087 all other group privileges of the effective user are ignored
e3d74828 6088 and only this GID is effective. If Squid is not started as
64e288bd 6089 root the user starting Squid MUST be member of the specified
e3d74828 6090 group.
64e288bd 6091
6092 This option is not recommended by the Squid Team.
6093 Our preference is for administrators to configure a secure
6094 user account for squid with UID/GID matching system policies.
cccac0a2 6095DOC_END
6096
d3caee79 6097NAME: httpd_suppress_version_string
6098COMMENT: on|off
6099TYPE: onoff
6100DEFAULT: off
6101LOC: Config.onoff.httpd_suppress_version_string
6102DOC_START
6103 Suppress Squid version string info in HTTP headers and HTML error pages.
6104DOC_END
6105
cccac0a2 6106NAME: visible_hostname
6107TYPE: string
6108LOC: Config.visibleHostname
6109DEFAULT: none
638402dd 6110DEFAULT_DOC: Automatically detect the system host name
cccac0a2 6111DOC_START
6112 If you want to present a special hostname in error messages, etc,
7f7db318 6113 define this. Otherwise, the return value of gethostname()
cccac0a2 6114 will be used. If you have multiple caches in a cluster and
6115 get errors about IP-forwarding you must set them to have individual
6116 names with this setting.
6117DOC_END
6118
cccac0a2 6119NAME: unique_hostname
6120TYPE: string
6121LOC: Config.uniqueHostname
6122DEFAULT: none
638402dd 6123DEFAULT_DOC: Copy the value from visible_hostname
cccac0a2 6124DOC_START
6125 If you want to have multiple machines with the same
7f7db318 6126 'visible_hostname' you must give each machine a different
6127 'unique_hostname' so forwarding loops can be detected.
cccac0a2 6128DOC_END
6129
cccac0a2 6130NAME: hostname_aliases
6131TYPE: wordlist
6132LOC: Config.hostnameAliases
6133DEFAULT: none
6134DOC_START
7f7db318 6135 A list of other DNS names your cache has.
cccac0a2 6136DOC_END
0976f8db 6137
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6138NAME: umask
6139TYPE: int
6140LOC: Config.umask
6141DEFAULT: 027
6142DOC_START
6143 Minimum umask which should be enforced while the proxy
6144 is running, in addition to the umask set at startup.
6145
6146 For a traditional octal representation of umasks, start
6147 your value with 0.
6148DOC_END
6149
cccac0a2 6150COMMENT_START
6151 OPTIONS FOR THE CACHE REGISTRATION SERVICE
6152 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6153
6154 This section contains parameters for the (optional) cache
6155 announcement service. This service is provided to help
6156 cache administrators locate one another in order to join or
6157 create cache hierarchies.
6158
6159 An 'announcement' message is sent (via UDP) to the registration
6160 service by Squid. By default, the announcement message is NOT
6161 SENT unless you enable it with 'announce_period' below.
6162
6163 The announcement message includes your hostname, plus the
6164 following information from this configuration file:
6165
6166 http_port
6167 icp_port
6168 cache_mgr
6169
6170 All current information is processed regularly and made
6171 available on the Web at http://www.ircache.net/Cache/Tracker/.
6172COMMENT_END
6173
6174NAME: announce_period
6175TYPE: time_t
6176LOC: Config.Announce.period
6177DEFAULT: 0
638402dd 6178DEFAULT_DOC: Announcement messages disabled.
cccac0a2 6179DOC_START
638402dd 6180 This is how frequently to send cache announcements.
cccac0a2 6181
e0855596 6182 To enable announcing your cache, just set an announce period.
cccac0a2 6183
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6184 Example:
6185 announce_period 1 day
cccac0a2 6186DOC_END
6187
cccac0a2 6188NAME: announce_host
6189TYPE: string
6190DEFAULT: tracker.ircache.net
6191LOC: Config.Announce.host
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6192DOC_START
6193 Set the hostname where announce registration messages will be sent.
6194
6195 See also announce_port and announce_file
6196DOC_END
cccac0a2 6197
6198NAME: announce_file
6199TYPE: string
6200DEFAULT: none
6201LOC: Config.Announce.file
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6202DOC_START
6203 The contents of this file will be included in the announce
6204 registration messages.
6205DOC_END
cccac0a2 6206
6207NAME: announce_port
ae870270 6208TYPE: u_short
cccac0a2 6209DEFAULT: 3131
6210LOC: Config.Announce.port
6211DOC_START
638402dd 6212 Set the port where announce registration messages will be sent.
cccac0a2 6213
638402dd 6214 See also announce_host and announce_file
cccac0a2 6215DOC_END
6216
8d6275c0 6217COMMENT_START
6218 HTTPD-ACCELERATOR OPTIONS
6219 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6220COMMENT_END
6221
cccac0a2 6222NAME: httpd_accel_surrogate_id
cccac0a2 6223TYPE: string
b2b40d8c 6224DEFAULT: none
638402dd 6225DEFAULT_DOC: visible_hostname is used if no specific ID is set.
cccac0a2 6226LOC: Config.Accel.surrogate_id
cccac0a2 6227DOC_START
6228 Surrogates (http://www.esi.org/architecture_spec_1.0.html)
6229 need an identification token to allow control targeting. Because
6230 a farm of surrogates may all perform the same tasks, they may share
6231 an identification token.
6232DOC_END
6233
6234NAME: http_accel_surrogate_remote
cccac0a2 6235COMMENT: on|off
6236TYPE: onoff
6237DEFAULT: off
6238LOC: Config.onoff.surrogate_is_remote
6239DOC_START
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6240 Remote surrogates (such as those in a CDN) honour the header
6241 "Surrogate-Control: no-store-remote".
6242
cccac0a2 6243 Set this to on to have squid behave as a remote surrogate.
6244DOC_END
6245
6246NAME: esi_parser
f41735ea 6247IFDEF: USE_SQUID_ESI
964b44c3 6248COMMENT: libxml2|expat|custom
cccac0a2 6249TYPE: string
6250LOC: ESIParser::Type
6251DEFAULT: custom
6252DOC_START
6253 ESI markup is not strictly XML compatible. The custom ESI parser
6254 will give higher performance, but cannot handle non ASCII character
6255 encodings.
6256DOC_END
0976f8db 6257
9edd9041 6258COMMENT_START
8d6275c0 6259 DELAY POOL PARAMETERS
9edd9041 6260 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6261COMMENT_END
6262
6263NAME: delay_pools
6264TYPE: delay_pool_count
6265DEFAULT: 0
9a0a18de 6266IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 6267LOC: Config.Delay
6268DOC_START
6269 This represents the number of delay pools to be used. For example,
6270 if you have one class 2 delay pool and one class 3 delays pool, you
6271 have a total of 2 delay pools.
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6272
6273 See also delay_parameters, delay_class, delay_access for pool
6274 configuration details.
9edd9041 6275DOC_END
6276
6277NAME: delay_class
6278TYPE: delay_pool_class
6279DEFAULT: none
9a0a18de 6280IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 6281LOC: Config.Delay
6282DOC_START
6283 This defines the class of each delay pool. There must be exactly one
6284 delay_class line for each delay pool. For example, to define two
6285 delay pools, one of class 2 and one of class 3, the settings above
6286 and here would be:
6287
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6288 Example:
6289 delay_pools 4 # 4 delay pools
6290 delay_class 1 2 # pool 1 is a class 2 pool
6291 delay_class 2 3 # pool 2 is a class 3 pool
6292 delay_class 3 4 # pool 3 is a class 4 pool
6293 delay_class 4 5 # pool 4 is a class 5 pool
9edd9041 6294
6295 The delay pool classes are:
6296
6297 class 1 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
6298 bucket.
6299
6300 class 2 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
6301 bucket as well as an "individual" bucket chosen
b1fb3348 6302 from bits 25 through 32 of the IPv4 address.
9edd9041 6303
6304 class 3 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
6305 bucket as well as a "network" bucket chosen
6306 from bits 17 through 24 of the IP address and a
6307 "individual" bucket chosen from bits 17 through
b1fb3348 6308 32 of the IPv4 address.
9edd9041 6309
6310 class 4 Everything in a class 3 delay pool, with an
6311 additional limit on a per user basis. This
6312 only takes effect if the username is established
6313 in advance - by forcing authentication in your
6314 http_access rules.
6315
6316 class 5 Requests are grouped according their tag (see
6317 external_acl's tag= reply).
6318
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6319
6320 Each pool also requires a delay_parameters directive to configure the pool size
6321 and speed limits used whenever the pool is applied to a request. Along with
6322 a set of delay_access directives to determine when it is used.
6323
9edd9041 6324 NOTE: If an IP address is a.b.c.d
6325 -> bits 25 through 32 are "d"
6326 -> bits 17 through 24 are "c"
6327 -> bits 17 through 32 are "c * 256 + d"
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6328
6329 NOTE-2: Due to the use of bitmasks in class 2,3,4 pools they only apply to
6330 IPv4 traffic. Class 1 and 5 pools may be used with IPv6 traffic.
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6331
6332 This clause only supports fast acl types.
6333 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
6334
6335 See also delay_parameters and delay_access.
9edd9041 6336DOC_END
6337
6338NAME: delay_access
6339TYPE: delay_pool_access
6340DEFAULT: none
638402dd 6341DEFAULT_DOC: Deny using the pool, unless allow rules exist in squid.conf for the pool.
9a0a18de 6342IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 6343LOC: Config.Delay
6344DOC_START
6345 This is used to determine which delay pool a request falls into.
6346
6347 delay_access is sorted per pool and the matching starts with pool 1,
6348 then pool 2, ..., and finally pool N. The first delay pool where the
6349 request is allowed is selected for the request. If it does not allow
6350 the request to any pool then the request is not delayed (default).
6351
6352 For example, if you want some_big_clients in delay
6353 pool 1 and lotsa_little_clients in delay pool 2:
6354
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6355 delay_access 1 allow some_big_clients
6356 delay_access 1 deny all
6357 delay_access 2 allow lotsa_little_clients
6358 delay_access 2 deny all
6359 delay_access 3 allow authenticated_clients
6360
6361 See also delay_parameters and delay_class.
6362
9edd9041 6363DOC_END
6364
6365NAME: delay_parameters
6366TYPE: delay_pool_rates
6367DEFAULT: none
9a0a18de 6368IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 6369LOC: Config.Delay
6370DOC_START
6371 This defines the parameters for a delay pool. Each delay pool has
6372 a number of "buckets" associated with it, as explained in the
0b68481a 6373 description of delay_class.
9edd9041 6374
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6375 For a class 1 delay pool, the syntax is:
6376 delay_pools pool 1
6377 delay_parameters pool aggregate
9edd9041 6378
6379 For a class 2 delay pool:
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6380 delay_pools pool 2
6381 delay_parameters pool aggregate individual
9edd9041 6382
6383 For a class 3 delay pool:
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6384 delay_pools pool 3
6385 delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual
9edd9041 6386
6387 For a class 4 delay pool:
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6388 delay_pools pool 4
6389 delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual user
9edd9041 6390
6391 For a class 5 delay pool:
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6392 delay_pools pool 5
6393 delay_parameters pool tagrate
9edd9041 6394
0b68481a 6395 The option variables are:
9edd9041 6396
6397 pool a pool number - ie, a number between 1 and the
6398 number specified in delay_pools as used in
6399 delay_class lines.
6400
fdb47ac6 6401 aggregate the speed limit parameters for the aggregate bucket
9edd9041 6402 (class 1, 2, 3).
6403
fdb47ac6 6404 individual the speed limit parameters for the individual
9edd9041 6405 buckets (class 2, 3).
6406
fdb47ac6 6407 network the speed limit parameters for the network buckets
9edd9041 6408 (class 3).
6409
fdb47ac6 6410 user the speed limit parameters for the user buckets
9edd9041 6411 (class 4).
6412
fdb47ac6 6413 tagrate the speed limit parameters for the tag buckets
9edd9041 6414 (class 5).
6415
6416 A pair of delay parameters is written restore/maximum, where restore is
6417 the number of bytes (not bits - modem and network speeds are usually
6418 quoted in bits) per second placed into the bucket, and maximum is the
6419 maximum number of bytes which can be in the bucket at any time.
6420
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6421 There must be one delay_parameters line for each delay pool.
6422
6423
9edd9041 6424 For example, if delay pool number 1 is a class 2 delay pool as in the
0b68481a 6425 above example, and is being used to strictly limit each host to 64Kbit/sec
9edd9041 6426 (plus overheads), with no overall limit, the line is:
6427
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6428 delay_parameters 1 -1/-1 8000/8000
6429
6430 Note that 8 x 8000 KByte/sec -> 64Kbit/sec.
9edd9041 6431
6432 Note that the figure -1 is used to represent "unlimited".
6433
0b68481a 6434
9edd9041 6435 And, if delay pool number 2 is a class 3 delay pool as in the above
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6436 example, and you want to limit it to a total of 256Kbit/sec (strict limit)
6437 with each 8-bit network permitted 64Kbit/sec (strict limit) and each
6438 individual host permitted 4800bit/sec with a bucket maximum size of 64Kbits
9edd9041 6439 to permit a decent web page to be downloaded at a decent speed
6440 (if the network is not being limited due to overuse) but slow down
6441 large downloads more significantly:
6442
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6443 delay_parameters 2 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/8000
6444
6445 Note that 8 x 32000 KByte/sec -> 256Kbit/sec.
6446 8 x 8000 KByte/sec -> 64Kbit/sec.
6447 8 x 600 Byte/sec -> 4800bit/sec.
9edd9041 6448
9edd9041 6449
6450 Finally, for a class 4 delay pool as in the example - each user will
0b68481a 6451 be limited to 128Kbits/sec no matter how many workstations they are logged into.:
9edd9041 6452
0b68481a 6453 delay_parameters 4 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/64000 16000/16000
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6454
6455
6456 See also delay_class and delay_access.
6457
9edd9041 6458DOC_END
6459
6460NAME: delay_initial_bucket_level
6461COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
ae870270 6462TYPE: u_short
9edd9041 6463DEFAULT: 50
9a0a18de 6464IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 6465LOC: Config.Delay.initial
6466DOC_START
6467 The initial bucket percentage is used to determine how much is put
6468 in each bucket when squid starts, is reconfigured, or first notices
6469 a host accessing it (in class 2 and class 3, individual hosts and
6470 networks only have buckets associated with them once they have been
6471 "seen" by squid).
6472DOC_END
6473
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6474COMMENT_START
6475 CLIENT DELAY POOL PARAMETERS
6476 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6477COMMENT_END
6478
6479NAME: client_delay_pools
6480TYPE: client_delay_pool_count
6481DEFAULT: 0
9a0a18de 6482IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
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6483LOC: Config.ClientDelay
6484DOC_START
6485 This option specifies the number of client delay pools used. It must
6486 preceed other client_delay_* options.
6487
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6488 Example:
6489 client_delay_pools 2
6490
6491 See also client_delay_parameters and client_delay_access.
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6492DOC_END
6493
6494NAME: client_delay_initial_bucket_level
6495COMMENT: (percent, 0-no_limit)
ae870270 6496TYPE: u_short
b4cd430a 6497DEFAULT: 50
9a0a18de 6498IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
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6499LOC: Config.ClientDelay.initial
6500DOC_START
6501 This option determines the initial bucket size as a percentage of
6502 max_bucket_size from client_delay_parameters. Buckets are created
6503 at the time of the "first" connection from the matching IP. Idle
6504 buckets are periodically deleted up.
6505
6506 You can specify more than 100 percent but note that such "oversized"
6507 buckets are not refilled until their size goes down to max_bucket_size
6508 from client_delay_parameters.
6509
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6510 Example:
6511 client_delay_initial_bucket_level 50
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6512DOC_END
6513
6514NAME: client_delay_parameters
6515TYPE: client_delay_pool_rates
6516DEFAULT: none
9a0a18de 6517IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
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6518LOC: Config.ClientDelay
6519DOC_START
6520
6521 This option configures client-side bandwidth limits using the
6522 following format:
6523
6524 client_delay_parameters pool speed_limit max_bucket_size
6525
6526 pool is an integer ID used for client_delay_access matching.
6527
6528 speed_limit is bytes added to the bucket per second.
6529
6530 max_bucket_size is the maximum size of a bucket, enforced after any
6531 speed_limit additions.
6532
6533 Please see the delay_parameters option for more information and
6534 examples.
6535
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6536 Example:
6537 client_delay_parameters 1 1024 2048
6538 client_delay_parameters 2 51200 16384
6539
6540 See also client_delay_access.
6541
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6542DOC_END
6543
6544NAME: client_delay_access
6545TYPE: client_delay_pool_access
6546DEFAULT: none
638402dd 6547DEFAULT_DOC: Deny use of the pool, unless allow rules exist in squid.conf for the pool.
9a0a18de 6548IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
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6549LOC: Config.ClientDelay
6550DOC_START
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6551 This option determines the client-side delay pool for the
6552 request:
6553
6554 client_delay_access pool_ID allow|deny acl_name
6555
6556 All client_delay_access options are checked in their pool ID
6557 order, starting with pool 1. The first checked pool with allowed
6558 request is selected for the request. If no ACL matches or there
6559 are no client_delay_access options, the request bandwidth is not
6560 limited.
6561
6562 The ACL-selected pool is then used to find the
6563 client_delay_parameters for the request. Client-side pools are
6564 not used to aggregate clients. Clients are always aggregated
6565 based on their source IP addresses (one bucket per source IP).
6566
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6567 This clause only supports fast acl types.
6568 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
6569 Additionally, only the client TCP connection details are available.
6570 ACLs testing HTTP properties will not work.
6571
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6572 Please see delay_access for more examples.
6573
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6574 Example:
6575 client_delay_access 1 allow low_rate_network
6576 client_delay_access 2 allow vips_network
6577
6578
6579 See also client_delay_parameters and client_delay_pools.
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6580DOC_END
6581
cccac0a2 6582COMMENT_START
8d6275c0 6583 WCCPv1 AND WCCPv2 CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
cccac0a2 6584 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6585COMMENT_END
6586
8d6275c0 6587NAME: wccp_router
6588TYPE: address
6589LOC: Config.Wccp.router
0eb08770 6590DEFAULT: any_addr
638402dd 6591DEFAULT_DOC: WCCP disabled.
8d6275c0 6592IFDEF: USE_WCCP
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6593DOC_START
6594 Use this option to define your WCCP ``home'' router for
6595 Squid.
6596
6597 wccp_router supports a single WCCP(v1) router
6598
6599 wccp2_router supports multiple WCCPv2 routers
6600
6601 only one of the two may be used at the same time and defines
6602 which version of WCCP to use.
6603DOC_END
df2eec10 6604
8d6275c0 6605NAME: wccp2_router
9fb4efad 6606TYPE: IpAddress_list
8d6275c0 6607LOC: Config.Wccp2.router
cccac0a2 6608DEFAULT: none
638402dd 6609DEFAULT_DOC: WCCPv2 disabled.
8d6275c0 6610IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 6611DOC_START
8d6275c0 6612 Use this option to define your WCCP ``home'' router for
6613 Squid.
cccac0a2 6614
8d6275c0 6615 wccp_router supports a single WCCP(v1) router
cccac0a2 6616
8d6275c0 6617 wccp2_router supports multiple WCCPv2 routers
cccac0a2 6618
8d6275c0 6619 only one of the two may be used at the same time and defines
6620 which version of WCCP to use.
6621DOC_END
6622
6623NAME: wccp_version
cccac0a2 6624TYPE: int
8d6275c0 6625LOC: Config.Wccp.version
6626DEFAULT: 4
6627IFDEF: USE_WCCP
cccac0a2 6628DOC_START
8d6275c0 6629 This directive is only relevant if you need to set up WCCP(v1)
6630 to some very old and end-of-life Cisco routers. In all other
6631 setups it must be left unset or at the default setting.
6632 It defines an internal version in the WCCP(v1) protocol,
6633 with version 4 being the officially documented protocol.
cccac0a2 6634
8d6275c0 6635 According to some users, Cisco IOS 11.2 and earlier only
6636 support WCCP version 3. If you're using that or an earlier
6637 version of IOS, you may need to change this value to 3, otherwise
6638 do not specify this parameter.
cccac0a2 6639DOC_END
6640
8d6275c0 6641NAME: wccp2_rebuild_wait
6642TYPE: onoff
6643LOC: Config.Wccp2.rebuildwait
6644DEFAULT: on
6645IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
6646DOC_START
6647 If this is enabled Squid will wait for the cache dir rebuild to finish
6648 before sending the first wccp2 HereIAm packet
6649DOC_END
cccac0a2 6650
8d6275c0 6651NAME: wccp2_forwarding_method
e313ab0a 6652TYPE: wccp2_method
8d6275c0 6653LOC: Config.Wccp2.forwarding_method
451c4786 6654DEFAULT: gre
8d6275c0 6655IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 6656DOC_START
699acd19 6657 WCCP2 allows the setting of forwarding methods between the
8d6275c0 6658 router/switch and the cache. Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 6659
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6660 gre - GRE encapsulation (forward the packet in a GRE/WCCP tunnel)
6661 l2 - L2 redirect (forward the packet using Layer 2/MAC rewriting)
cccac0a2 6662
8d6275c0 6663 Currently (as of IOS 12.4) cisco routers only support GRE.
6664 Cisco switches only support the L2 redirect assignment method.
cccac0a2 6665DOC_END
6666
8d6275c0 6667NAME: wccp2_return_method
e313ab0a 6668TYPE: wccp2_method
8d6275c0 6669LOC: Config.Wccp2.return_method
451c4786 6670DEFAULT: gre
8d6275c0 6671IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 6672DOC_START
699acd19 6673 WCCP2 allows the setting of return methods between the
8d6275c0 6674 router/switch and the cache for packets that the cache
6675 decides not to handle. Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 6676
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6677 gre - GRE encapsulation (forward the packet in a GRE/WCCP tunnel)
6678 l2 - L2 redirect (forward the packet using Layer 2/MAC rewriting)
cccac0a2 6679
8d6275c0 6680 Currently (as of IOS 12.4) cisco routers only support GRE.
6681 Cisco switches only support the L2 redirect assignment.
cccac0a2 6682
699acd19 6683 If the "ip wccp redirect exclude in" command has been
8d6275c0 6684 enabled on the cache interface, then it is still safe for
6685 the proxy server to use a l2 redirect method even if this
6686 option is set to GRE.
cccac0a2 6687DOC_END
6688
8d6275c0 6689NAME: wccp2_assignment_method
451c4786 6690TYPE: wccp2_amethod
8d6275c0 6691LOC: Config.Wccp2.assignment_method
451c4786 6692DEFAULT: hash
8d6275c0 6693IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 6694DOC_START
8d6275c0 6695 WCCP2 allows the setting of methods to assign the WCCP hash
6696 Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 6697
451c4786 6698 hash - Hash assignment
bb7a1781 6699 mask - Mask assignment
cccac0a2 6700
8d6275c0 6701 As a general rule, cisco routers support the hash assignment method
6702 and cisco switches support the mask assignment method.
6703DOC_END
cccac0a2 6704
8d6275c0 6705NAME: wccp2_service
6706TYPE: wccp2_service
6707LOC: Config.Wccp2.info
8d6275c0 6708DEFAULT_IF_NONE: standard 0
638402dd 6709DEFAULT_DOC: Use the 'web-cache' standard service.
8d6275c0 6710IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
6711DOC_START
6712 WCCP2 allows for multiple traffic services. There are two
6713 types: "standard" and "dynamic". The standard type defines
6714 one service id - http (id 0). The dynamic service ids can be from
6715 51 to 255 inclusive. In order to use a dynamic service id
6716 one must define the type of traffic to be redirected; this is done
6717 using the wccp2_service_info option.
6718
6719 The "standard" type does not require a wccp2_service_info option,
6720 just specifying the service id will suffice.
6721
6722 MD5 service authentication can be enabled by adding
6723 "password=<password>" to the end of this service declaration.
6724
6725 Examples:
6726
6727 wccp2_service standard 0 # for the 'web-cache' standard service
6728 wccp2_service dynamic 80 # a dynamic service type which will be
6729 # fleshed out with subsequent options.
6730 wccp2_service standard 0 password=foo
8d6275c0 6731DOC_END
6732
6733NAME: wccp2_service_info
6734TYPE: wccp2_service_info
6735LOC: Config.Wccp2.info
6736DEFAULT: none
6737IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
6738DOC_START
6739 Dynamic WCCPv2 services require further information to define the
6740 traffic you wish to have diverted.
6741
6742 The format is:
6743
6744 wccp2_service_info <id> protocol=<protocol> flags=<flag>,<flag>..
6745 priority=<priority> ports=<port>,<port>..
6746
6747 The relevant WCCPv2 flags:
6748 + src_ip_hash, dst_ip_hash
005fe566 6749 + source_port_hash, dst_port_hash
8d6275c0 6750 + src_ip_alt_hash, dst_ip_alt_hash
6751 + src_port_alt_hash, dst_port_alt_hash
6752 + ports_source
6753
6754 The port list can be one to eight entries.
6755
6756 Example:
6757
6758 wccp2_service_info 80 protocol=tcp flags=src_ip_hash,ports_source
6759 priority=240 ports=80
6760
6761 Note: the service id must have been defined by a previous
6762 'wccp2_service dynamic <id>' entry.
6763DOC_END
6764
6765NAME: wccp2_weight
6766TYPE: int
6767LOC: Config.Wccp2.weight
6768DEFAULT: 10000
6769IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
6770DOC_START
6771 Each cache server gets assigned a set of the destination
6772 hash proportional to their weight.
6773DOC_END
6774
6775NAME: wccp_address
6776TYPE: address
6777LOC: Config.Wccp.address
6778DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
638402dd 6779DEFAULT_DOC: Address selected by the operating system.
8d6275c0 6780IFDEF: USE_WCCP
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6781DOC_START
6782 Use this option if you require WCCPv2 to use a specific
6783 interface address.
6784
6785 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
6786DOC_END
df2eec10 6787
8d6275c0 6788NAME: wccp2_address
6789TYPE: address
6790LOC: Config.Wccp2.address
6791DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
638402dd 6792DEFAULT_DOC: Address selected by the operating system.
8d6275c0 6793IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
6794DOC_START
6795 Use this option if you require WCCP to use a specific
6796 interface address.
6797
6798 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
6799DOC_END
6800
6801COMMENT_START
6802 PERSISTENT CONNECTION HANDLING
6803 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6804
6805 Also see "pconn_timeout" in the TIMEOUTS section
6806COMMENT_END
6807
6808NAME: client_persistent_connections
6809TYPE: onoff
6810LOC: Config.onoff.client_pconns
6811DEFAULT: on
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6812DOC_START
6813 Persistent connection support for clients.
6814 Squid uses persistent connections (when allowed). You can use
6815 this option to disable persistent connections with clients.
6816DOC_END
8d6275c0 6817
6818NAME: server_persistent_connections
6819TYPE: onoff
6820LOC: Config.onoff.server_pconns
6821DEFAULT: on
6822DOC_START
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6823 Persistent connection support for servers.
6824 Squid uses persistent connections (when allowed). You can use
6825 this option to disable persistent connections with servers.
8d6275c0 6826DOC_END
6827
6828NAME: persistent_connection_after_error
6829TYPE: onoff
6830LOC: Config.onoff.error_pconns
0fccfb7f 6831DEFAULT: on
8d6275c0 6832DOC_START
6833 With this directive the use of persistent connections after
6834 HTTP errors can be disabled. Useful if you have clients
6835 who fail to handle errors on persistent connections proper.
6836DOC_END
6837
6838NAME: detect_broken_pconn
6839TYPE: onoff
6840LOC: Config.onoff.detect_broken_server_pconns
6841DEFAULT: off
6842DOC_START
6843 Some servers have been found to incorrectly signal the use
6844 of HTTP/1.0 persistent connections even on replies not
6845 compatible, causing significant delays. This server problem
6846 has mostly been seen on redirects.
6847
6848 By enabling this directive Squid attempts to detect such
6849 broken replies and automatically assume the reply is finished
6850 after 10 seconds timeout.
6851DOC_END
6852
6853COMMENT_START
6854 CACHE DIGEST OPTIONS
6855 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6856COMMENT_END
6857
6858NAME: digest_generation
6859IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
6860TYPE: onoff
6861LOC: Config.onoff.digest_generation
6862DEFAULT: on
6863DOC_START
6864 This controls whether the server will generate a Cache Digest
6865 of its contents. By default, Cache Digest generation is
13e917b5 6866 enabled if Squid is compiled with --enable-cache-digests defined.
8d6275c0 6867DOC_END
6868
6869NAME: digest_bits_per_entry
6870IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
6871TYPE: int
6872LOC: Config.digest.bits_per_entry
6873DEFAULT: 5
6874DOC_START
6875 This is the number of bits of the server's Cache Digest which
6876 will be associated with the Digest entry for a given HTTP
6877 Method and URL (public key) combination. The default is 5.
6878DOC_END
6879
6880NAME: digest_rebuild_period
6881IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
6882COMMENT: (seconds)
6883TYPE: time_t
6884LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_period
6885DEFAULT: 1 hour
6886DOC_START
749ceff8 6887 This is the wait time between Cache Digest rebuilds.
8d6275c0 6888DOC_END
6889
6890NAME: digest_rewrite_period
6891COMMENT: (seconds)
6892IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
6893TYPE: time_t
6894LOC: Config.digest.rewrite_period
6895DEFAULT: 1 hour
6896DOC_START
749ceff8 6897 This is the wait time between Cache Digest writes to
8d6275c0 6898 disk.
6899DOC_END
6900
6901NAME: digest_swapout_chunk_size
6902COMMENT: (bytes)
6903TYPE: b_size_t
6904IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
6905LOC: Config.digest.swapout_chunk_size
6906DEFAULT: 4096 bytes
6907DOC_START
6908 This is the number of bytes of the Cache Digest to write to
6909 disk at a time. It defaults to 4096 bytes (4KB), the Squid
6910 default swap page.
6911DOC_END
6912
6913NAME: digest_rebuild_chunk_percentage
6914COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
6915IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
6916TYPE: int
6917LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_chunk_percentage
6918DEFAULT: 10
6919DOC_START
6920 This is the percentage of the Cache Digest to be scanned at a
6921 time. By default it is set to 10% of the Cache Digest.
6922DOC_END
6923
1db9eacd 6924COMMENT_START
5473c134 6925 SNMP OPTIONS
1db9eacd 6926 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6927COMMENT_END
6928
5473c134 6929NAME: snmp_port
ae870270 6930TYPE: u_short
5473c134 6931LOC: Config.Port.snmp
87630341 6932DEFAULT: 0
638402dd 6933DEFAULT_DOC: SNMP disabled.
5473c134 6934IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
8d6275c0 6935DOC_START
87630341 6936 The port number where Squid listens for SNMP requests. To enable
6937 SNMP support set this to a suitable port number. Port number
6938 3401 is often used for the Squid SNMP agent. By default it's
6939 set to "0" (disabled)
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6940
6941 Example:
6942 snmp_port 3401
8d6275c0 6943DOC_END
6944
5473c134 6945NAME: snmp_access
6946TYPE: acl_access
6947LOC: Config.accessList.snmp
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6948DEFAULT: none
6949DEFAULT_DOC: Deny, unless rules exist in squid.conf.
5473c134 6950IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
8d6275c0 6951DOC_START
5473c134 6952 Allowing or denying access to the SNMP port.
8d6275c0 6953
5473c134 6954 All access to the agent is denied by default.
6955 usage:
8d6275c0 6956
5473c134 6957 snmp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
8d6275c0 6958
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6959 This clause only supports fast acl types.
6960 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
638402dd 6961
5473c134 6962Example:
6963 snmp_access allow snmppublic localhost
6964 snmp_access deny all
cccac0a2 6965DOC_END
6966
5473c134 6967NAME: snmp_incoming_address
6968TYPE: address
6969LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_incoming
0eb08770 6970DEFAULT: any_addr
638402dd 6971DEFAULT_DOC: Accept SNMP packets from all machine interfaces.
5473c134 6972IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
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6973DOC_START
6974 Just like 'udp_incoming_address', but for the SNMP port.
6975
6976 snmp_incoming_address is used for the SNMP socket receiving
6977 messages from SNMP agents.
6978
6979 The default snmp_incoming_address is to listen on all
6980 available network interfaces.
6981DOC_END
df2eec10 6982
5473c134 6983NAME: snmp_outgoing_address
6984TYPE: address
6985LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_outgoing
0eb08770 6986DEFAULT: no_addr
638402dd 6987DEFAULT_DOC: Use snmp_incoming_address or an address selected by the operating system.
5473c134 6988IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
cccac0a2 6989DOC_START
638402dd 6990 Just like 'udp_outgoing_address', but for the SNMP port.
cccac0a2 6991
5473c134 6992 snmp_outgoing_address is used for SNMP packets returned to SNMP
6993 agents.
cccac0a2 6994
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6995 If snmp_outgoing_address is not set it will use the same socket
6996 as snmp_incoming_address. Only change this if you want to have
6997 SNMP replies sent using another address than where this Squid
6998 listens for SNMP queries.
cccac0a2 6999
5473c134 7000 NOTE, snmp_incoming_address and snmp_outgoing_address can not have
638402dd 7001 the same value since they both use the same port.
cccac0a2 7002DOC_END
7003
5473c134 7004COMMENT_START
7005 ICP OPTIONS
7006 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
7007COMMENT_END
7008
7009NAME: icp_port udp_port
ae870270 7010TYPE: u_short
5473c134 7011DEFAULT: 0
638402dd 7012DEFAULT_DOC: ICP disabled.
5473c134 7013LOC: Config.Port.icp
cccac0a2 7014DOC_START
5473c134 7015 The port number where Squid sends and receives ICP queries to
7016 and from neighbor caches. The standard UDP port for ICP is 3130.
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7017
7018 Example:
7019 icp_port @DEFAULT_ICP_PORT@
cccac0a2 7020DOC_END
7021
5473c134 7022NAME: htcp_port
7023IFDEF: USE_HTCP
ae870270 7024TYPE: u_short
87630341 7025DEFAULT: 0
638402dd 7026DEFAULT_DOC: HTCP disabled.
5473c134 7027LOC: Config.Port.htcp
cccac0a2 7028DOC_START
5473c134 7029 The port number where Squid sends and receives HTCP queries to
87630341 7030 and from neighbor caches. To turn it on you want to set it to
638402dd 7031 4827.
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7032
7033 Example:
7034 htcp_port 4827
cccac0a2 7035DOC_END
7036
7037NAME: log_icp_queries
7038COMMENT: on|off
7039TYPE: onoff
7040DEFAULT: on
7041LOC: Config.onoff.log_udp
7042DOC_START
7043 If set, ICP queries are logged to access.log. You may wish
7044 do disable this if your ICP load is VERY high to speed things
7045 up or to simplify log analysis.
7046DOC_END
7047
5473c134 7048NAME: udp_incoming_address
7049TYPE: address
7050LOC:Config.Addrs.udp_incoming
0eb08770 7051DEFAULT: any_addr
638402dd 7052DEFAULT_DOC: Accept packets from all machine interfaces.
8524d4b2 7053DOC_START
7054 udp_incoming_address is used for UDP packets received from other
7055 caches.
7056
7057 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
7058
7059 Only change this if you want to have all UDP queries received on
7060 a specific interface/address.
7061
7062 NOTE: udp_incoming_address is used by the ICP, HTCP, and DNS
7063 modules. Altering it will affect all of them in the same manner.
7064
7065 see also; udp_outgoing_address
7066
7067 NOTE, udp_incoming_address and udp_outgoing_address can not
7068 have the same value since they both use the same port.
7069DOC_END
cccac0a2 7070
5473c134 7071NAME: udp_outgoing_address
7072TYPE: address
7073LOC: Config.Addrs.udp_outgoing
0eb08770 7074DEFAULT: no_addr
638402dd 7075DEFAULT_DOC: Use udp_incoming_address or an address selected by the operating system.
cccac0a2 7076DOC_START
8524d4b2 7077 udp_outgoing_address is used for UDP packets sent out to other
5473c134 7078 caches.
cccac0a2 7079
5473c134 7080 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
cccac0a2 7081
8524d4b2 7082 Instead it will use the same socket as udp_incoming_address.
7083 Only change this if you want to have UDP queries sent using another
7084 address than where this Squid listens for UDP queries from other
5473c134 7085 caches.
7086
8524d4b2 7087 NOTE: udp_outgoing_address is used by the ICP, HTCP, and DNS
7088 modules. Altering it will affect all of them in the same manner.
7089
7090 see also; udp_incoming_address
7091
5473c134 7092 NOTE, udp_incoming_address and udp_outgoing_address can not
8524d4b2 7093 have the same value since they both use the same port.
cccac0a2 7094DOC_END
7095
3d1e3e43 7096NAME: icp_hit_stale
7097COMMENT: on|off
7098TYPE: onoff
7099DEFAULT: off
7100LOC: Config.onoff.icp_hit_stale
7101DOC_START
7102 If you want to return ICP_HIT for stale cache objects, set this
7103 option to 'on'. If you have sibling relationships with caches
7104 in other administrative domains, this should be 'off'. If you only
7105 have sibling relationships with caches under your control,
7106 it is probably okay to set this to 'on'.
7107 If set to 'on', your siblings should use the option "allow-miss"
7108 on their cache_peer lines for connecting to you.
7109DOC_END
7110
5473c134 7111NAME: minimum_direct_hops
cccac0a2 7112TYPE: int
5473c134 7113DEFAULT: 4
7114LOC: Config.minDirectHops
cccac0a2 7115DOC_START
5473c134 7116 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
7117 which are no more than this many hops away.
cccac0a2 7118DOC_END
7119
5473c134 7120NAME: minimum_direct_rtt
638402dd 7121COMMENT: (msec)
5473c134 7122TYPE: int
7123DEFAULT: 400
7124LOC: Config.minDirectRtt
cccac0a2 7125DOC_START
5473c134 7126 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
7127 which are no more than this many rtt milliseconds away.
cccac0a2 7128DOC_END
7129
cccac0a2 7130NAME: netdb_low
7131TYPE: int
7132DEFAULT: 900
7133LOC: Config.Netdb.low
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7134DOC_START
7135 The low water mark for the ICMP measurement database.
7136
7137 Note: high watermark controlled by netdb_high directive.
7138
7139 These watermarks are counts, not percents. The defaults are
7140 (low) 900 and (high) 1000. When the high water mark is
7141 reached, database entries will be deleted until the low
7142 mark is reached.
7143DOC_END
cccac0a2 7144
7145NAME: netdb_high
7146TYPE: int
7147DEFAULT: 1000
7148LOC: Config.Netdb.high
7149DOC_START
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7150 The high water mark for the ICMP measurement database.
7151
7152 Note: low watermark controlled by netdb_low directive.
7153
7154 These watermarks are counts, not percents. The defaults are
7155 (low) 900 and (high) 1000. When the high water mark is
7156 reached, database entries will be deleted until the low
7157 mark is reached.
cccac0a2 7158DOC_END
7159
cccac0a2 7160NAME: netdb_ping_period
7161TYPE: time_t
7162LOC: Config.Netdb.period
7163DEFAULT: 5 minutes
7164DOC_START
7165 The minimum period for measuring a site. There will be at
7166 least this much delay between successive pings to the same
7167 network. The default is five minutes.
7168DOC_END
7169
cccac0a2 7170NAME: query_icmp
7171COMMENT: on|off
7172TYPE: onoff
7173DEFAULT: off
7174LOC: Config.onoff.query_icmp
7175DOC_START
7176 If you want to ask your peers to include ICMP data in their ICP
7177 replies, enable this option.
7178
7179 If your peer has configured Squid (during compilation) with
7f7db318 7180 '--enable-icmp' that peer will send ICMP pings to origin server
7181 sites of the URLs it receives. If you enable this option the
cccac0a2 7182 ICP replies from that peer will include the ICMP data (if available).
7183 Then, when choosing a parent cache, Squid will choose the parent with
7184 the minimal RTT to the origin server. When this happens, the
7185 hierarchy field of the access.log will be
7186 "CLOSEST_PARENT_MISS". This option is off by default.
7187DOC_END
7188
7189NAME: test_reachability
7190COMMENT: on|off
7191TYPE: onoff
7192DEFAULT: off
7193LOC: Config.onoff.test_reachability
7194DOC_START
7195 When this is 'on', ICP MISS replies will be ICP_MISS_NOFETCH
7196 instead of ICP_MISS if the target host is NOT in the ICMP
7197 database, or has a zero RTT.
7198DOC_END
7199
5473c134 7200NAME: icp_query_timeout
7201COMMENT: (msec)
7202DEFAULT: 0
638402dd 7203DEFAULT_DOC: Dynamic detection.
5473c134 7204TYPE: int
7205LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query
4c3ef9b2 7206DOC_START
5473c134 7207 Normally Squid will automatically determine an optimal ICP
7208 query timeout value based on the round-trip-time of recent ICP
7209 queries. If you want to override the value determined by
7210 Squid, set this 'icp_query_timeout' to a non-zero value. This
7211 value is specified in MILLISECONDS, so, to use a 2-second
7212 timeout (the old default), you would write:
4c3ef9b2 7213
5473c134 7214 icp_query_timeout 2000
4c3ef9b2 7215DOC_END
7216
5473c134 7217NAME: maximum_icp_query_timeout
7218COMMENT: (msec)
7219DEFAULT: 2000
7220TYPE: int
7221LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query_max
cccac0a2 7222DOC_START
5473c134 7223 Normally the ICP query timeout is determined dynamically. But
7224 sometimes it can lead to very large values (say 5 seconds).
7225 Use this option to put an upper limit on the dynamic timeout
7226 value. Do NOT use this option to always use a fixed (instead
7227 of a dynamic) timeout value. To set a fixed timeout see the
7228 'icp_query_timeout' directive.
cccac0a2 7229DOC_END
7230
5473c134 7231NAME: minimum_icp_query_timeout
7232COMMENT: (msec)
7233DEFAULT: 5
7234TYPE: int
7235LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query_min
cccac0a2 7236DOC_START
5473c134 7237 Normally the ICP query timeout is determined dynamically. But
7238 sometimes it can lead to very small timeouts, even lower than
7239 the normal latency variance on your link due to traffic.
7240 Use this option to put an lower limit on the dynamic timeout
7241 value. Do NOT use this option to always use a fixed (instead
7242 of a dynamic) timeout value. To set a fixed timeout see the
7243 'icp_query_timeout' directive.
cccac0a2 7244DOC_END
7245
5473c134 7246NAME: background_ping_rate
7247COMMENT: time-units
7248TYPE: time_t
7249DEFAULT: 10 seconds
7250LOC: Config.backgroundPingRate
cccac0a2 7251DOC_START
5473c134 7252 Controls how often the ICP pings are sent to siblings that
7253 have background-ping set.
cccac0a2 7254DOC_END
7255
5473c134 7256COMMENT_START
7257 MULTICAST ICP OPTIONS
7258 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
7259COMMENT_END
7260
7261NAME: mcast_groups
7262TYPE: wordlist
7263LOC: Config.mcast_group_list
8c01ada0 7264DEFAULT: none
7265DOC_START
5473c134 7266 This tag specifies a list of multicast groups which your server
7267 should join to receive multicasted ICP queries.
8c01ada0 7268
5473c134 7269 NOTE! Be very careful what you put here! Be sure you
7270 understand the difference between an ICP _query_ and an ICP
7271 _reply_. This option is to be set only if you want to RECEIVE
7272 multicast queries. Do NOT set this option to SEND multicast
7273 ICP (use cache_peer for that). ICP replies are always sent via
7274 unicast, so this option does not affect whether or not you will
7275 receive replies from multicast group members.
8c01ada0 7276
5473c134 7277 You must be very careful to NOT use a multicast address which
7278 is already in use by another group of caches.
8c01ada0 7279
5473c134 7280 If you are unsure about multicast, please read the Multicast
7281 chapter in the Squid FAQ (http://www.squid-cache.org/FAQ/).
8c01ada0 7282
5473c134 7283 Usage: mcast_groups 239.128.16.128 224.0.1.20
8c01ada0 7284
5473c134 7285 By default, Squid doesn't listen on any multicast groups.
7286DOC_END
8c01ada0 7287
5473c134 7288NAME: mcast_miss_addr
7289IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
7290TYPE: address
7291LOC: Config.mcast_miss.addr
0eb08770 7292DEFAULT: no_addr
638402dd 7293DEFAULT_DOC: disabled.
5473c134 7294DOC_START
7295 If you enable this option, every "cache miss" URL will
7296 be sent out on the specified multicast address.
cccac0a2 7297
5473c134 7298 Do not enable this option unless you are are absolutely
7299 certain you understand what you are doing.
cccac0a2 7300DOC_END
7301
5473c134 7302NAME: mcast_miss_ttl
7303IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
ae870270 7304TYPE: u_short
5473c134 7305LOC: Config.mcast_miss.ttl
7306DEFAULT: 16
cccac0a2 7307DOC_START
5473c134 7308 This is the time-to-live value for packets multicasted
7309 when multicasting off cache miss URLs is enabled. By
7310 default this is set to 'site scope', i.e. 16.
7311DOC_END
cccac0a2 7312
5473c134 7313NAME: mcast_miss_port
7314IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
ae870270 7315TYPE: u_short
5473c134 7316LOC: Config.mcast_miss.port
7317DEFAULT: 3135
7318DOC_START
7319 This is the port number to be used in conjunction with
7320 'mcast_miss_addr'.
7321DOC_END
cccac0a2 7322
5473c134 7323NAME: mcast_miss_encode_key
7324IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
7325TYPE: string
7326LOC: Config.mcast_miss.encode_key
7327DEFAULT: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
7328DOC_START
7329 The URLs that are sent in the multicast miss stream are
7330 encrypted. This is the encryption key.
7331DOC_END
8c01ada0 7332
5473c134 7333NAME: mcast_icp_query_timeout
7334COMMENT: (msec)
7335DEFAULT: 2000
7336TYPE: int
7337LOC: Config.Timeout.mcast_icp_query
7338DOC_START
7339 For multicast peers, Squid regularly sends out ICP "probes" to
7340 count how many other peers are listening on the given multicast
7341 address. This value specifies how long Squid should wait to
7342 count all the replies. The default is 2000 msec, or 2
7343 seconds.
cccac0a2 7344DOC_END
7345
5473c134 7346COMMENT_START
7347 INTERNAL ICON OPTIONS
7348 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
7349COMMENT_END
7350
cccac0a2 7351NAME: icon_directory
7352TYPE: string
7353LOC: Config.icons.directory
7354DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
7355DOC_START
7356 Where the icons are stored. These are normally kept in
7357 @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
7358DOC_END
7359
f024c970 7360NAME: global_internal_static
7361TYPE: onoff
7362LOC: Config.onoff.global_internal_static
7363DEFAULT: on
7364DOC_START
7365 This directive controls is Squid should intercept all requests for
7366 /squid-internal-static/ no matter which host the URL is requesting
7367 (default on setting), or if nothing special should be done for
7368 such URLs (off setting). The purpose of this directive is to make
7369 icons etc work better in complex cache hierarchies where it may
7370 not always be possible for all corners in the cache mesh to reach
7371 the server generating a directory listing.
7372DOC_END
7373
5473c134 7374NAME: short_icon_urls
7375TYPE: onoff
7376LOC: Config.icons.use_short_names
7377DEFAULT: on
7378DOC_START
7379 If this is enabled Squid will use short URLs for icons.
7380 If disabled it will revert to the old behavior of including
7381 it's own name and port in the URL.
7382
7383 If you run a complex cache hierarchy with a mix of Squid and
7384 other proxies you may need to disable this directive.
7385DOC_END
7386
7387COMMENT_START
7388 ERROR PAGE OPTIONS
7389 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
7390COMMENT_END
7391
7392NAME: error_directory
7393TYPE: string
7394LOC: Config.errorDirectory
43000484 7395DEFAULT: none
638402dd 7396DEFAULT_DOC: Send error pages in the clients preferred language
5473c134 7397DOC_START
7398 If you wish to create your own versions of the default
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7399 error files to customize them to suit your company copy
7400 the error/template files to another directory and point
7401 this tag at them.
7402
7403 WARNING: This option will disable multi-language support
7404 on error pages if used.
5473c134 7405
7406 The squid developers are interested in making squid available in
7407 a wide variety of languages. If you are making translations for a
43000484 7408 language that Squid does not currently provide please consider
5473c134 7409 contributing your translation back to the project.
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7410 http://wiki.squid-cache.org/Translations
7411
7412 The squid developers working on translations are happy to supply drop-in
7413 translated error files in exchange for any new language contributions.
7414DOC_END
7415
7416NAME: error_default_language
7417IFDEF: USE_ERR_LOCALES
7418TYPE: string
7419LOC: Config.errorDefaultLanguage
7420DEFAULT: none
638402dd 7421DEFAULT_DOC: Generate English language pages.
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7422DOC_START
7423 Set the default language which squid will send error pages in
7424 if no existing translation matches the clients language
7425 preferences.
7426
7427 If unset (default) generic English will be used.
7428
7429 The squid developers are interested in making squid available in
7430 a wide variety of languages. If you are interested in making
7431 translations for any language see the squid wiki for details.
7432 http://wiki.squid-cache.org/Translations
5473c134 7433DOC_END
7434
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7435NAME: error_log_languages
7436IFDEF: USE_ERR_LOCALES
7437TYPE: onoff
7438LOC: Config.errorLogMissingLanguages
7439DEFAULT: on
7440DOC_START
7441 Log to cache.log what languages users are attempting to
7442 auto-negotiate for translations.
7443
7444 Successful negotiations are not logged. Only failures
7445 have meaning to indicate that Squid may need an upgrade
0c49f10e 7446 of its error page translations.
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7447DOC_END
7448
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7449NAME: err_page_stylesheet
7450TYPE: string
7451LOC: Config.errorStylesheet
7452DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_CONFIG_DIR@/errorpage.css
7453DOC_START
7454 CSS Stylesheet to pattern the display of Squid default error pages.
7455
7456 For information on CSS see http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/
7457DOC_END
7458
5473c134 7459NAME: err_html_text
7460TYPE: eol
7461LOC: Config.errHtmlText
7462DEFAULT: none
7463DOC_START
7464 HTML text to include in error messages. Make this a "mailto"
7465 URL to your admin address, or maybe just a link to your
7466 organizations Web page.
7467
7468 To include this in your error messages, you must rewrite
7469 the error template files (found in the "errors" directory).
7470 Wherever you want the 'err_html_text' line to appear,
7471 insert a %L tag in the error template file.
7472DOC_END
7473
7474NAME: email_err_data
7475COMMENT: on|off
7476TYPE: onoff
7477LOC: Config.onoff.emailErrData
7478DEFAULT: on
7479DOC_START
7480 If enabled, information about the occurred error will be
7481 included in the mailto links of the ERR pages (if %W is set)
7482 so that the email body contains the data.
7483 Syntax is <A HREF="mailto:%w%W">%w</A>
7484DOC_END
7485
7486NAME: deny_info
7487TYPE: denyinfo
7488LOC: Config.denyInfoList
7489DEFAULT: none
7490DOC_START
7491 Usage: deny_info err_page_name acl
7492 or deny_info http://... acl
43000484 7493 or deny_info TCP_RESET acl
5473c134 7494
7495 This can be used to return a ERR_ page for requests which
7496 do not pass the 'http_access' rules. Squid remembers the last
7497 acl it evaluated in http_access, and if a 'deny_info' line exists
7498 for that ACL Squid returns a corresponding error page.
7499
7500 The acl is typically the last acl on the http_access deny line which
7501 denied access. The exceptions to this rule are:
7502 - When Squid needs to request authentication credentials. It's then
7503 the first authentication related acl encountered
7504 - When none of the http_access lines matches. It's then the last
7505 acl processed on the last http_access line.
3af10ac0
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7506 - When the decision to deny access was made by an adaptation service,
7507 the acl name is the corresponding eCAP or ICAP service_name.
5473c134 7508
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7509 NP: If providing your own custom error pages with error_directory
7510 you may also specify them by your custom file name:
7511 Example: deny_info ERR_CUSTOM_ACCESS_DENIED bad_guys
5473c134 7512
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7513 By defaut Squid will send "403 Forbidden". A different 4xx or 5xx
7514 may be specified by prefixing the file name with the code and a colon.
7515 e.g. 404:ERR_CUSTOM_ACCESS_DENIED
7516
5473c134 7517 Alternatively you can tell Squid to reset the TCP connection
7518 by specifying TCP_RESET.
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7519
7520 Or you can specify an error URL or URL pattern. The browsers will
aed9a15b
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7521 get redirected to the specified URL after formatting tags have
7522 been replaced. Redirect will be done with 302 or 307 according to
7523 HTTP/1.1 specs. A different 3xx code may be specified by prefixing
7524 the URL. e.g. 303:http://example.com/
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7525
7526 URL FORMAT TAGS:
7527 %a - username (if available. Password NOT included)
7528 %B - FTP path URL
7529 %e - Error number
7530 %E - Error description
7531 %h - Squid hostname
7532 %H - Request domain name
7533 %i - Client IP Address
7534 %M - Request Method
7535 %o - Message result from external ACL helper
7536 %p - Request Port number
7537 %P - Request Protocol name
7538 %R - Request URL path
7539 %T - Timestamp in RFC 1123 format
7540 %U - Full canonical URL from client
7541 (HTTPS URLs terminate with *)
7542 %u - Full canonical URL from client
7543 %w - Admin email from squid.conf
e4a8468d 7544 %x - Error name
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7545 %% - Literal percent (%) code
7546
5473c134 7547DOC_END
7548
7549COMMENT_START
7550 OPTIONS INFLUENCING REQUEST FORWARDING
7551 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
7552COMMENT_END
7553
7554NAME: nonhierarchical_direct
e72a0ec0 7555TYPE: onoff
5473c134 7556LOC: Config.onoff.nonhierarchical_direct
e72a0ec0 7557DEFAULT: on
7558DOC_START
5473c134 7559 By default, Squid will send any non-hierarchical requests
7560 (matching hierarchy_stoplist or not cacheable request type) direct
7561 to origin servers.
e72a0ec0 7562
638402dd 7563 When this is set to "off", Squid will prefer to send these
5473c134 7564 requests to parents.
0b0cfcf2 7565
5473c134 7566 Note that in most configurations, by turning this off you will only
7567 add latency to these request without any improvement in global hit
7568 ratio.
0b0cfcf2 7569
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7570 This option only sets a preference. If the parent is unavailable a
7571 direct connection to the origin server may still be attempted. To
7572 completely prevent direct connections use never_direct.
8d6275c0 7573DOC_END
0b0cfcf2 7574
5473c134 7575NAME: prefer_direct
8d6275c0 7576TYPE: onoff
5473c134 7577LOC: Config.onoff.prefer_direct
8d6275c0 7578DEFAULT: off
7579DOC_START
5473c134 7580 Normally Squid tries to use parents for most requests. If you for some
7581 reason like it to first try going direct and only use a parent if
7582 going direct fails set this to on.
0b0cfcf2 7583
5473c134 7584 By combining nonhierarchical_direct off and prefer_direct on you
7585 can set up Squid to use a parent as a backup path if going direct
7586 fails.
7587
7588 Note: If you want Squid to use parents for all requests see
7589 the never_direct directive. prefer_direct only modifies how Squid
7590 acts on cacheable requests.
cccac0a2 7591DOC_END
7592
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7593NAME: cache_miss_revalidate
7594COMMENT: on|off
7595TYPE: onoff
7596DEFAULT: on
7597LOC: Config.onoff.cache_miss_revalidate
7598DOC_START
7599 Whether Squid on cache MISS will pass client revalidation requests
7600 to the server or tries to fetch new content for caching.
7601 This is useful while the cache is mostly empty to more quickly
7602 have the cache populated.
7603
7604 When set to 'on' (default), Squid will pass all client If-* headers
7605 to the server.
7606
7607 When set to 'off' and if the request is cacheable, Squid will
7608 remove the clients If-Modified-Since and If-None-Match headers from
7609 the request sent to the server.
7610DOC_END
7611
5473c134 7612NAME: always_direct
8d6275c0 7613TYPE: acl_access
5473c134 7614LOC: Config.accessList.AlwaysDirect
0b0cfcf2 7615DEFAULT: none
638402dd 7616DEFAULT_DOC: Prevent any cache_peer being used for this request.
0b0cfcf2 7617DOC_START
5473c134 7618 Usage: always_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
0b0cfcf2 7619
5473c134 7620 Here you can use ACL elements to specify requests which should
7621 ALWAYS be forwarded by Squid to the origin servers without using
7622 any peers. For example, to always directly forward requests for
7623 local servers ignoring any parents or siblings you may have use
7624 something like:
0b0cfcf2 7625
5473c134 7626 acl local-servers dstdomain my.domain.net
7627 always_direct allow local-servers
0b0cfcf2 7628
5473c134 7629 To always forward FTP requests directly, use
f16fbc82 7630
5473c134 7631 acl FTP proto FTP
7632 always_direct allow FTP
cccac0a2 7633
5473c134 7634 NOTE: There is a similar, but opposite option named
7635 'never_direct'. You need to be aware that "always_direct deny
7636 foo" is NOT the same thing as "never_direct allow foo". You
7637 may need to use a deny rule to exclude a more-specific case of
7638 some other rule. Example:
8d6275c0 7639
5473c134 7640 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
7641 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
7642 always_direct deny local-external
7643 always_direct allow local-servers
8d6275c0 7644
5473c134 7645 NOTE: If your goal is to make the client forward the request
7646 directly to the origin server bypassing Squid then this needs
7647 to be done in the client configuration. Squid configuration
7648 can only tell Squid how Squid should fetch the object.
8d6275c0 7649
5473c134 7650 NOTE: This directive is not related to caching. The replies
7651 is cached as usual even if you use always_direct. To not cache
b3567eb5 7652 the replies see the 'cache' directive.
5473c134 7653
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7654 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
7655 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
cccac0a2 7656DOC_END
0976f8db 7657
5473c134 7658NAME: never_direct
7659TYPE: acl_access
7660LOC: Config.accessList.NeverDirect
7661DEFAULT: none
638402dd 7662DEFAULT_DOC: Allow DNS results to be used for this request.
8d6275c0 7663DOC_START
5473c134 7664 Usage: never_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
7665
7666 never_direct is the opposite of always_direct. Please read
7667 the description for always_direct if you have not already.
7668
7669 With 'never_direct' you can use ACL elements to specify
7670 requests which should NEVER be forwarded directly to origin
7671 servers. For example, to force the use of a proxy for all
7672 requests, except those in your local domain use something like:
7673
7674 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
5473c134 7675 never_direct deny local-servers
7676 never_direct allow all
7677
7678 or if Squid is inside a firewall and there are local intranet
7679 servers inside the firewall use something like:
7680
7681 acl local-intranet dstdomain .foo.net
7682 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
7683 always_direct deny local-external
7684 always_direct allow local-intranet
7685 never_direct allow all
7686
b3567eb5
FC
7687 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
7688 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
8d6275c0 7689DOC_END
0976f8db 7690
5473c134 7691COMMENT_START
7692 ADVANCED NETWORKING OPTIONS
7693 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
7694COMMENT_END
7695
65d448bc 7696NAME: incoming_udp_average incoming_icp_average
cccac0a2 7697TYPE: int
7698DEFAULT: 6
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7699LOC: Config.comm_incoming.udp.average
7700DOC_START
7701 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
7702 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
7703 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
7704DOC_END
cccac0a2 7705
65d448bc 7706NAME: incoming_tcp_average incoming_http_average
cccac0a2 7707TYPE: int
7708DEFAULT: 4
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7709LOC: Config.comm_incoming.tcp.average
7710DOC_START
7711 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
7712 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
7713 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
7714DOC_END
cccac0a2 7715
7716NAME: incoming_dns_average
7717TYPE: int
7718DEFAULT: 4
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7719LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns.average
7720DOC_START
7721 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
7722 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
7723 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
7724DOC_END
cccac0a2 7725
65d448bc 7726NAME: min_udp_poll_cnt min_icp_poll_cnt
cccac0a2 7727TYPE: int
7728DEFAULT: 8
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7729LOC: Config.comm_incoming.udp.min_poll
7730DOC_START
7731 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
7732 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
7733 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
7734DOC_END
cccac0a2 7735
7736NAME: min_dns_poll_cnt
7737TYPE: int
7738DEFAULT: 8
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AJ
7739LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns.min_poll
7740DOC_START
7741 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
7742 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
7743 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
7744DOC_END
cccac0a2 7745
65d448bc 7746NAME: min_tcp_poll_cnt min_http_poll_cnt
cccac0a2 7747TYPE: int
7748DEFAULT: 8
65d448bc 7749LOC: Config.comm_incoming.tcp.min_poll
cccac0a2 7750DOC_START
5473c134 7751 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
7752 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
7753 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
7754DOC_END
7755
7756NAME: accept_filter
5473c134 7757TYPE: string
7758DEFAULT: none
7759LOC: Config.accept_filter
7760DOC_START
0b4d4be5 7761 FreeBSD:
7762
5473c134 7763 The name of an accept(2) filter to install on Squid's
7764 listen socket(s). This feature is perhaps specific to
7765 FreeBSD and requires support in the kernel.
7766
7767 The 'httpready' filter delays delivering new connections
2324cda2 7768 to Squid until a full HTTP request has been received.
0b4d4be5 7769 See the accf_http(9) man page for details.
7770
7771 The 'dataready' filter delays delivering new connections
7772 to Squid until there is some data to process.
7773 See the accf_dataready(9) man page for details.
7774
7775 Linux:
7776
7777 The 'data' filter delays delivering of new connections
7778 to Squid until there is some data to process by TCP_ACCEPT_DEFER.
7779 You may optionally specify a number of seconds to wait by
7780 'data=N' where N is the number of seconds. Defaults to 30
7781 if not specified. See the tcp(7) man page for details.
5473c134 7782EXAMPLE:
0b4d4be5 7783# FreeBSD
5473c134 7784accept_filter httpready
0b4d4be5 7785# Linux
7786accept_filter data
5473c134 7787DOC_END
7788
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7789NAME: client_ip_max_connections
7790TYPE: int
7791LOC: Config.client_ip_max_connections
7792DEFAULT: -1
638402dd 7793DEFAULT_DOC: No limit.
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7794DOC_START
7795 Set an absolute limit on the number of connections a single
7796 client IP can use. Any more than this and Squid will begin to drop
7797 new connections from the client until it closes some links.
7798
7799 Note that this is a global limit. It affects all HTTP, HTCP, Gopher and FTP
7800 connections from the client. For finer control use the ACL access controls.
7801
7802 Requires client_db to be enabled (the default).
7803
7804 WARNING: This may noticably slow down traffic received via external proxies
7805 or NAT devices and cause them to rebound error messages back to their clients.
7806DOC_END
7807
5473c134 7808NAME: tcp_recv_bufsize
7809COMMENT: (bytes)
7810TYPE: b_size_t
7811DEFAULT: 0 bytes
638402dd 7812DEFAULT_DOC: Use operating system TCP defaults.
5473c134 7813LOC: Config.tcpRcvBufsz
7814DOC_START
7815 Size of receive buffer to set for TCP sockets. Probably just
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7816 as easy to change your kernel's default.
7817 Omit from squid.conf to use the default buffer size.
5473c134 7818DOC_END
7819
7820COMMENT_START
7821 ICAP OPTIONS
7822 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
7823COMMENT_END
7824
7825NAME: icap_enable
7826TYPE: onoff
7827IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
7828COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 7829LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.onoff
5473c134 7830DEFAULT: off
7831DOC_START
53e738c6 7832 If you want to enable the ICAP module support, set this to on.
5473c134 7833DOC_END
7834
7835NAME: icap_connect_timeout
7836TYPE: time_t
7837DEFAULT: none
26cc52cb 7838LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.connect_timeout_raw
5473c134 7839IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
7840DOC_START
7841 This parameter specifies how long to wait for the TCP connect to
7842 the requested ICAP server to complete before giving up and either
7843 terminating the HTTP transaction or bypassing the failure.
7844
7845 The default for optional services is peer_connect_timeout.
7846 The default for essential services is connect_timeout.
7847 If this option is explicitly set, its value applies to all services.
7848DOC_END
7849
7850NAME: icap_io_timeout
7851COMMENT: time-units
7852TYPE: time_t
7853DEFAULT: none
638402dd 7854DEFAULT_DOC: Use read_timeout.
26cc52cb 7855LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.io_timeout_raw
5473c134 7856IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
7857DOC_START
7858 This parameter specifies how long to wait for an I/O activity on
7859 an established, active ICAP connection before giving up and
7860 either terminating the HTTP transaction or bypassing the
7861 failure.
5473c134 7862DOC_END
7863
7864NAME: icap_service_failure_limit
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7865COMMENT: limit [in memory-depth time-units]
7866TYPE: icap_service_failure_limit
5473c134 7867IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
8277060a 7868LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig
5473c134 7869DEFAULT: 10
7870DOC_START
7871 The limit specifies the number of failures that Squid tolerates
7872 when establishing a new TCP connection with an ICAP service. If
7873 the number of failures exceeds the limit, the ICAP service is
7874 not used for new ICAP requests until it is time to refresh its
8277060a 7875 OPTIONS.
5473c134 7876
7877 A negative value disables the limit. Without the limit, an ICAP
7878 service will not be considered down due to connectivity failures
7879 between ICAP OPTIONS requests.
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7880
7881 Squid forgets ICAP service failures older than the specified
7882 value of memory-depth. The memory fading algorithm
7883 is approximate because Squid does not remember individual
7884 errors but groups them instead, splitting the option
7885 value into ten time slots of equal length.
7886
7887 When memory-depth is 0 and by default this option has no
7888 effect on service failure expiration.
7889
7890 Squid always forgets failures when updating service settings
7891 using an ICAP OPTIONS transaction, regardless of this option
7892 setting.
7893
7894 For example,
7895 # suspend service usage after 10 failures in 5 seconds:
7896 icap_service_failure_limit 10 in 5 seconds
cccac0a2 7897DOC_END
7898
5473c134 7899NAME: icap_service_revival_delay
cccac0a2 7900TYPE: int
5473c134 7901IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 7902LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.service_revival_delay
5473c134 7903DEFAULT: 180
cccac0a2 7904DOC_START
5473c134 7905 The delay specifies the number of seconds to wait after an ICAP
7906 OPTIONS request failure before requesting the options again. The
7907 failed ICAP service is considered "down" until fresh OPTIONS are
7908 fetched.
cccac0a2 7909
5473c134 7910 The actual delay cannot be smaller than the hardcoded minimum
7911 delay of 30 seconds.
cccac0a2 7912DOC_END
7913
5473c134 7914NAME: icap_preview_enable
cccac0a2 7915TYPE: onoff
5473c134 7916IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
7917COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 7918LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.preview_enable
ac7a62f9 7919DEFAULT: on
cccac0a2 7920DOC_START
ac7a62f9 7921 The ICAP Preview feature allows the ICAP server to handle the
7922 HTTP message by looking only at the beginning of the message body
7923 or even without receiving the body at all. In some environments,
7924 previews greatly speedup ICAP processing.
7925
7926 During an ICAP OPTIONS transaction, the server may tell Squid what
7927 HTTP messages should be previewed and how big the preview should be.
7928 Squid will not use Preview if the server did not request one.
7929
7930 To disable ICAP Preview for all ICAP services, regardless of
7931 individual ICAP server OPTIONS responses, set this option to "off".
7932Example:
7933icap_preview_enable off
cccac0a2 7934DOC_END
7935
5473c134 7936NAME: icap_preview_size
7937TYPE: int
7938IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 7939LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.preview_size
5473c134 7940DEFAULT: -1
638402dd 7941DEFAULT_DOC: No preview sent.
cccac0a2 7942DOC_START
53e738c6 7943 The default size of preview data to be sent to the ICAP server.
638402dd 7944 This value might be overwritten on a per server basis by OPTIONS requests.
cccac0a2 7945DOC_END
7946
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7947NAME: icap_206_enable
7948TYPE: onoff
7949IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
7950COMMENT: on|off
7951LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.allow206_enable
7952DEFAULT: on
7953DOC_START
7954 206 (Partial Content) responses is an ICAP extension that allows the
7955 ICAP agents to optionally combine adapted and original HTTP message
7956 content. The decision to combine is postponed until the end of the
7957 ICAP response. Squid supports Partial Content extension by default.
7958
7959 Activation of the Partial Content extension is negotiated with each
7960 ICAP service during OPTIONS exchange. Most ICAP servers should handle
7961 negotation correctly even if they do not support the extension, but
7962 some might fail. To disable Partial Content support for all ICAP
7963 services and to avoid any negotiation, set this option to "off".
7964
7965 Example:
7966 icap_206_enable off
7967DOC_END
7968
5473c134 7969NAME: icap_default_options_ttl
7970TYPE: int
7971IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 7972LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.default_options_ttl
5473c134 7973DEFAULT: 60
cccac0a2 7974DOC_START
53e738c6 7975 The default TTL value for ICAP OPTIONS responses that don't have
5473c134 7976 an Options-TTL header.
cccac0a2 7977DOC_END
7978
5473c134 7979NAME: icap_persistent_connections
7980TYPE: onoff
7981IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
7982COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 7983LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.reuse_connections
5473c134 7984DEFAULT: on
cccac0a2 7985DOC_START
5473c134 7986 Whether or not Squid should use persistent connections to
7987 an ICAP server.
cccac0a2 7988DOC_END
7989
22fff3bf 7990NAME: adaptation_send_client_ip icap_send_client_ip
5473c134 7991TYPE: onoff
22fff3bf 7992IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
5473c134 7993COMMENT: on|off
22fff3bf 7994LOC: Adaptation::Config::send_client_ip
5473c134 7995DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 7996DOC_START
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7997 If enabled, Squid shares HTTP client IP information with adaptation
7998 services. For ICAP, Squid adds the X-Client-IP header to ICAP requests.
7999 For eCAP, Squid sets the libecap::metaClientIp transaction option.
8000
8001 See also: adaptation_uses_indirect_client
cccac0a2 8002DOC_END
8003
22fff3bf 8004NAME: adaptation_send_username icap_send_client_username
5473c134 8005TYPE: onoff
22fff3bf 8006IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
5473c134 8007COMMENT: on|off
22fff3bf 8008LOC: Adaptation::Config::send_username
5473c134 8009DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 8010DOC_START
5473c134 8011 This sends authenticated HTTP client username (if available) to
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8012 the adaptation service.
8013
8014 For ICAP, the username value is encoded based on the
5473c134 8015 icap_client_username_encode option and is sent using the header
8016 specified by the icap_client_username_header option.
cccac0a2 8017DOC_END
8018
5473c134 8019NAME: icap_client_username_header
cccac0a2 8020TYPE: string
5473c134 8021IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 8022LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.client_username_header
5473c134 8023DEFAULT: X-Client-Username
cccac0a2 8024DOC_START
db49f682 8025 ICAP request header name to use for adaptation_send_username.
cccac0a2 8026DOC_END
8027
5473c134 8028NAME: icap_client_username_encode
cccac0a2 8029TYPE: onoff
5473c134 8030IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
8031COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 8032LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.client_username_encode
5473c134 8033DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 8034DOC_START
5473c134 8035 Whether to base64 encode the authenticated client username.
cccac0a2 8036DOC_END
8037
5473c134 8038NAME: icap_service
8039TYPE: icap_service_type
8040IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 8041LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig
5473c134 8042DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 8043DOC_START
a22e6cd3 8044 Defines a single ICAP service using the following format:
cccac0a2 8045
c25c2836 8046 icap_service id vectoring_point uri [option ...]
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8048 id: ID
8049 an opaque identifier or name which is used to direct traffic to
8050 this specific service. Must be unique among all adaptation
8051 services in squid.conf.
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8052
8053 vectoring_point: reqmod_precache|reqmod_postcache|respmod_precache|respmod_postcache
f3db09e2 8054 This specifies at which point of transaction processing the
8055 ICAP service should be activated. *_postcache vectoring points
8056 are not yet supported.
a22e6cd3 8057
c25c2836 8058 uri: icap://servername:port/servicepath
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8059 ICAP server and service location.
8060
8061 ICAP does not allow a single service to handle both REQMOD and RESPMOD
8062 transactions. Squid does not enforce that requirement. You can specify
8063 services with the same service_url and different vectoring_points. You
8064 can even specify multiple identical services as long as their
8065 service_names differ.
8066
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8067 To activate a service, use the adaptation_access directive. To group
8068 services, use adaptation_service_chain and adaptation_service_set.
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8069
8070 Service options are separated by white space. ICAP services support
8071 the following name=value options:
8072
8073 bypass=on|off|1|0
8074 If set to 'on' or '1', the ICAP service is treated as
8075 optional. If the service cannot be reached or malfunctions,
8076 Squid will try to ignore any errors and process the message as
8077 if the service was not enabled. No all ICAP errors can be
8078 bypassed. If set to 0, the ICAP service is treated as
8079 essential and all ICAP errors will result in an error page
8080 returned to the HTTP client.
8081
8082 Bypass is off by default: services are treated as essential.
8083
8084 routing=on|off|1|0
8085 If set to 'on' or '1', the ICAP service is allowed to
8086 dynamically change the current message adaptation plan by
8087 returning a chain of services to be used next. The services
8088 are specified using the X-Next-Services ICAP response header
8089 value, formatted as a comma-separated list of service names.
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8090 Each named service should be configured in squid.conf. Other
8091 services are ignored. An empty X-Next-Services value results
8092 in an empty plan which ends the current adaptation.
8093
8094 Dynamic adaptation plan may cross or cover multiple supported
8095 vectoring points in their natural processing order.
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8096
8097 Routing is not allowed by default: the ICAP X-Next-Services
8098 response header is ignored.
8099
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8100 ipv6=on|off
8101 Only has effect on split-stack systems. The default on those systems
8102 is to use IPv4-only connections. When set to 'on' this option will
8103 make Squid use IPv6-only connections to contact this ICAP service.
8104
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8105 on-overload=block|bypass|wait|force
8106 If the service Max-Connections limit has been reached, do
8107 one of the following for each new ICAP transaction:
8108 * block: send an HTTP error response to the client
8109 * bypass: ignore the "over-connected" ICAP service
8110 * wait: wait (in a FIFO queue) for an ICAP connection slot
8111 * force: proceed, ignoring the Max-Connections limit
8112
8113 In SMP mode with N workers, each worker assumes the service
8114 connection limit is Max-Connections/N, even though not all
8115 workers may use a given service.
8116
8117 The default value is "bypass" if service is bypassable,
8118 otherwise it is set to "wait".
8119
8120
8121 max-conn=number
8122 Use the given number as the Max-Connections limit, regardless
8123 of the Max-Connections value given by the service, if any.
8124
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8125 Older icap_service format without optional named parameters is
8126 deprecated but supported for backward compatibility.
5473c134 8127
5473c134 8128Example:
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8129icap_service svcBlocker reqmod_precache icap://icap1.mydomain.net:1344/reqmod bypass=0
8130icap_service svcLogger reqmod_precache icap://icap2.mydomain.net:1344/respmod routing=on
cccac0a2 8131DOC_END
8132
5473c134 8133NAME: icap_class
8134TYPE: icap_class_type
8135IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
21a26d31 8136LOC: none
5473c134 8137DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 8138DOC_START
a22e6cd3 8139 This deprecated option was documented to define an ICAP service
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8140 chain, even though it actually defined a set of similar, redundant
8141 services, and the chains were not supported.
5473c134 8142
62c7f90e 8143 To define a set of redundant services, please use the
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8144 adaptation_service_set directive. For service chains, use
8145 adaptation_service_chain.
cccac0a2 8146DOC_END
8147
5473c134 8148NAME: icap_access
8149TYPE: icap_access_type
8150IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
21a26d31 8151LOC: none
cccac0a2 8152DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 8153DOC_START
a22e6cd3 8154 This option is deprecated. Please use adaptation_access, which
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8155 has the same ICAP functionality, but comes with better
8156 documentation, and eCAP support.
cccac0a2 8157DOC_END
8158
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8159COMMENT_START
8160 eCAP OPTIONS
8161 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
8162COMMENT_END
8163
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8164NAME: ecap_enable
8165TYPE: onoff
8166IFDEF: USE_ECAP
8167COMMENT: on|off
574b508c 8168LOC: Adaptation::Ecap::TheConfig.onoff
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8169DEFAULT: off
8170DOC_START
8171 Controls whether eCAP support is enabled.
8172DOC_END
8173
8174NAME: ecap_service
8175TYPE: ecap_service_type
8176IFDEF: USE_ECAP
574b508c 8177LOC: Adaptation::Ecap::TheConfig
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8178DEFAULT: none
8179DOC_START
8180 Defines a single eCAP service
8181
c25c2836 8182 ecap_service id vectoring_point uri [option ...]
21a26d31 8183
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8184 id: ID
8185 an opaque identifier or name which is used to direct traffic to
8186 this specific service. Must be unique among all adaptation
8187 services in squid.conf.
8188
8189 vectoring_point: reqmod_precache|reqmod_postcache|respmod_precache|respmod_postcache
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8190 This specifies at which point of transaction processing the
8191 eCAP service should be activated. *_postcache vectoring points
8192 are not yet supported.
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8193
8194 uri: ecap://vendor/service_name?custom&cgi=style&parameters=optional
8195 Squid uses the eCAP service URI to match this configuration
8196 line with one of the dynamically loaded services. Each loaded
8197 eCAP service must have a unique URI. Obtain the right URI from
8198 the service provider.
8199
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8200 To activate a service, use the adaptation_access directive. To group
8201 services, use adaptation_service_chain and adaptation_service_set.
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8202
8203 Service options are separated by white space. eCAP services support
8204 the following name=value options:
8205
8206 bypass=on|off|1|0
8207 If set to 'on' or '1', the eCAP service is treated as optional.
8208 If the service cannot be reached or malfunctions, Squid will try
8209 to ignore any errors and process the message as if the service
21a26d31 8210 was not enabled. No all eCAP errors can be bypassed.
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8211 If set to 'off' or '0', the eCAP service is treated as essential
8212 and all eCAP errors will result in an error page returned to the
21a26d31 8213 HTTP client.
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8214
8215 Bypass is off by default: services are treated as essential.
8216
8217 routing=on|off|1|0
8218 If set to 'on' or '1', the eCAP service is allowed to
8219 dynamically change the current message adaptation plan by
8220 returning a chain of services to be used next.
8221
8222 Dynamic adaptation plan may cross or cover multiple supported
8223 vectoring points in their natural processing order.
8224
8225 Routing is not allowed by default.
8226
8227 Older ecap_service format without optional named parameters is
8228 deprecated but supported for backward compatibility.
8229
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8231Example:
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8232ecap_service s1 reqmod_precache ecap://filters.R.us/leakDetector?on_error=block bypass=off
8233ecap_service s2 respmod_precache ecap://filters.R.us/virusFilter config=/etc/vf.cfg bypass=on
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8234DOC_END
8235
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8236NAME: loadable_modules
8237TYPE: wordlist
8238IFDEF: USE_LOADABLE_MODULES
8239LOC: Config.loadable_module_names
8240DEFAULT: none
8241DOC_START
8242 Instructs Squid to load the specified dynamic module(s) or activate
8243 preloaded module(s).
8244Example:
8245loadable_modules @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/lib/MinimalAdapter.so
8246DOC_END
8247
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8248COMMENT_START
8249 MESSAGE ADAPTATION OPTIONS
8250 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
8251COMMENT_END
8252
8253NAME: adaptation_service_set
8254TYPE: adaptation_service_set_type
8255IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
8256LOC: none
8257DEFAULT: none
8258DOC_START
8259
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8260 Configures an ordered set of similar, redundant services. This is
8261 useful when hot standby or backup adaptation servers are available.
8262
8263 adaptation_service_set set_name service_name1 service_name2 ...
8264
8265 The named services are used in the set declaration order. The first
8266 applicable adaptation service from the set is used first. The next
8267 applicable service is tried if and only if the transaction with the
8268 previous service fails and the message waiting to be adapted is still
8269 intact.
62c7f90e 8270
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8271 When adaptation starts, broken services are ignored as if they were
8272 not a part of the set. A broken service is a down optional service.
62c7f90e 8273
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8274 The services in a set must be attached to the same vectoring point
8275 (e.g., pre-cache) and use the same adaptation method (e.g., REQMOD).
8276
8277 If all services in a set are optional then adaptation failures are
8278 bypassable. If all services in the set are essential, then a
8279 transaction failure with one service may still be retried using
8280 another service from the set, but when all services fail, the master
8281 transaction fails as well.
8282
8283 A set may contain a mix of optional and essential services, but that
8284 is likely to lead to surprising results because broken services become
8285 ignored (see above), making previously bypassable failures fatal.
8286 Technically, it is the bypassability of the last failed service that
8287 matters.
8288
8289 See also: adaptation_access adaptation_service_chain
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8290
8291Example:
8292adaptation_service_set svcBlocker urlFilterPrimary urlFilterBackup
8293adaptation service_set svcLogger loggerLocal loggerRemote
8294DOC_END
8295
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8296NAME: adaptation_service_chain
8297TYPE: adaptation_service_chain_type
8298IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
8299LOC: none
8300DEFAULT: none
8301DOC_START
8302
8303 Configures a list of complementary services that will be applied
8304 one-by-one, forming an adaptation chain or pipeline. This is useful
8305 when Squid must perform different adaptations on the same message.
8306
8307 adaptation_service_chain chain_name service_name1 svc_name2 ...
8308
8309 The named services are used in the chain declaration order. The first
8310 applicable adaptation service from the chain is used first. The next
8311 applicable service is applied to the successful adaptation results of
8312 the previous service in the chain.
8313
8314 When adaptation starts, broken services are ignored as if they were
8315 not a part of the chain. A broken service is a down optional service.
8316
8317 Request satisfaction terminates the adaptation chain because Squid
8318 does not currently allow declaration of RESPMOD services at the
8319 "reqmod_precache" vectoring point (see icap_service or ecap_service).
8320
8321 The services in a chain must be attached to the same vectoring point
8322 (e.g., pre-cache) and use the same adaptation method (e.g., REQMOD).
8323
8324 A chain may contain a mix of optional and essential services. If an
8325 essential adaptation fails (or the failure cannot be bypassed for
8326 other reasons), the master transaction fails. Otherwise, the failure
8327 is bypassed as if the failed adaptation service was not in the chain.
8328
8329 See also: adaptation_access adaptation_service_set
8330
8331Example:
8332adaptation_service_chain svcRequest requestLogger urlFilter leakDetector
8333DOC_END
8334
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8335NAME: adaptation_access
8336TYPE: adaptation_access_type
8337IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
8338LOC: none
8339DEFAULT: none
638402dd 8340DEFAULT_DOC: Allow, unless rules exist in squid.conf.
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8341DOC_START
8342 Sends an HTTP transaction to an ICAP or eCAP adaptation service.
8343
8344 adaptation_access service_name allow|deny [!]aclname...
8345 adaptation_access set_name allow|deny [!]aclname...
8346
8347 At each supported vectoring point, the adaptation_access
8348 statements are processed in the order they appear in this
8349 configuration file. Statements pointing to the following services
8350 are ignored (i.e., skipped without checking their ACL):
8351
8352 - services serving different vectoring points
8353 - "broken-but-bypassable" services
8354 - "up" services configured to ignore such transactions
8355 (e.g., based on the ICAP Transfer-Ignore header).
8356
8357 When a set_name is used, all services in the set are checked
8358 using the same rules, to find the first applicable one. See
8359 adaptation_service_set for details.
8360
8361 If an access list is checked and there is a match, the
8362 processing stops: For an "allow" rule, the corresponding
8363 adaptation service is used for the transaction. For a "deny"
8364 rule, no adaptation service is activated.
8365
8366 It is currently not possible to apply more than one adaptation
8367 service at the same vectoring point to the same HTTP transaction.
8368
8369 See also: icap_service and ecap_service
8370
8371Example:
8372adaptation_access service_1 allow all
8373DOC_END
8374
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8375NAME: adaptation_service_iteration_limit
8376TYPE: int
8377IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
8378LOC: Adaptation::Config::service_iteration_limit
8379DEFAULT: 16
8380DOC_START
8381 Limits the number of iterations allowed when applying adaptation
8382 services to a message. If your longest adaptation set or chain
8383 may have more than 16 services, increase the limit beyond its
8384 default value of 16. If detecting infinite iteration loops sooner
8385 is critical, make the iteration limit match the actual number
8386 of services in your longest adaptation set or chain.
8387
8388 Infinite adaptation loops are most likely with routing services.
8389
8390 See also: icap_service routing=1
8391DOC_END
8392
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8393NAME: adaptation_masterx_shared_names
8394TYPE: string
8395IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
8396LOC: Adaptation::Config::masterx_shared_name
8397DEFAULT: none
8398DOC_START
8399 For each master transaction (i.e., the HTTP request and response
8400 sequence, including all related ICAP and eCAP exchanges), Squid
8401 maintains a table of metadata. The table entries are (name, value)
8402 pairs shared among eCAP and ICAP exchanges. The table is destroyed
8403 with the master transaction.
8404
8405 This option specifies the table entry names that Squid must accept
8406 from and forward to the adaptation transactions.
8407
8408 An ICAP REQMOD or RESPMOD transaction may set an entry in the
8409 shared table by returning an ICAP header field with a name
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8410 specified in adaptation_masterx_shared_names.
8411
8412 An eCAP REQMOD or RESPMOD transaction may set an entry in the
8413 shared table by implementing the libecap::visitEachOption() API
8414 to provide an option with a name specified in
8415 adaptation_masterx_shared_names.
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8417 Squid will store and forward the set entry to subsequent adaptation
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8418 transactions within the same master transaction scope.
8419
8420 Only one shared entry name is supported at this time.
8421
8422Example:
8423# share authentication information among ICAP services
8424adaptation_masterx_shared_names X-Subscriber-ID
8425DOC_END
8426
71be37e0 8427NAME: adaptation_meta
d7f4a0b7 8428TYPE: note
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8429IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
8430LOC: Adaptation::Config::metaHeaders
8431DEFAULT: none
8432DOC_START
8433 This option allows Squid administrator to add custom ICAP request
8434 headers or eCAP options to Squid ICAP requests or eCAP transactions.
8435 Use it to pass custom authentication tokens and other
8436 transaction-state related meta information to an ICAP/eCAP service.
8437
8438 The addition of a meta header is ACL-driven:
8439 adaptation_meta name value [!]aclname ...
8440
8441 Processing for a given header name stops after the first ACL list match.
8442 Thus, it is impossible to add two headers with the same name. If no ACL
8443 lists match for a given header name, no such header is added. For
8444 example:
8445
8446 # do not debug transactions except for those that need debugging
8447 adaptation_meta X-Debug 1 needs_debugging
8448
8449 # log all transactions except for those that must remain secret
8450 adaptation_meta X-Log 1 !keep_secret
8451
8452 # mark transactions from users in the "G 1" group
8453 adaptation_meta X-Authenticated-Groups "G 1" authed_as_G1
8454
8455 The "value" parameter may be a regular squid.conf token or a "double
8456 quoted string". Within the quoted string, use backslash (\) to escape
8457 any character, which is currently only useful for escaping backslashes
8458 and double quotes. For example,
8459 "this string has one backslash (\\) and two \"quotes\""
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8460
8461 Used adaptation_meta header values may be logged via %note
8462 logformat code. If multiple adaptation_meta headers with the same name
8463 are used during master transaction lifetime, the header values are
8464 logged in the order they were used and duplicate values are ignored
8465 (only the first repeated value will be logged).
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8466DOC_END
8467
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8468NAME: icap_retry
8469TYPE: acl_access
8470IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
8471LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.repeat
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8472DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
8473DOC_START
8474 This ACL determines which retriable ICAP transactions are
8475 retried. Transactions that received a complete ICAP response
8476 and did not have to consume or produce HTTP bodies to receive
8477 that response are usually retriable.
8478
8479 icap_retry allow|deny [!]aclname ...
8480
8481 Squid automatically retries some ICAP I/O timeouts and errors
8482 due to persistent connection race conditions.
8483
8484 See also: icap_retry_limit
8485DOC_END
8486
8487NAME: icap_retry_limit
8488TYPE: int
8489IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
8490LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.repeat_limit
8491DEFAULT: 0
638402dd 8492DEFAULT_DOC: No retries are allowed.
3ff65596 8493DOC_START
638402dd 8494 Limits the number of retries allowed.
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8495
8496 Communication errors due to persistent connection race
8497 conditions are unavoidable, automatically retried, and do not
8498 count against this limit.
8499
8500 See also: icap_retry
8501DOC_END
8502
8503
5473c134 8504COMMENT_START
8505 DNS OPTIONS
8506 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
8507COMMENT_END
8508
8509NAME: check_hostnames
cccac0a2 8510TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 8511DEFAULT: off
5473c134 8512LOC: Config.onoff.check_hostnames
cccac0a2 8513DOC_START
5473c134 8514 For security and stability reasons Squid can check
8515 hostnames for Internet standard RFC compliance. If you want
8516 Squid to perform these checks turn this directive on.
cccac0a2 8517DOC_END
8518
5473c134 8519NAME: allow_underscore
cccac0a2 8520TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 8521DEFAULT: on
5473c134 8522LOC: Config.onoff.allow_underscore
cccac0a2 8523DOC_START
5473c134 8524 Underscore characters is not strictly allowed in Internet hostnames
8525 but nevertheless used by many sites. Set this to off if you want
8526 Squid to be strict about the standard.
8527 This check is performed only when check_hostnames is set to on.
cccac0a2 8528DOC_END
8529
5473c134 8530NAME: dns_retransmit_interval
fd0f51c4 8531TYPE: time_msec
5473c134 8532DEFAULT: 5 seconds
8533LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_retransmit
cccac0a2 8534DOC_START
5473c134 8535 Initial retransmit interval for DNS queries. The interval is
8536 doubled each time all configured DNS servers have been tried.
cccac0a2 8537DOC_END
8538
5473c134 8539NAME: dns_timeout
fd0f51c4 8540TYPE: time_msec
a541c34e 8541DEFAULT: 30 seconds
5473c134 8542LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_query
cccac0a2 8543DOC_START
5473c134 8544 DNS Query timeout. If no response is received to a DNS query
8545 within this time all DNS servers for the queried domain
8546 are assumed to be unavailable.
cccac0a2 8547DOC_END
8548
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8549NAME: dns_packet_max
8550TYPE: b_ssize_t
638402dd 8551DEFAULT_DOC: EDNS disabled
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8552DEFAULT: none
8553LOC: Config.dns.packet_max
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8554DOC_START
8555 Maximum number of bytes packet size to advertise via EDNS.
8556 Set to "none" to disable EDNS large packet support.
8557
8558 For legacy reasons DNS UDP replies will default to 512 bytes which
8559 is too small for many responses. EDNS provides a means for Squid to
8560 negotiate receiving larger responses back immediately without having
8561 to failover with repeat requests. Responses larger than this limit
8562 will retain the old behaviour of failover to TCP DNS.
8563
8564 Squid has no real fixed limit internally, but allowing packet sizes
8565 over 1500 bytes requires network jumbogram support and is usually not
8566 necessary.
8567
8568 WARNING: The RFC also indicates that some older resolvers will reply
8569 with failure of the whole request if the extension is added. Some
8570 resolvers have already been identified which will reply with mangled
8571 EDNS response on occasion. Usually in response to many-KB jumbogram
8572 sizes being advertised by Squid.
8573 Squid will currently treat these both as an unable-to-resolve domain
8574 even if it would be resolvable without EDNS.
8575DOC_END
8576
5473c134 8577NAME: dns_defnames
8578COMMENT: on|off
cccac0a2 8579TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 8580DEFAULT: off
638402dd 8581DEFAULT_DOC: Search for single-label domain names is disabled.
5473c134 8582LOC: Config.onoff.res_defnames
cccac0a2 8583DOC_START
5473c134 8584 Normally the RES_DEFNAMES resolver option is disabled
8585 (see res_init(3)). This prevents caches in a hierarchy
8586 from interpreting single-component hostnames locally. To allow
8587 Squid to handle single-component names, enable this option.
cccac0a2 8588DOC_END
8589
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8590NAME: dns_multicast_local
8591COMMENT: on|off
8592TYPE: onoff
8593DEFAULT: off
8594DEFAULT_DOC: Search for .local and .arpa names is disabled.
8595LOC: Config.onoff.dns_mdns
8596DOC_START
8597 When set to on, Squid sends multicast DNS lookups on the local
8598 network for domains ending in .local and .arpa.
8599 This enables local servers and devices to be contacted in an
8600 ad-hoc or zero-configuration network environment.
8601DOC_END
8602
5473c134 8603NAME: dns_nameservers
8604TYPE: wordlist
8605DEFAULT: none
638402dd 8606DEFAULT_DOC: Use operating system definitions
5473c134 8607LOC: Config.dns_nameservers
cccac0a2 8608DOC_START
5473c134 8609 Use this if you want to specify a list of DNS name servers
8610 (IP addresses) to use instead of those given in your
8611 /etc/resolv.conf file.
638402dd 8612
5473c134 8613 On Windows platforms, if no value is specified here or in
8614 the /etc/resolv.conf file, the list of DNS name servers are
8615 taken from the Windows registry, both static and dynamic DHCP
8616 configurations are supported.
cccac0a2 8617
5473c134 8618 Example: dns_nameservers 10.0.0.1 192.172.0.4
cccac0a2 8619DOC_END
8620
5473c134 8621NAME: hosts_file
cccac0a2 8622TYPE: string
5473c134 8623DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_HOSTS@
8624LOC: Config.etcHostsPath
cccac0a2 8625DOC_START
5473c134 8626 Location of the host-local IP name-address associations
8627 database. Most Operating Systems have such a file on different
8628 default locations:
8629 - Un*X & Linux: /etc/hosts
8630 - Windows NT/2000: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
8631 (%SystemRoot% value install default is c:\winnt)
8632 - Windows XP/2003: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
8633 (%SystemRoot% value install default is c:\windows)
8634 - Windows 9x/Me: %windir%\hosts
8635 (%windir% value is usually c:\windows)
8636 - Cygwin: /etc/hosts
cccac0a2 8637
5473c134 8638 The file contains newline-separated definitions, in the
8639 form ip_address_in_dotted_form name [name ...] names are
8640 whitespace-separated. Lines beginning with an hash (#)
8641 character are comments.
cccac0a2 8642
5473c134 8643 The file is checked at startup and upon configuration.
8644 If set to 'none', it won't be checked.
8645 If append_domain is used, that domain will be added to
8646 domain-local (i.e. not containing any dot character) host
8647 definitions.
cccac0a2 8648DOC_END
8649
5473c134 8650NAME: append_domain
8651TYPE: string
8652LOC: Config.appendDomain
8653DEFAULT: none
638402dd 8654DEFAULT_DOC: Use operating system definitions
6a2f3fcf 8655DOC_START
5473c134 8656 Appends local domain name to hostnames without any dots in
8657 them. append_domain must begin with a period.
8658
8659 Be warned there are now Internet names with no dots in
8660 them using only top-domain names, so setting this may
8661 cause some Internet sites to become unavailable.
8662
8663Example:
8664 append_domain .yourdomain.com
6a2f3fcf 8665DOC_END
8666
5473c134 8667NAME: ignore_unknown_nameservers
8668TYPE: onoff
8669LOC: Config.onoff.ignore_unknown_nameservers
df6fd596 8670DEFAULT: on
8671DOC_START
5473c134 8672 By default Squid checks that DNS responses are received
8673 from the same IP addresses they are sent to. If they
8674 don't match, Squid ignores the response and writes a warning
8675 message to cache.log. You can allow responses from unknown
8676 nameservers by setting this option to 'off'.
df6fd596 8677DOC_END
8678
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AJ
8679NAME: dns_v4_first
8680TYPE: onoff
8681DEFAULT: off
8682LOC: Config.dns.v4_first
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AJ
8683DOC_START
8684 With the IPv6 Internet being as fast or faster than IPv4 Internet
8685 for most networks Squid prefers to contact websites over IPv6.
8686
8687 This option reverses the order of preference to make Squid contact
8688 dual-stack websites over IPv4 first. Squid will still perform both
8689 IPv6 and IPv4 DNS lookups before connecting.
8690
8691 WARNING:
8692 This option will restrict the situations under which IPv6
8693 connectivity is used (and tested). Hiding network problems
8694 which would otherwise be detected and warned about.
8695DOC_END
8696
6bc15a4f 8697NAME: ipcache_size
8698COMMENT: (number of entries)
8699TYPE: int
8700DEFAULT: 1024
8701LOC: Config.ipcache.size
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AJ
8702DOC_START
8703 Maximum number of DNS IP cache entries.
8704DOC_END
6bc15a4f 8705
8706NAME: ipcache_low
8707COMMENT: (percent)
8708TYPE: int
8709DEFAULT: 90
8710LOC: Config.ipcache.low
8711DOC_NONE
8712
8713NAME: ipcache_high
8714COMMENT: (percent)
8715TYPE: int
8716DEFAULT: 95
8717LOC: Config.ipcache.high
8718DOC_START
8719 The size, low-, and high-water marks for the IP cache.
8720DOC_END
8721
8722NAME: fqdncache_size
8723COMMENT: (number of entries)
8724TYPE: int
8725DEFAULT: 1024
8726LOC: Config.fqdncache.size
8727DOC_START
8728 Maximum number of FQDN cache entries.
8729DOC_END
8730
a58ff010 8731COMMENT_START
5473c134 8732 MISCELLANEOUS
a58ff010 8733 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
8734COMMENT_END
8735
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8736NAME: configuration_includes_quoted_values
8737COMMENT: on|off
bde7a8ce
CT
8738TYPE: configuration_includes_quoted_values
8739DEFAULT: off
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CT
8740LOC: ConfigParser::RecognizeQuotedValues
8741DOC_START
8742 If set, Squid will recognize each "quoted string" after a configuration
8743 directive as a single parameter. The quotes are stripped before the
8744 parameter value is interpreted or used.
8745 See "Values with spaces, quotes, and other special characters"
8746 section for more details.
8747DOC_END
8748
5473c134 8749NAME: memory_pools
a58ff010 8750COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 8751TYPE: onoff
8752DEFAULT: on
8753LOC: Config.onoff.mem_pools
a58ff010 8754DOC_START
5473c134 8755 If set, Squid will keep pools of allocated (but unused) memory
8756 available for future use. If memory is a premium on your
8757 system and you believe your malloc library outperforms Squid
8758 routines, disable this.
a58ff010 8759DOC_END
8760
5473c134 8761NAME: memory_pools_limit
8762COMMENT: (bytes)
70be1349 8763TYPE: b_int64_t
5473c134 8764DEFAULT: 5 MB
8765LOC: Config.MemPools.limit
ec1245f8 8766DOC_START
5473c134 8767 Used only with memory_pools on:
8768 memory_pools_limit 50 MB
ec1245f8 8769
5473c134 8770 If set to a non-zero value, Squid will keep at most the specified
8771 limit of allocated (but unused) memory in memory pools. All free()
8772 requests that exceed this limit will be handled by your malloc
8773 library. Squid does not pre-allocate any memory, just safe-keeps
8774 objects that otherwise would be free()d. Thus, it is safe to set
8775 memory_pools_limit to a reasonably high value even if your
8776 configuration will use less memory.
ec1245f8 8777
89646bd7 8778 If set to none, Squid will keep all memory it can. That is, there
5473c134 8779 will be no limit on the total amount of memory used for safe-keeping.
ec1245f8 8780
5473c134 8781 To disable memory allocation optimization, do not set
70be1349 8782 memory_pools_limit to 0 or none. Set memory_pools to "off" instead.
5473c134 8783
8784 An overhead for maintaining memory pools is not taken into account
8785 when the limit is checked. This overhead is close to four bytes per
8786 object kept. However, pools may actually _save_ memory because of
8787 reduced memory thrashing in your malloc library.
ec1245f8 8788DOC_END
8789
5473c134 8790NAME: forwarded_for
67c06f0d
AJ
8791COMMENT: on|off|transparent|truncate|delete
8792TYPE: string
5473c134 8793DEFAULT: on
8794LOC: opt_forwarded_for
5f8252d2 8795DOC_START
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AJ
8796 If set to "on", Squid will append your client's IP address
8797 in the HTTP requests it forwards. By default it looks like:
5f8252d2 8798
5473c134 8799 X-Forwarded-For: 192.1.2.3
8800
67c06f0d 8801 If set to "off", it will appear as
5473c134 8802
8803 X-Forwarded-For: unknown
67c06f0d
AJ
8804
8805 If set to "transparent", Squid will not alter the
8806 X-Forwarded-For header in any way.
8807
8808 If set to "delete", Squid will delete the entire
8809 X-Forwarded-For header.
8810
8811 If set to "truncate", Squid will remove all existing
dd68402f 8812 X-Forwarded-For entries, and place the client IP as the sole entry.
5f8252d2 8813DOC_END
8814
5473c134 8815NAME: cachemgr_passwd
8816TYPE: cachemgrpasswd
8817DEFAULT: none
638402dd 8818DEFAULT_DOC: No password. Actions which require password are denied.
5473c134 8819LOC: Config.passwd_list
5f8252d2 8820DOC_START
5473c134 8821 Specify passwords for cachemgr operations.
5f8252d2 8822
5473c134 8823 Usage: cachemgr_passwd password action action ...
8824
8825 Some valid actions are (see cache manager menu for a full list):
8826 5min
8827 60min
8828 asndb
8829 authenticator
8830 cbdata
8831 client_list
8832 comm_incoming
8833 config *
8834 counters
8835 delay
8836 digest_stats
8837 dns
8838 events
8839 filedescriptors
8840 fqdncache
8841 histograms
8842 http_headers
8843 info
8844 io
8845 ipcache
8846 mem
8847 menu
8848 netdb
8849 non_peers
8850 objects
8851 offline_toggle *
8852 pconn
8853 peer_select
b360c477 8854 reconfigure *
5473c134 8855 redirector
8856 refresh
8857 server_list
8858 shutdown *
8859 store_digest
8860 storedir
8861 utilization
8862 via_headers
8863 vm_objects
8864
8865 * Indicates actions which will not be performed without a
8866 valid password, others can be performed if not listed here.
8867
8868 To disable an action, set the password to "disable".
8869 To allow performing an action without a password, set the
8870 password to "none".
8871
8872 Use the keyword "all" to set the same password for all actions.
8873
8874Example:
8875 cachemgr_passwd secret shutdown
8876 cachemgr_passwd lesssssssecret info stats/objects
8877 cachemgr_passwd disable all
5f8252d2 8878DOC_END
8879
5473c134 8880NAME: client_db
a58ff010 8881COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 8882TYPE: onoff
8883DEFAULT: on
8884LOC: Config.onoff.client_db
a58ff010 8885DOC_START
5473c134 8886 If you want to disable collecting per-client statistics,
8887 turn off client_db here.
a58ff010 8888DOC_END
8889
5473c134 8890NAME: refresh_all_ims
8891COMMENT: on|off
8892TYPE: onoff
8893DEFAULT: off
8894LOC: Config.onoff.refresh_all_ims
a58ff010 8895DOC_START
5473c134 8896 When you enable this option, squid will always check
8897 the origin server for an update when a client sends an
8898 If-Modified-Since request. Many browsers use IMS
8899 requests when the user requests a reload, and this
8900 ensures those clients receive the latest version.
a58ff010 8901
5473c134 8902 By default (off), squid may return a Not Modified response
8903 based on the age of the cached version.
78e8cfc4 8904DOC_END
8905
5473c134 8906NAME: reload_into_ims
626096be 8907IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
12b91c99 8908COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 8909TYPE: onoff
8910DEFAULT: off
8911LOC: Config.onoff.reload_into_ims
12b91c99 8912DOC_START
5473c134 8913 When you enable this option, client no-cache or ``reload''
8914 requests will be changed to If-Modified-Since requests.
8915 Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling this
8916 feature could make you liable for problems which it
8917 causes.
8918
8919 see also refresh_pattern for a more selective approach.
12b91c99 8920DOC_END
8921
31ef19cd 8922NAME: connect_retries
5473c134 8923TYPE: int
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AJ
8924LOC: Config.connect_retries
8925DEFAULT: 0
638402dd 8926DEFAULT_DOC: Do not retry failed connections.
a58ff010 8927DOC_START
aed188fd
AJ
8928 This sets the maximum number of connection attempts made for each
8929 TCP connection. The connect_retries attempts must all still
8930 complete within the connection timeout period.
31ef19cd
AJ
8931
8932 The default is not to re-try if the first connection attempt fails.
8933 The (not recommended) maximum is 10 tries.
5473c134 8934
31ef19cd
AJ
8935 A warning message will be generated if it is set to a too-high
8936 value and the configured value will be over-ridden.
5473c134 8937
31ef19cd
AJ
8938 Note: These re-tries are in addition to forward_max_tries
8939 which limit how many different addresses may be tried to find
8940 a useful server.
a58ff010 8941DOC_END
8942
5473c134 8943NAME: retry_on_error
a58ff010 8944TYPE: onoff
5473c134 8945LOC: Config.retry.onerror
a58ff010 8946DEFAULT: off
8947DOC_START
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8948 If set to ON Squid will automatically retry requests when
8949 receiving an error response with status 403 (Forbidden),
8950 500 (Internal Error), 501 or 503 (Service not available).
8951 Status 502 and 504 (Gateway errors) are always retried.
8952
8953 This is mainly useful if you are in a complex cache hierarchy to
8954 work around access control errors.
8955
8956 NOTE: This retry will attempt to find another working destination.
8957 Which is different from the server which just failed.
5f8252d2 8958DOC_END
8959
5473c134 8960NAME: as_whois_server
5f8252d2 8961TYPE: string
5473c134 8962LOC: Config.as_whois_server
8963DEFAULT: whois.ra.net
5f8252d2 8964DOC_START
5473c134 8965 WHOIS server to query for AS numbers. NOTE: AS numbers are
8966 queried only when Squid starts up, not for every request.
5f8252d2 8967DOC_END
8968
5473c134 8969NAME: offline_mode
5f8252d2 8970TYPE: onoff
5473c134 8971LOC: Config.onoff.offline
5f8252d2 8972DEFAULT: off
8973DOC_START
5473c134 8974 Enable this option and Squid will never try to validate cached
8975 objects.
a58ff010 8976DOC_END
8977
5473c134 8978NAME: uri_whitespace
8979TYPE: uri_whitespace
8980LOC: Config.uri_whitespace
8981DEFAULT: strip
a58ff010 8982DOC_START
5473c134 8983 What to do with requests that have whitespace characters in the
8984 URI. Options:
a58ff010 8985
5473c134 8986 strip: The whitespace characters are stripped out of the URL.
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AJ
8987 This is the behavior recommended by RFC2396 and RFC3986
8988 for tolerant handling of generic URI.
8989 NOTE: This is one difference between generic URI and HTTP URLs.
8990
5473c134 8991 deny: The request is denied. The user receives an "Invalid
8992 Request" message.
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AJ
8993 This is the behaviour recommended by RFC2616 for safe
8994 handling of HTTP request URL.
8995
5473c134 8996 allow: The request is allowed and the URI is not changed. The
8997 whitespace characters remain in the URI. Note the
8998 whitespace is passed to redirector processes if they
8999 are in use.
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AJ
9000 Note this may be considered a violation of RFC2616
9001 request parsing where whitespace is prohibited in the
9002 URL field.
9003
5473c134 9004 encode: The request is allowed and the whitespace characters are
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AJ
9005 encoded according to RFC1738.
9006
5473c134 9007 chop: The request is allowed and the URI is chopped at the
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AJ
9008 first whitespace.
9009
9010
9011 NOTE the current Squid implementation of encode and chop violates
9012 RFC2616 by not using a 301 redirect after altering the URL.
5473c134 9013DOC_END
a58ff010 9014
5473c134 9015NAME: chroot
9016TYPE: string
9017LOC: Config.chroot_dir
a58ff010 9018DEFAULT: none
9019DOC_START
9f37c18a 9020 Specifies a directory where Squid should do a chroot() while
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HN
9021 initializing. This also causes Squid to fully drop root
9022 privileges after initializing. This means, for example, if you
9023 use a HTTP port less than 1024 and try to reconfigure, you may
9024 get an error saying that Squid can not open the port.
5473c134 9025DOC_END
a58ff010 9026
5473c134 9027NAME: balance_on_multiple_ip
9028TYPE: onoff
9029LOC: Config.onoff.balance_on_multiple_ip
cc192b50 9030DEFAULT: off
5473c134 9031DOC_START
cc192b50 9032 Modern IP resolvers in squid sort lookup results by preferred access.
9033 By default squid will use these IP in order and only rotates to
9034 the next listed when the most preffered fails.
9035
5473c134 9036 Some load balancing servers based on round robin DNS have been
9037 found not to preserve user session state across requests
9038 to different IP addresses.
a58ff010 9039
cc192b50 9040 Enabling this directive Squid rotates IP's per request.
a58ff010 9041DOC_END
9042
5473c134 9043NAME: pipeline_prefetch
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AJ
9044TYPE: pipelinePrefetch
9045LOC: Config.pipeline_max_prefetch
9046DEFAULT: 0
9047DEFAULT_DOC: Do not pre-parse pipelined requests.
a58ff010 9048DOC_START
079a8480
AJ
9049 HTTP clients may send a pipeline of 1+N requests to Squid using a
9050 single connection, without waiting for Squid to respond to the first
9051 of those requests. This option limits the number of concurrent
9052 requests Squid will try to handle in parallel. If set to N, Squid
9053 will try to receive and process up to 1+N requests on the same
9054 connection concurrently.
a58ff010 9055
079a8480 9056 Defaults to 0 (off) for bandwidth management and access logging
5473c134 9057 reasons.
a0e23afd 9058
079a8480
AJ
9059 NOTE: pipelining requires persistent connections to clients.
9060
a0e23afd 9061 WARNING: pipelining breaks NTLM and Negotiate/Kerberos authentication.
5473c134 9062DOC_END
a58ff010 9063
5473c134 9064NAME: high_response_time_warning
9065TYPE: int
9066COMMENT: (msec)
9067LOC: Config.warnings.high_rptm
9068DEFAULT: 0
638402dd 9069DEFAULT_DOC: disabled.
5473c134 9070DOC_START
9071 If the one-minute median response time exceeds this value,
9072 Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get the
9073 administrators attention. The value is in milliseconds.
a58ff010 9074DOC_END
9075
5473c134 9076NAME: high_page_fault_warning
9077TYPE: int
9078LOC: Config.warnings.high_pf
9079DEFAULT: 0
638402dd 9080DEFAULT_DOC: disabled.
cc9f92d4 9081DOC_START
5473c134 9082 If the one-minute average page fault rate exceeds this
9083 value, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
9084 the administrators attention. The value is in page faults
9085 per second.
9086DOC_END
cc9f92d4 9087
5473c134 9088NAME: high_memory_warning
9089TYPE: b_size_t
9090LOC: Config.warnings.high_memory
f2228f3b 9091IFDEF: HAVE_MSTATS&&HAVE_GNUMALLOC_H
904971da 9092DEFAULT: 0 KB
638402dd 9093DEFAULT_DOC: disabled.
5473c134 9094DOC_START
4bf2a476
FC
9095 If the memory usage (as determined by gnumalloc, if available and used)
9096 exceeds this amount, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
5473c134 9097 the administrators attention.
9098DOC_END
4bf2a476 9099# TODO: link high_memory_warning to mempools?
cc9f92d4 9100
5473c134 9101NAME: sleep_after_fork
9102COMMENT: (microseconds)
9103TYPE: int
9104LOC: Config.sleep_after_fork
9105DEFAULT: 0
9106DOC_START
9107 When this is set to a non-zero value, the main Squid process
9108 sleeps the specified number of microseconds after a fork()
9109 system call. This sleep may help the situation where your
9110 system reports fork() failures due to lack of (virtual)
9111 memory. Note, however, if you have a lot of child
9112 processes, these sleep delays will add up and your
9113 Squid will not service requests for some amount of time
9114 until all the child processes have been started.
9115 On Windows value less then 1000 (1 milliseconds) are
9116 rounded to 1000.
cc9f92d4 9117DOC_END
9118
b6696974 9119NAME: windows_ipaddrchangemonitor
7aa9bb3e 9120IFDEF: _SQUID_WINDOWS_
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9121COMMENT: on|off
9122TYPE: onoff
9123DEFAULT: on
9124LOC: Config.onoff.WIN32_IpAddrChangeMonitor
9125DOC_START
9126 On Windows Squid by default will monitor IP address changes and will
9127 reconfigure itself after any detected event. This is very useful for
9128 proxies connected to internet with dial-up interfaces.
9129 In some cases (a Proxy server acting as VPN gateway is one) it could be
9130 desiderable to disable this behaviour setting this to 'off'.
9131 Note: after changing this, Squid service must be restarted.
9132DOC_END
9133
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9134NAME: eui_lookup
9135TYPE: onoff
9136IFDEF: USE_SQUID_EUI
9137DEFAULT: on
9138LOC: Eui::TheConfig.euiLookup
9139DOC_START
9140 Whether to lookup the EUI or MAC address of a connected client.
9141DOC_END
9142
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9143NAME: max_filedescriptors max_filedesc
9144TYPE: int
9145DEFAULT: 0
638402dd 9146DEFAULT_DOC: Use operating system limits set by ulimit.
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9147LOC: Config.max_filedescriptors
9148DOC_START
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9149 Reduce the maximum number of filedescriptors supported below
9150 the usual operating system defaults.
f3f0f563 9151
638402dd 9152 Remove from squid.conf to inherit the current ulimit setting.
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9153
9154 Note: Changing this requires a restart of Squid. Also
638402dd 9155 not all I/O types supports large values (eg on Windows).
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9156DOC_END
9157
13aeac35 9158NAME: workers
007d775d 9159TYPE: int
13aeac35 9160LOC: Config.workers
007d775d 9161DEFAULT: 1
638402dd 9162DEFAULT_DOC: SMP support disabled.
007d775d 9163DOC_START
13aeac35 9164 Number of main Squid processes or "workers" to fork and maintain.
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9165 0: "no daemon" mode, like running "squid -N ..."
9166 1: "no SMP" mode, start one main Squid process daemon (default)
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9167 N: start N main Squid process daemons (i.e., SMP mode)
9168
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9169 In SMP mode, each worker does nearly all what a single Squid daemon
9170 does (e.g., listen on http_port and forward HTTP requests).
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9171DOC_END
9172
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9173NAME: cpu_affinity_map
9174TYPE: CpuAffinityMap
9175LOC: Config.cpuAffinityMap
9176DEFAULT: none
638402dd 9177DEFAULT_DOC: Let operating system decide.
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9178DOC_START
9179 Usage: cpu_affinity_map process_numbers=P1,P2,... cores=C1,C2,...
9180
9181 Sets 1:1 mapping between Squid processes and CPU cores. For example,
9182
9183 cpu_affinity_map process_numbers=1,2,3,4 cores=1,3,5,7
9184
9185 affects processes 1 through 4 only and places them on the first
9186 four even cores, starting with core #1.
9187
9188 CPU cores are numbered starting from 1. Requires support for
9189 sched_getaffinity(2) and sched_setaffinity(2) system calls.
9190
9191 Multiple cpu_affinity_map options are merged.
9192
9193 See also: workers
9194DOC_END
9195
cccac0a2 9196EOF