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28
29COMMENT_START
30 WELCOME TO @SQUID@
31 ----------------------------
32
33 This is the default Squid configuration file. You may wish
34 to look at the Squid home page (http://www.squid-cache.org/)
35 for the FAQ and other documentation.
36
37 The default Squid config file shows what the defaults for
38 various options happen to be. If you don't need to change the
39 default, you shouldn't uncomment the line. Doing so may cause
40 run-time problems. In some cases "none" refers to no default
41 setting at all, while in other cases it refers to a valid
42 option - the comments for that keyword indicate if this is the
43 case.
44
45COMMENT_END
46
47COMMENT_START
48 Configuration options can be included using the "include" directive.
49 Include takes a list of files to include. Quoting and wildcards is
50 supported.
51
52 For example,
53
54 include /path/to/included/file/squid.acl.config
55
56 Includes can be nested up to a hard-coded depth of 16 levels.
57 This arbitrary restriction is to prevent recursive include references
58 from causing Squid entering an infinite loop whilst trying to load
59 configuration files.
60
61
62 Conditional configuration
63
64 If-statements can be used to make configuration directives
65 depend on conditions:
66
67 if <CONDITION>
68 ... regular configuration directives ...
69 [else
70 ... regular configuration directives ...]
71 endif
72
73 The else part is optional. The keywords "if", "else", and "endif"
74 must be typed on their own lines, as if they were regular
75 configuration directives.
76
77 These individual conditions types are supported:
78
79 true
80 Always evaluates to true.
81 false
82 Always evaluates to false.
83 <integer> = <integer>
84 Equality comparison of two integer numbers.
85
86
87 SMP-Related Macros
88
89 The following SMP-related preprocessor macros can be used.
90
91 ${process_name} expands to the current Squid process "name"
92 (e.g., squid1, squid2, or cache1).
93
94 ${process_number} expands to the current Squid process
95 identifier, which is an integer number (e.g., 1, 2, 3) unique
96 across all Squid processes.
97COMMENT_END
98
99# Options Removed in 3.2
100NAME: ignore_expect_100
101TYPE: obsolete
102DOC_START
103 Remove this line. The HTTP/1.1 feature is now fully supported by default.
104DOC_END
105
106NAME: ftp_list_width
107TYPE: obsolete
108DOC_START
109 Remove this line. Configure FTP page display using the CSS controls in errorpages.css instead.
110DOC_END
111
112NAME: url_rewrite_concurrency
113TYPE: obsolete
114DOC_START
115 Remove this line. Set the 'concurrency=' option of url_rewrite_children instead.
116DOC_END
117
118# Options Removed in 3.1
119NAME: dns_testnames
120TYPE: obsolete
121DOC_START
122 Remove this line. DNS is no longer tested on startup.
123DOC_END
124
125NAME: extension_methods
126TYPE: obsolete
127DOC_START
128 Remove this line. All valid methods for HTTP are accepted by default.
129DOC_END
130
131# 2.7 Options Removed/Replaced in 3.1
132NAME: incoming_rate
133TYPE: obsolete
134DOC_NONE
135
136NAME: server_http11
137TYPE: obsolete
138DOC_START
139 Remove this line. HTTP/1.1 is supported by default.
140DOC_END
141
142NAME: upgrade_http0.9
143TYPE: obsolete
144DOC_START
145 Remove this line. ICY/1.0 streaming protocol is supported by default.
146DOC_END
147
148NAME: zph_local zph_mode zph_option zph_parent zph_sibling
149TYPE: obsolete
150DOC_START
151 Alter these entries. Use the qos_flows directive instead.
152DOC_END
153
154# Options Removed in 3.0
155NAME: header_access
156TYPE: obsolete
157DOC_START
158 Since squid-3.0 replace with request_header_access or reply_header_access
159 depending on whether you wish to match client requests or server replies.
160DOC_END
161
162NAME: httpd_accel_no_pmtu_disc
163TYPE: obsolete
164DOC_START
165 Since squid-3.0 use the 'disable-pmtu-discovery' flag on http_port instead.
166DOC_END
167
168COMMENT_START
169 OPTIONS FOR AUTHENTICATION
170 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
171COMMENT_END
172
173NAME: auth_param
174TYPE: authparam
175IFDEF: USE_AUTH
176LOC: Auth::TheConfig
177DEFAULT: none
178DOC_START
179 This is used to define parameters for the various authentication
180 schemes supported by Squid.
181
182 format: auth_param scheme parameter [setting]
183
184 The order in which authentication schemes are presented to the client is
185 dependent on the order the scheme first appears in config file. IE
186 has a bug (it's not RFC 2617 compliant) in that it will use the basic
187 scheme if basic is the first entry presented, even if more secure
188 schemes are presented. For now use the order in the recommended
189 settings section below. If other browsers have difficulties (don't
190 recognize the schemes offered even if you are using basic) either
191 put basic first, or disable the other schemes (by commenting out their
192 program entry).
193
194 Once an authentication scheme is fully configured, it can only be
195 shutdown by shutting squid down and restarting. Changes can be made on
196 the fly and activated with a reconfigure. I.E. You can change to a
197 different helper, but not unconfigure the helper completely.
198
199 Please note that while this directive defines how Squid processes
200 authentication it does not automatically activate authentication.
201 To use authentication you must in addition make use of ACLs based
202 on login name in http_access (proxy_auth, proxy_auth_regex or
203 external with %LOGIN used in the format tag). The browser will be
204 challenged for authentication on the first such acl encountered
205 in http_access processing and will also be re-challenged for new
206 login credentials if the request is being denied by a proxy_auth
207 type acl.
208
209 WARNING: authentication can't be used in a transparently intercepting
210 proxy as the client then thinks it is talking to an origin server and
211 not the proxy. This is a limitation of bending the TCP/IP protocol to
212 transparently intercepting port 80, not a limitation in Squid.
213 Ports flagged 'transparent', 'intercept', or 'tproxy' have
214 authentication disabled.
215
216 === Parameters for the basic scheme follow. ===
217
218 "program" cmdline
219 Specify the command for the external authenticator. Such a program
220 reads a line containing "username password" and replies "OK" or
221 "ERR" in an endless loop. "ERR" responses may optionally be followed
222 by a error description available as %m in the returned error page.
223 If you use an authenticator, make sure you have 1 acl of type
224 proxy_auth.
225
226 By default, the basic authentication scheme is not used unless a
227 program is specified.
228
229 If you want to use the traditional NCSA proxy authentication, set
230 this line to something like
231
232 auth_param basic program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/libexec/ncsa_auth @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/etc/passwd
233
234 "utf8" on|off
235 HTTP uses iso-latin-1 as characterset, while some authentication
236 backends such as LDAP expects UTF-8. If this is set to on Squid will
237 translate the HTTP iso-latin-1 charset to UTF-8 before sending the
238 username & password to the helper.
239
240 "children" numberofchildren [startup=N] [idle=N] [concurrency=N]
241 The maximum number of authenticator processes to spawn. If you start too few
242 Squid will have to wait for them to process a backlog of credential
243 verifications, slowing it down. When password verifications are
244 done via a (slow) network you are likely to need lots of
245 authenticator processes.
246
247 The startup= and idle= options permit some skew in the exact amount
248 run. A minimum of startup=N will begin during startup and reconfigure.
249 Squid will start more in groups of up to idle=N in an attempt to meet
250 traffic needs and to keep idle=N free above those traffic needs up to
251 the maximum.
252
253 The concurrency= option sets the number of concurrent requests the
254 helper can process. The default of 0 is used for helpers who only
255 supports one request at a time. Setting this to a number greater than
256 0 changes the protocol used to include a channel number first on the
257 request/response line, allowing multiple requests to be sent to the
258 same helper in parallell without wating for the response.
259 Must not be set unless it's known the helper supports this.
260
261 auth_param basic children 20 startup=0 idle=1
262
263 "realm" realmstring
264 Specifies the realm name which is to be reported to the
265 client for the basic proxy authentication scheme (part of
266 the text the user will see when prompted their username and
267 password). There is no default.
268 auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
269
270 "credentialsttl" timetolive
271 Specifies how long squid assumes an externally validated
272 username:password pair is valid for - in other words how
273 often the helper program is called for that user. Set this
274 low to force revalidation with short lived passwords. Note
275 setting this high does not impact your susceptibility
276 to replay attacks unless you are using an one-time password
277 system (such as SecureID). If you are using such a system,
278 you will be vulnerable to replay attacks unless you also
279 use the max_user_ip ACL in an http_access rule.
280
281 "casesensitive" on|off
282 Specifies if usernames are case sensitive. Most user databases are
283 case insensitive allowing the same username to be spelled using both
284 lower and upper case letters, but some are case sensitive. This
285 makes a big difference for user_max_ip ACL processing and similar.
286 auth_param basic casesensitive off
287
288 === Parameters for the digest scheme follow ===
289
290 "program" cmdline
291 Specify the command for the external authenticator. Such
292 a program reads a line containing "username":"realm" and
293 replies with the appropriate H(A1) value hex encoded or
294 ERR if the user (or his H(A1) hash) does not exists.
295 See rfc 2616 for the definition of H(A1).
296 "ERR" responses may optionally be followed by a error description
297 available as %m in the returned error page.
298
299 By default, the digest authentication scheme is not used unless a
300 program is specified.
301
302 If you want to use a digest authenticator, set this line to
303 something like
304
305 auth_param digest program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/digest_pw_auth @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/etc/digpass
306
307 "utf8" on|off
308 HTTP uses iso-latin-1 as characterset, while some authentication
309 backends such as LDAP expects UTF-8. If this is set to on Squid will
310 translate the HTTP iso-latin-1 charset to UTF-8 before sending the
311 username & password to the helper.
312
313 "children" numberofchildren [startup=N] [idle=N] [concurrency=N]
314 The maximum number of authenticator processes to spawn (default 5).
315 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
316 process a backlog of H(A1) calculations, slowing it down.
317 When the H(A1) calculations are done via a (slow) network
318 you are likely to need lots of authenticator processes.
319
320 The startup= and idle= options permit some skew in the exact amount
321 run. A minimum of startup=N will begin during startup and reconfigure.
322 Squid will start more in groups of up to idle=N in an attempt to meet
323 traffic needs and to keep idle=N free above those traffic needs up to
324 the maximum.
325
326 The concurrency= option sets the number of concurrent requests the
327 helper can process. The default of 0 is used for helpers who only
328 supports one request at a time. Setting this to a number greater than
329 0 changes the protocol used to include a channel number first on the
330 request/response line, allowing multiple requests to be sent to the
331 same helper in parallell without wating for the response.
332 Must not be set unless it's known the helper supports this.
333
334 auth_param digest children 20 startup=0 idle=1
335
336 "realm" realmstring
337 Specifies the realm name which is to be reported to the
338 client for the digest proxy authentication scheme (part of
339 the text the user will see when prompted their username and
340 password). There is no default.
341 auth_param digest realm Squid proxy-caching web server
342
343 "nonce_garbage_interval" timeinterval
344 Specifies the interval that nonces that have been issued
345 to client_agent's are checked for validity.
346
347 "nonce_max_duration" timeinterval
348 Specifies the maximum length of time a given nonce will be
349 valid for.
350
351 "nonce_max_count" number
352 Specifies the maximum number of times a given nonce can be
353 used.
354
355 "nonce_strictness" on|off
356 Determines if squid requires strict increment-by-1 behavior
357 for nonce counts, or just incrementing (off - for use when
358 useragents generate nonce counts that occasionally miss 1
359 (ie, 1,2,4,6)). Default off.
360
361 "check_nonce_count" on|off
362 This directive if set to off can disable the nonce count check
363 completely to work around buggy digest qop implementations in
364 certain mainstream browser versions. Default on to check the
365 nonce count to protect from authentication replay attacks.
366
367 "post_workaround" on|off
368 This is a workaround to certain buggy browsers who sends
369 an incorrect request digest in POST requests when reusing
370 the same nonce as acquired earlier on a GET request.
371
372 === NTLM scheme options follow ===
373
374 "program" cmdline
375 Specify the command for the external NTLM authenticator.
376 Such a program reads exchanged NTLMSSP packets with
377 the browser via Squid until authentication is completed.
378 If you use an NTLM authenticator, make sure you have 1 acl
379 of type proxy_auth. By default, the NTLM authenticator_program
380 is not used.
381
382 auth_param ntlm program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/ntlm_auth
383
384 "children" numberofchildren [startup=N] [idle=N]
385 The maximum number of authenticator processes to spawn (default 5).
386 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
387 process a backlog of credential verifications, slowing it
388 down. When credential verifications are done via a (slow)
389 network you are likely to need lots of authenticator
390 processes.
391
392 The startup= and idle= options permit some skew in the exact amount
393 run. A minimum of startup=N will begin during startup and reconfigure.
394 Squid will start more in groups of up to idle=N in an attempt to meet
395 traffic needs and to keep idle=N free above those traffic needs up to
396 the maximum.
397
398 auth_param ntlm children 20 startup=0 idle=1
399
400 "keep_alive" on|off
401 If you experience problems with PUT/POST requests when using the
402 Negotiate authentication scheme then you can try setting this to
403 off. This will cause Squid to forcibly close the connection on
404 the initial requests where the browser asks which schemes are
405 supported by the proxy.
406
407 auth_param ntlm keep_alive on
408
409 === Options for configuring the NEGOTIATE auth-scheme follow ===
410
411 "program" cmdline
412 Specify the command for the external Negotiate authenticator.
413 This protocol is used in Microsoft Active-Directory enabled setups with
414 the Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox browsers.
415 Its main purpose is to exchange credentials with the Squid proxy
416 using the Kerberos mechanisms.
417 If you use a Negotiate authenticator, make sure you have at least
418 one acl of type proxy_auth active. By default, the negotiate
419 authenticator_program is not used.
420 The only supported program for this role is the ntlm_auth
421 program distributed as part of Samba, version 4 or later.
422
423 auth_param negotiate program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/ntlm_auth --helper-protocol=gss-spnego
424
425 "children" numberofchildren [startup=N] [idle=N]
426 The maximum number of authenticator processes to spawn (default 5).
427 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
428 process a backlog of credential verifications, slowing it
429 down. When crendential verifications are done via a (slow)
430 network you are likely to need lots of authenticator
431 processes.
432
433 The startup= and idle= options permit some skew in the exact amount
434 run. A minimum of startup=N will begin during startup and reconfigure.
435 Squid will start more in groups of up to idle=N in an attempt to meet
436 traffic needs and to keep idle=N free above those traffic needs up to
437 the maximum.
438
439 auth_param negotiate children 20 startup=0 idle=1
440
441 "keep_alive" on|off
442 If you experience problems with PUT/POST requests when using the
443 Negotiate authentication scheme then you can try setting this to
444 off. This will cause Squid to forcibly close the connection on
445 the initial requests where the browser asks which schemes are
446 supported by the proxy.
447
448 auth_param negotiate keep_alive on
449
450
451 Examples:
452
453#Recommended minimum configuration per scheme:
454#auth_param negotiate program <uncomment and complete this line to activate>
455#auth_param negotiate children 20 startup=0 idle=1
456#auth_param negotiate keep_alive on
457#
458#auth_param ntlm program <uncomment and complete this line to activate>
459#auth_param ntlm children 20 startup=0 idle=1
460#auth_param ntlm keep_alive on
461#
462#auth_param digest program <uncomment and complete this line>
463#auth_param digest children 20 startup=0 idle=1
464#auth_param digest realm Squid proxy-caching web server
465#auth_param digest nonce_garbage_interval 5 minutes
466#auth_param digest nonce_max_duration 30 minutes
467#auth_param digest nonce_max_count 50
468#
469#auth_param basic program <uncomment and complete this line>
470#auth_param basic children 5 startup=5 idle=1
471#auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
472#auth_param basic credentialsttl 2 hours
473DOC_END
474
475NAME: authenticate_cache_garbage_interval
476TYPE: time_t
477DEFAULT: 1 hour
478LOC: Config.authenticateGCInterval
479DOC_START
480 The time period between garbage collection across the username cache.
481 This is a tradeoff between memory utilization (long intervals - say
482 2 days) and CPU (short intervals - say 1 minute). Only change if you
483 have good reason to.
484DOC_END
485
486NAME: authenticate_ttl
487TYPE: time_t
488DEFAULT: 1 hour
489LOC: Config.authenticateTTL
490DOC_START
491 The time a user & their credentials stay in the logged in
492 user cache since their last request. When the garbage
493 interval passes, all user credentials that have passed their
494 TTL are removed from memory.
495DOC_END
496
497NAME: authenticate_ip_ttl
498TYPE: time_t
499LOC: Config.authenticateIpTTL
500DEFAULT: 0 seconds
501DOC_START
502 If you use proxy authentication and the 'max_user_ip' ACL,
503 this directive controls how long Squid remembers the IP
504 addresses associated with each user. Use a small value
505 (e.g., 60 seconds) if your users might change addresses
506 quickly, as is the case with dialups. You might be safe
507 using a larger value (e.g., 2 hours) in a corporate LAN
508 environment with relatively static address assignments.
509DOC_END
510
511COMMENT_START
512 ACCESS CONTROLS
513 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
514COMMENT_END
515
516NAME: external_acl_type
517TYPE: externalAclHelper
518LOC: Config.externalAclHelperList
519DEFAULT: none
520DOC_START
521 This option defines external acl classes using a helper program
522 to look up the status
523
524 external_acl_type name [options] FORMAT.. /path/to/helper [helper arguments..]
525
526 Options:
527
528 ttl=n TTL in seconds for cached results (defaults to 3600
529 for 1 hour)
530 negative_ttl=n
531 TTL for cached negative lookups (default same
532 as ttl)
533 children-max=n
534 Maximum number of acl helper processes spawned to service
535 external acl lookups of this type. (default 20)
536 children-startup=n
537 Minimum number of acl helper processes to spawn during
538 startup and reconfigure to service external acl lookups
539 of this type. (default 0)
540 children-idle=n
541 Number of acl helper processes to keep ahead of traffic
542 loads. Squid will spawn this many at once whenever load
543 rises above the capabilities of existing processes.
544 Up to the value of children-max. (default 1)
545 concurrency=n concurrency level per process. Only used with helpers
546 capable of processing more than one query at a time.
547 cache=n limit the result cache size, default is unbounded.
548 grace=n Percentage remaining of TTL where a refresh of a
549 cached entry should be initiated without needing to
550 wait for a new reply. (default is for no grace period)
551 protocol=2.5 Compatibility mode for Squid-2.5 external acl helpers
552 ipv4 / ipv6 IP-mode used to communicate to this helper.
553 For compatability with older configurations and helpers
554 the default is currently 'ipv4'.
555
556 FORMAT specifications
557
558 %LOGIN Authenticated user login name
559 %EXT_USER Username from external acl
560 %IDENT Ident user name
561 %SRC Client IP
562 %SRCPORT Client source port
563 %URI Requested URI
564 %DST Requested host
565 %PROTO Requested protocol
566 %PORT Requested port
567 %PATH Requested URL path
568 %METHOD Request method
569 %MYADDR Squid interface address
570 %MYPORT Squid http_port number
571 %PATH Requested URL-path (including query-string if any)
572 %USER_CERT SSL User certificate in PEM format
573 %USER_CERTCHAIN SSL User certificate chain in PEM format
574 %USER_CERT_xx SSL User certificate subject attribute xx
575 %USER_CA_xx SSL User certificate issuer attribute xx
576
577 %>{Header} HTTP request header "Header"
578 %>{Hdr:member}
579 HTTP request header "Hdr" list member "member"
580 %>{Hdr:;member}
581 HTTP request header list member using ; as
582 list separator. ; can be any non-alphanumeric
583 character.
584
585 %<{Header} HTTP reply header "Header"
586 %<{Hdr:member}
587 HTTP reply header "Hdr" list member "member"
588 %<{Hdr:;member}
589 HTTP reply header list member using ; as
590 list separator. ; can be any non-alphanumeric
591 character.
592
593 In addition to the above, any string specified in the referencing
594 acl will also be included in the helper request line, after the
595 specified formats (see the "acl external" directive)
596
597 The helper receives lines per the above format specification,
598 and returns lines starting with OK or ERR indicating the validity
599 of the request and optionally followed by additional keywords with
600 more details.
601
602 General result syntax:
603
604 OK/ERR keyword=value ...
605
606 Defined keywords:
607
608 user= The users name (login)
609 password= The users password (for login= cache_peer option)
610 message= Message describing the reason. Available as %o
611 in error pages
612 tag= Apply a tag to a request (for both ERR and OK results)
613 Only sets a tag, does not alter existing tags.
614 log= String to be logged in access.log. Available as
615 %ea in logformat specifications
616
617 If protocol=3.0 (the default) then URL escaping is used to protect
618 each value in both requests and responses.
619
620 If using protocol=2.5 then all values need to be enclosed in quotes
621 if they may contain whitespace, or the whitespace escaped using \.
622 And quotes or \ characters within the keyword value must be \ escaped.
623
624 When using the concurrency= option the protocol is changed by
625 introducing a query channel tag infront of the request/response.
626 The query channel tag is a number between 0 and concurrency-1.
627DOC_END
628
629NAME: acl
630TYPE: acl
631LOC: Config.aclList
632DEFAULT: all src all
633DOC_START
634 Defining an Access List
635
636 Every access list definition must begin with an aclname and acltype,
637 followed by either type-specific arguments or a quoted filename that
638 they are read from.
639
640 acl aclname acltype argument ...
641 acl aclname acltype "file" ...
642
643 When using "file", the file should contain one item per line.
644
645 By default, regular expressions are CASE-SENSITIVE. To make
646 them case-insensitive, use the -i option.
647
648 Some acl types require suspending the current request in order
649 to access some external data source.
650 Those which do are marked with the tag [slow], those which
651 don't are marked as [fast].
652 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl
653 for further information
654
655 ***** ACL TYPES AVAILABLE *****
656
657 acl aclname src ip-address/netmask ... # clients IP address [fast]
658 acl aclname src addr1-addr2/netmask ... # range of addresses [fast]
659 acl aclname dst ip-address/netmask ... # URL host's IP address [slow]
660 acl aclname myip ip-address/netmask ... # local socket IP address [fast]
661
662 acl aclname arp mac-address ... (xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx notation)
663 # The arp ACL requires the special configure option --enable-arp-acl.
664 # Furthermore, the ARP ACL code is not portable to all operating systems.
665 # It works on Linux, Solaris, Windows, FreeBSD, and some
666 # other *BSD variants.
667 # [fast]
668 #
669 # NOTE: Squid can only determine the MAC address for clients that are on
670 # the same subnet. If the client is on a different subnet,
671 # then Squid cannot find out its MAC address.
672
673 acl aclname srcdomain .foo.com ...
674 # reverse lookup, from client IP [slow]
675 acl aclname dstdomain .foo.com ...
676 # Destination server from URL [fast]
677 acl aclname srcdom_regex [-i] \.foo\.com ...
678 # regex matching client name [slow]
679 acl aclname dstdom_regex [-i] \.foo\.com ...
680 # regex matching server [fast]
681 #
682 # For dstdomain and dstdom_regex a reverse lookup is tried if a IP
683 # based URL is used and no match is found. The name "none" is used
684 # if the reverse lookup fails.
685
686 acl aclname src_as number ...
687 acl aclname dst_as number ...
688 # [fast]
689 # Except for access control, AS numbers can be used for
690 # routing of requests to specific caches. Here's an
691 # example for routing all requests for AS#1241 and only
692 # those to mycache.mydomain.net:
693 # acl asexample dst_as 1241
694 # cache_peer_access mycache.mydomain.net allow asexample
695 # cache_peer_access mycache_mydomain.net deny all
696
697 acl aclname peername myPeer ...
698 # [fast]
699 # match against a named cache_peer entry
700 # set unique name= on cache_peer lines for reliable use.
701
702 acl aclname time [day-abbrevs] [h1:m1-h2:m2]
703 # [fast]
704 # day-abbrevs:
705 # S - Sunday
706 # M - Monday
707 # T - Tuesday
708 # W - Wednesday
709 # H - Thursday
710 # F - Friday
711 # A - Saturday
712 # h1:m1 must be less than h2:m2
713
714 acl aclname url_regex [-i] ^http:// ...
715 # regex matching on whole URL [fast]
716 acl aclname urlpath_regex [-i] \.gif$ ...
717 # regex matching on URL path [fast]
718
719 acl aclname port 80 70 21 0-1024... # destination TCP port [fast]
720 # ranges are alloed
721 acl aclname myport 3128 ... # local socket TCP port [fast]
722 acl aclname myportname 3128 ... # http(s)_port name [fast]
723
724 acl aclname proto HTTP FTP ... # request protocol [fast]
725
726 acl aclname method GET POST ... # HTTP request method [fast]
727
728 acl aclname http_status 200 301 500- 400-403 ...
729 # status code in reply [fast]
730
731 acl aclname browser [-i] regexp ...
732 # pattern match on User-Agent header (see also req_header below) [fast]
733
734 acl aclname referer_regex [-i] regexp ...
735 # pattern match on Referer header [fast]
736 # Referer is highly unreliable, so use with care
737
738 acl aclname ident username ...
739 acl aclname ident_regex [-i] pattern ...
740 # string match on ident output [slow]
741 # use REQUIRED to accept any non-null ident.
742
743 acl aclname proxy_auth [-i] username ...
744 acl aclname proxy_auth_regex [-i] pattern ...
745 # perform http authentication challenge to the client and match against
746 # supplied credentials [slow]
747 #
748 # takes a list of allowed usernames.
749 # use REQUIRED to accept any valid username.
750 #
751 # Will use proxy authentication in forward-proxy scenarios, and plain
752 # http authenticaiton in reverse-proxy scenarios
753 #
754 # NOTE: when a Proxy-Authentication header is sent but it is not
755 # needed during ACL checking the username is NOT logged
756 # in access.log.
757 #
758 # NOTE: proxy_auth requires a EXTERNAL authentication program
759 # to check username/password combinations (see
760 # auth_param directive).
761 #
762 # NOTE: proxy_auth can't be used in a transparent/intercepting proxy
763 # as the browser needs to be configured for using a proxy in order
764 # to respond to proxy authentication.
765
766 acl aclname snmp_community string ...
767 # A community string to limit access to your SNMP Agent [fast]
768 # Example:
769 #
770 # acl snmppublic snmp_community public
771
772 acl aclname maxconn number
773 # This will be matched when the client's IP address has
774 # more than <number> TCP connections established. [fast]
775 # NOTE: This only measures direct TCP links so X-Forwarded-For
776 # indirect clients are not counted.
777
778 acl aclname max_user_ip [-s] number
779 # This will be matched when the user attempts to log in from more
780 # than <number> different ip addresses. The authenticate_ip_ttl
781 # parameter controls the timeout on the ip entries. [fast]
782 # If -s is specified the limit is strict, denying browsing
783 # from any further IP addresses until the ttl has expired. Without
784 # -s Squid will just annoy the user by "randomly" denying requests.
785 # (the counter is reset each time the limit is reached and a
786 # request is denied)
787 # NOTE: in acceleration mode or where there is mesh of child proxies,
788 # clients may appear to come from multiple addresses if they are
789 # going through proxy farms, so a limit of 1 may cause user problems.
790
791 acl aclname random probability
792 # Pseudo-randomly match requests. Based on the probability given.
793 # Probability may be written as a decimal (0.333), fraction (1/3)
794 # or ratio of matches:non-matches (3:5).
795
796 acl aclname req_mime_type [-i] mime-type ...
797 # regex match against the mime type of the request generated
798 # by the client. Can be used to detect file upload or some
799 # types HTTP tunneling requests [fast]
800 # NOTE: This does NOT match the reply. You cannot use this
801 # to match the returned file type.
802
803 acl aclname req_header header-name [-i] any\.regex\.here
804 # regex match against any of the known request headers. May be
805 # thought of as a superset of "browser", "referer" and "mime-type"
806 # ACL [fast]
807
808 acl aclname rep_mime_type [-i] mime-type ...
809 # regex match against the mime type of the reply received by
810 # squid. Can be used to detect file download or some
811 # types HTTP tunneling requests. [fast]
812 # NOTE: This has no effect in http_access rules. It only has
813 # effect in rules that affect the reply data stream such as
814 # http_reply_access.
815
816 acl aclname rep_header header-name [-i] any\.regex\.here
817 # regex match against any of the known reply headers. May be
818 # thought of as a superset of "browser", "referer" and "mime-type"
819 # ACLs [fast]
820
821 acl aclname external class_name [arguments...]
822 # external ACL lookup via a helper class defined by the
823 # external_acl_type directive [slow]
824
825 acl aclname user_cert attribute values...
826 # match against attributes in a user SSL certificate
827 # attribute is one of DN/C/O/CN/L/ST [fast]
828
829 acl aclname ca_cert attribute values...
830 # match against attributes a users issuing CA SSL certificate
831 # attribute is one of DN/C/O/CN/L/ST [fast]
832
833 acl aclname ext_user username ...
834 acl aclname ext_user_regex [-i] pattern ...
835 # string match on username returned by external acl helper [slow]
836 # use REQUIRED to accept any non-null user name.
837
838 acl aclname tag tagvalue ...
839 # string match on tag returned by external acl helper [slow]
840
841 acl aclname hier_code codename ...
842 # string match against squid hierarchy code(s); [fast]
843 # e.g., DIRECT, PARENT_HIT, NONE, etc.
844 #
845 # NOTE: This has no effect in http_access rules. It only has
846 # effect in rules that affect the reply data stream such as
847 # http_reply_access.
848
849 Examples:
850 acl macaddress arp 09:00:2b:23:45:67
851 acl myexample dst_as 1241
852 acl password proxy_auth REQUIRED
853 acl fileupload req_mime_type -i ^multipart/form-data$
854 acl javascript rep_mime_type -i ^application/x-javascript$
855
856NOCOMMENT_START
857#
858# Recommended minimum configuration:
859#
860acl manager proto cache_object
861acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/32 ::1
862acl to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8 0.0.0.0/32 ::1
863
864# Example rule allowing access from your local networks.
865# Adapt to list your (internal) IP networks from where browsing
866# should be allowed
867acl localnet src 10.0.0.0/8 # RFC1918 possible internal network
868acl localnet src 172.16.0.0/12 # RFC1918 possible internal network
869acl localnet src 192.168.0.0/16 # RFC1918 possible internal network
870acl localnet src fc00::/7 # RFC 4193 local private network range
871acl localnet src fe80::/10 # RFC 4291 link-local (directly plugged) machines
872
873acl SSL_ports port 443
874acl Safe_ports port 80 # http
875acl Safe_ports port 21 # ftp
876acl Safe_ports port 443 # https
877acl Safe_ports port 70 # gopher
878acl Safe_ports port 210 # wais
879acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535 # unregistered ports
880acl Safe_ports port 280 # http-mgmt
881acl Safe_ports port 488 # gss-http
882acl Safe_ports port 591 # filemaker
883acl Safe_ports port 777 # multiling http
884acl CONNECT method CONNECT
885NOCOMMENT_END
886DOC_END
887
888NAME: follow_x_forwarded_for
889TYPE: acl_access
890IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
891LOC: Config.accessList.followXFF
892DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
893DOC_START
894 Allowing or Denying the X-Forwarded-For header to be followed to
895 find the original source of a request.
896
897 Requests may pass through a chain of several other proxies
898 before reaching us. The X-Forwarded-For header will contain a
899 comma-separated list of the IP addresses in the chain, with the
900 rightmost address being the most recent.
901
902 If a request reaches us from a source that is allowed by this
903 configuration item, then we consult the X-Forwarded-For header
904 to see where that host received the request from. If the
905 X-Forwarded-For header contains multiple addresses, we continue
906 backtracking until we reach an address for which we are not allowed
907 to follow the X-Forwarded-For header, or until we reach the first
908 address in the list. For the purpose of ACL used in the
909 follow_x_forwarded_for directive the src ACL type always matches
910 the address we are testing and srcdomain matches its rDNS.
911
912 The end result of this process is an IP address that we will
913 refer to as the indirect client address. This address may
914 be treated as the client address for access control, ICAP, delay
915 pools and logging, depending on the acl_uses_indirect_client,
916 icap_uses_indirect_client, delay_pool_uses_indirect_client,
917 log_uses_indirect_client and tproxy_uses_indirect_client options.
918
919 This clause only supports fast acl types.
920 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
921
922 SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS:
923
924 Any host for which we follow the X-Forwarded-For header
925 can place incorrect information in the header, and Squid
926 will use the incorrect information as if it were the
927 source address of the request. This may enable remote
928 hosts to bypass any access control restrictions that are
929 based on the client's source addresses.
930
931 For example:
932
933 acl localhost src 127.0.0.1
934 acl my_other_proxy srcdomain .proxy.example.com
935 follow_x_forwarded_for allow localhost
936 follow_x_forwarded_for allow my_other_proxy
937DOC_END
938
939NAME: acl_uses_indirect_client
940COMMENT: on|off
941TYPE: onoff
942IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
943DEFAULT: on
944LOC: Config.onoff.acl_uses_indirect_client
945DOC_START
946 Controls whether the indirect client address
947 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
948 direct client address in acl matching.
949
950 NOTE: maxconn ACL considers direct TCP links and indirect
951 clients will always have zero. So no match.
952DOC_END
953
954NAME: delay_pool_uses_indirect_client
955COMMENT: on|off
956TYPE: onoff
957IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR&&USE_DELAY_POOLS
958DEFAULT: on
959LOC: Config.onoff.delay_pool_uses_indirect_client
960DOC_START
961 Controls whether the indirect client address
962 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
963 direct client address in delay pools.
964DOC_END
965
966NAME: log_uses_indirect_client
967COMMENT: on|off
968TYPE: onoff
969IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
970DEFAULT: on
971LOC: Config.onoff.log_uses_indirect_client
972DOC_START
973 Controls whether the indirect client address
974 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
975 direct client address in the access log.
976DOC_END
977
978NAME: tproxy_uses_indirect_client
979COMMENT: on|off
980TYPE: onoff
981IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR&&LINUX_NETFILTER
982DEFAULT: off
983LOC: Config.onoff.tproxy_uses_indirect_client
984DOC_START
985 Controls whether the indirect client address
986 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
987 direct client address when spoofing the outgoing client.
988
989 This has no effect on requests arriving in non-tproxy
990 mode ports.
991
992 SECURITY WARNING: Usage of this option is dangerous
993 and should not be used trivially. Correct configuration
994 of folow_x_forewarded_for with a limited set of trusted
995 sources is required to prevent abuse of your proxy.
996DOC_END
997
998NAME: http_access
999TYPE: acl_access
1000LOC: Config.accessList.http
1001DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
1002DOC_START
1003 Allowing or Denying access based on defined access lists
1004
1005 Access to the HTTP port:
1006 http_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
1007
1008 NOTE on default values:
1009
1010 If there are no "access" lines present, the default is to deny
1011 the request.
1012
1013 If none of the "access" lines cause a match, the default is the
1014 opposite of the last line in the list. If the last line was
1015 deny, the default is allow. Conversely, if the last line
1016 is allow, the default will be deny. For these reasons, it is a
1017 good idea to have an "deny all" entry at the end of your access
1018 lists to avoid potential confusion.
1019
1020 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
1021 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
1022
1023NOCOMMENT_START
1024
1025#
1026# Recommended minimum Access Permission configuration:
1027#
1028# Only allow cachemgr access from localhost
1029http_access allow manager localhost
1030http_access deny manager
1031
1032# Deny requests to certain unsafe ports
1033http_access deny !Safe_ports
1034
1035# Deny CONNECT to other than secure SSL ports
1036http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports
1037
1038# We strongly recommend the following be uncommented to protect innocent
1039# web applications running on the proxy server who think the only
1040# one who can access services on "localhost" is a local user
1041#http_access deny to_localhost
1042
1043#
1044# INSERT YOUR OWN RULE(S) HERE TO ALLOW ACCESS FROM YOUR CLIENTS
1045#
1046
1047# Example rule allowing access from your local networks.
1048# Adapt localnet in the ACL section to list your (internal) IP networks
1049# from where browsing should be allowed
1050http_access allow localnet
1051http_access allow localhost
1052
1053# And finally deny all other access to this proxy
1054http_access deny all
1055NOCOMMENT_END
1056DOC_END
1057
1058NAME: adapted_http_access http_access2
1059TYPE: acl_access
1060LOC: Config.accessList.adapted_http
1061DEFAULT: none
1062DOC_START
1063 Allowing or Denying access based on defined access lists
1064
1065 Essentially identical to http_access, but runs after redirectors
1066 and ICAP/eCAP adaptation. Allowing access control based on their
1067 output.
1068
1069 If not set then only http_access is used.
1070DOC_END
1071
1072NAME: http_reply_access
1073TYPE: acl_access
1074LOC: Config.accessList.reply
1075DEFAULT: none
1076DOC_START
1077 Allow replies to client requests. This is complementary to http_access.
1078
1079 http_reply_access allow|deny [!] aclname ...
1080
1081 NOTE: if there are no access lines present, the default is to allow
1082 all replies
1083
1084 If none of the access lines cause a match the opposite of the
1085 last line will apply. Thus it is good practice to end the rules
1086 with an "allow all" or "deny all" entry.
1087
1088 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
1089 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
1090DOC_END
1091
1092NAME: icp_access
1093TYPE: acl_access
1094LOC: Config.accessList.icp
1095DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
1096DOC_START
1097 Allowing or Denying access to the ICP port based on defined
1098 access lists
1099
1100 icp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
1101
1102 See http_access for details
1103
1104 This clause only supports fast acl types.
1105 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
1106
1107# Allow ICP queries from local networks only
1108#icp_access allow localnet
1109#icp_access deny all
1110DOC_END
1111
1112NAME: htcp_access
1113IFDEF: USE_HTCP
1114TYPE: acl_access
1115LOC: Config.accessList.htcp
1116DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
1117DOC_START
1118 Allowing or Denying access to the HTCP port based on defined
1119 access lists
1120
1121 htcp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
1122
1123 See http_access for details
1124
1125 NOTE: The default if no htcp_access lines are present is to
1126 deny all traffic. This default may cause problems with peers
1127 using the htcp option.
1128
1129 This clause only supports fast acl types.
1130 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
1131
1132# Allow HTCP queries from local networks only
1133#htcp_access allow localnet
1134#htcp_access deny all
1135DOC_END
1136
1137NAME: htcp_clr_access
1138IFDEF: USE_HTCP
1139TYPE: acl_access
1140LOC: Config.accessList.htcp_clr
1141DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
1142DOC_START
1143 Allowing or Denying access to purge content using HTCP based
1144 on defined access lists
1145
1146 htcp_clr_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
1147
1148 See http_access for details
1149
1150 This clause only supports fast acl types.
1151 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
1152
1153# Allow HTCP CLR requests from trusted peers
1154acl htcp_clr_peer src 172.16.1.2
1155htcp_clr_access allow htcp_clr_peer
1156DOC_END
1157
1158NAME: miss_access
1159TYPE: acl_access
1160LOC: Config.accessList.miss
1161DEFAULT: allow all
1162DOC_START
1163 Use to force your neighbors to use you as a sibling instead of
1164 a parent. For example:
1165
1166 acl localclients src 172.16.0.0/16
1167 miss_access allow localclients
1168 miss_access deny !localclients
1169
1170 This means only your local clients are allowed to fetch
1171 MISSES and all other clients can only fetch HITS.
1172
1173 By default, allow all clients who passed the http_access rules
1174 to fetch MISSES from us.
1175
1176 This clause only supports fast acl types.
1177 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
1178DOC_END
1179
1180NAME: ident_lookup_access
1181TYPE: acl_access
1182IFDEF: USE_IDENT
1183DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
1184LOC: Ident::TheConfig.identLookup
1185DOC_START
1186 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, cause an ident
1187 (RFC 931) lookup to be performed for this request. For
1188 example, you might choose to always perform ident lookups
1189 for your main multi-user Unix boxes, but not for your Macs
1190 and PCs. By default, ident lookups are not performed for
1191 any requests.
1192
1193 To enable ident lookups for specific client addresses, you
1194 can follow this example:
1195
1196 acl ident_aware_hosts src 198.168.1.0/24
1197 ident_lookup_access allow ident_aware_hosts
1198 ident_lookup_access deny all
1199
1200 Only src type ACL checks are fully supported. A srcdomain
1201 ACL might work at times, but it will not always provide
1202 the correct result.
1203
1204 This clause only supports fast acl types.
1205 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
1206DOC_END
1207
1208NAME: reply_body_max_size
1209COMMENT: size [acl acl...]
1210TYPE: acl_b_size_t
1211DEFAULT: none
1212LOC: Config.ReplyBodySize
1213DOC_START
1214 This option specifies the maximum size of a reply body. It can be
1215 used to prevent users from downloading very large files, such as
1216 MP3's and movies. When the reply headers are received, the
1217 reply_body_max_size lines are processed, and the first line where
1218 all (if any) listed ACLs are true is used as the maximum body size
1219 for this reply.
1220
1221 This size is checked twice. First when we get the reply headers,
1222 we check the content-length value. If the content length value exists
1223 and is larger than the allowed size, the request is denied and the
1224 user receives an error message that says "the request or reply
1225 is too large." If there is no content-length, and the reply
1226 size exceeds this limit, the client's connection is just closed
1227 and they will receive a partial reply.
1228
1229 WARNING: downstream caches probably can not detect a partial reply
1230 if there is no content-length header, so they will cache
1231 partial responses and give them out as hits. You should NOT
1232 use this option if you have downstream caches.
1233
1234 WARNING: A maximum size smaller than the size of squid's error messages
1235 will cause an infinite loop and crash squid. Ensure that the smallest
1236 non-zero value you use is greater that the maximum header size plus
1237 the size of your largest error page.
1238
1239 If you set this parameter none (the default), there will be
1240 no limit imposed.
1241
1242 Configuration Format is:
1243 reply_body_max_size SIZE UNITS [acl ...]
1244 ie.
1245 reply_body_max_size 10 MB
1246
1247DOC_END
1248
1249COMMENT_START
1250 NETWORK OPTIONS
1251 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1252COMMENT_END
1253
1254NAME: http_port ascii_port
1255TYPE: http_port_list
1256DEFAULT: none
1257LOC: Config.Sockaddr.http
1258DOC_START
1259 Usage: port [mode] [options]
1260 hostname:port [mode] [options]
1261 1.2.3.4:port [mode] [options]
1262
1263 The socket addresses where Squid will listen for HTTP client
1264 requests. You may specify multiple socket addresses.
1265 There are three forms: port alone, hostname with port, and
1266 IP address with port. If you specify a hostname or IP
1267 address, Squid binds the socket to that specific
1268 address. Most likely, you do not need to bind to a specific
1269 address, so you can use the port number alone.
1270
1271 If you are running Squid in accelerator mode, you
1272 probably want to listen on port 80 also, or instead.
1273
1274 The -a command line option may be used to specify additional
1275 port(s) where Squid listens for proxy request. Such ports will
1276 be plain proxy ports with no options.
1277
1278 You may specify multiple socket addresses on multiple lines.
1279
1280 Modes:
1281
1282 intercept Support for IP-Layer interception of
1283 outgoing requests without browser settings.
1284 NP: disables authentication and IPv6 on the port.
1285
1286 tproxy Support Linux TPROXY for spoofing outgoing
1287 connections using the client IP address.
1288 NP: disables authentication and maybe IPv6 on the port.
1289
1290 accel Accelerator mode. Also needs at least one of
1291 vhost / vport / defaultsite.
1292
1293 ssl-bump Intercept each CONNECT request matching ssl_bump ACL,
1294 establish secure connection with the client and with
1295 the server, decrypt HTTP messages as they pass through
1296 Squid, and treat them as unencrypted HTTP messages,
1297 becoming the man-in-the-middle.
1298
1299 The ssl_bump option is required to fully enable
1300 the SslBump feature.
1301
1302 Omitting the mode flag causes default forward proxy mode to be used.
1303
1304
1305 Accelerator Mode Options:
1306
1307 allow-direct Allow direct forwarding in accelerator mode. Normally
1308 accelerated requests are denied direct forwarding as if
1309 never_direct was used.
1310
1311 defaultsite=domainname
1312 What to use for the Host: header if it is not present
1313 in a request. Determines what site (not origin server)
1314 accelerators should consider the default.
1315 Implies accel.
1316
1317 vhost Using the Host header for virtual domain support.
1318 Also uses the port as specified in Host: header.
1319
1320 vport IP based virtual host support. Using the http_port number
1321 in passed on Host: headers.
1322
1323 vport=NN Uses the specified port number rather than the
1324 http_port number.
1325
1326 protocol= Protocol to reconstruct accelerated requests with.
1327 Defaults to http://.
1328
1329 ignore-cc Ignore request Cache-Control headers.
1330
1331 Warning: This option violates HTTP specifications if
1332 used in non-accelerator setups.
1333
1334
1335 SSL Bump Mode Options:
1336
1337 cert= Path to SSL certificate (PEM format).
1338
1339 key= Path to SSL private key file (PEM format)
1340 if not specified, the certificate file is
1341 assumed to be a combined certificate and
1342 key file.
1343
1344 version= The version of SSL/TLS supported
1345 1 automatic (default)
1346 2 SSLv2 only
1347 3 SSLv3 only
1348 4 TLSv1 only
1349
1350 cipher= Colon separated list of supported ciphers.
1351
1352 options= Various SSL engine options. The most important
1353 being:
1354 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
1355 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
1356 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
1357 SINGLE_DH_USE Always create a new key when using
1358 temporary/ephemeral DH key exchanges
1359 See src/ssl_support.c or OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options
1360 documentation for a complete list of options.
1361
1362 clientca= File containing the list of CAs to use when
1363 requesting a client certificate.
1364
1365 cafile= File containing additional CA certificates to
1366 use when verifying client certificates. If unset
1367 clientca will be used.
1368
1369 capath= Directory containing additional CA certificates
1370 and CRL lists to use when verifying client certificates.
1371
1372 crlfile= File of additional CRL lists to use when verifying
1373 the client certificate, in addition to CRLs stored in
1374 the capath. Implies VERIFY_CRL flag below.
1375
1376 dhparams= File containing DH parameters for temporary/ephemeral
1377 DH key exchanges.
1378
1379 sslflags= Various flags modifying the use of SSL:
1380 DELAYED_AUTH
1381 Don't request client certificates
1382 immediately, but wait until acl processing
1383 requires a certificate (not yet implemented).
1384 NO_DEFAULT_CA
1385 Don't use the default CA lists built in
1386 to OpenSSL.
1387 NO_SESSION_REUSE
1388 Don't allow for session reuse. Each connection
1389 will result in a new SSL session.
1390 VERIFY_CRL
1391 Verify CRL lists when accepting client
1392 certificates.
1393 VERIFY_CRL_ALL
1394 Verify CRL lists for all certificates in the
1395 client certificate chain.
1396
1397 sslcontext= SSL session ID context identifier.
1398
1399 generate-host-certificates[=<on|off>]
1400 Dynamically create SSL server certificates for the
1401 destination hosts of bumped CONNECT requests.When
1402 enabled, the cert and key options are used to sign
1403 generated certificates. Otherwise generated
1404 certificate will be selfsigned.
1405 If there is CA certificate life time of generated
1406 certificate equals lifetime of CA certificate. If
1407 generated certificate is selfsigned lifetime is three
1408 years.
1409 This option is enabled by default when SslBump is used.
1410 See the sslBump option above for more information.
1411
1412 dynamic_cert_mem_cache_size=SIZE
1413 Approximate total RAM size spent on cached generated
1414 certificates. If set to zero, caching is disabled. The
1415 default value is 4MB. An average XXX-bit certificate
1416 consumes about XXX bytes of RAM.
1417
1418 Other Options:
1419
1420 connection-auth[=on|off]
1421 use connection-auth=off to tell Squid to prevent
1422 forwarding Microsoft connection oriented authentication
1423 (NTLM, Negotiate and Kerberos)
1424
1425 disable-pmtu-discovery=
1426 Control Path-MTU discovery usage:
1427 off lets OS decide on what to do (default).
1428 transparent disable PMTU discovery when transparent
1429 support is enabled.
1430 always disable always PMTU discovery.
1431
1432 In many setups of transparently intercepting proxies
1433 Path-MTU discovery can not work on traffic towards the
1434 clients. This is the case when the intercepting device
1435 does not fully track connections and fails to forward
1436 ICMP must fragment messages to the cache server. If you
1437 have such setup and experience that certain clients
1438 sporadically hang or never complete requests set
1439 disable-pmtu-discovery option to 'transparent'.
1440
1441 name= Specifies a internal name for the port. Defaults to
1442 the port specification (port or addr:port)
1443
1444 tcpkeepalive[=idle,interval,timeout]
1445 Enable TCP keepalive probes of idle connections.
1446 In seconds; idle is the initial time before TCP starts
1447 probing the connection, interval how often to probe, and
1448 timeout the time before giving up.
1449
1450 If you run Squid on a dual-homed machine with an internal
1451 and an external interface we recommend you to specify the
1452 internal address:port in http_port. This way Squid will only be
1453 visible on the internal address.
1454
1455NOCOMMENT_START
1456
1457# Squid normally listens to port 3128
1458http_port @DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT@
1459NOCOMMENT_END
1460DOC_END
1461
1462NAME: https_port
1463IFDEF: USE_SSL
1464TYPE: https_port_list
1465DEFAULT: none
1466LOC: Config.Sockaddr.https
1467DOC_START
1468 Usage: [ip:]port cert=certificate.pem [key=key.pem] [options...]
1469
1470 The socket address where Squid will listen for HTTPS client
1471 requests.
1472
1473 This is really only useful for situations where you are running
1474 squid in accelerator mode and you want to do the SSL work at the
1475 accelerator level.
1476
1477 You may specify multiple socket addresses on multiple lines,
1478 each with their own SSL certificate and/or options.
1479
1480 Options:
1481
1482 accel Accelerator mode. Also needs at least one of
1483 defaultsite or vhost.
1484
1485 defaultsite= The name of the https site presented on
1486 this port. Implies accel.
1487
1488 vhost Accelerator mode using Host header for virtual
1489 domain support. Requires a wildcard certificate
1490 or other certificate valid for more than one domain.
1491 Implies accel.
1492
1493 protocol= Protocol to reconstruct accelerated requests with.
1494 Defaults to https.
1495
1496 cert= Path to SSL certificate (PEM format).
1497
1498 key= Path to SSL private key file (PEM format)
1499 if not specified, the certificate file is
1500 assumed to be a combined certificate and
1501 key file.
1502
1503 version= The version of SSL/TLS supported
1504 1 automatic (default)
1505 2 SSLv2 only
1506 3 SSLv3 only
1507 4 TLSv1 only
1508
1509 cipher= Colon separated list of supported ciphers.
1510
1511 options= Various SSL engine options. The most important
1512 being:
1513 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
1514 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
1515 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
1516 SINGLE_DH_USE Always create a new key when using
1517 temporary/ephemeral DH key exchanges
1518 See src/ssl_support.c or OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options
1519 documentation for a complete list of options.
1520
1521 clientca= File containing the list of CAs to use when
1522 requesting a client certificate.
1523
1524 cafile= File containing additional CA certificates to
1525 use when verifying client certificates. If unset
1526 clientca will be used.
1527
1528 capath= Directory containing additional CA certificates
1529 and CRL lists to use when verifying client certificates.
1530
1531 crlfile= File of additional CRL lists to use when verifying
1532 the client certificate, in addition to CRLs stored in
1533 the capath. Implies VERIFY_CRL flag below.
1534
1535 dhparams= File containing DH parameters for temporary/ephemeral
1536 DH key exchanges.
1537
1538 sslflags= Various flags modifying the use of SSL:
1539 DELAYED_AUTH
1540 Don't request client certificates
1541 immediately, but wait until acl processing
1542 requires a certificate (not yet implemented).
1543 NO_DEFAULT_CA
1544 Don't use the default CA lists built in
1545 to OpenSSL.
1546 NO_SESSION_REUSE
1547 Don't allow for session reuse. Each connection
1548 will result in a new SSL session.
1549 VERIFY_CRL
1550 Verify CRL lists when accepting client
1551 certificates.
1552 VERIFY_CRL_ALL
1553 Verify CRL lists for all certificates in the
1554 client certificate chain.
1555
1556 sslcontext= SSL session ID context identifier.
1557
1558 vport Accelerator with IP based virtual host support.
1559
1560 vport=NN As above, but uses specified port number rather
1561 than the https_port number. Implies accel.
1562
1563 name= Specifies a internal name for the port. Defaults to
1564 the port specification (port or addr:port)
1565
1566DOC_END
1567
1568NAME: tcp_outgoing_tos tcp_outgoing_ds tcp_outgoing_dscp
1569TYPE: acl_tos
1570DEFAULT: none
1571LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig.tosToServer
1572DOC_START
1573 Allows you to select a TOS/Diffserv value for packets outgoing
1574 on the server side, based on an ACL.
1575
1576 tcp_outgoing_tos ds-field [!]aclname ...
1577
1578 Example where normal_service_net uses the TOS value 0x00
1579 and good_service_net uses 0x20
1580
1581 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/24
1582 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/24
1583 tcp_outgoing_tos 0x00 normal_service_net
1584 tcp_outgoing_tos 0x20 good_service_net
1585
1586 TOS/DSCP values really only have local significance - so you should
1587 know what you're specifying. For more information, see RFC2474,
1588 RFC2475, and RFC3260.
1589
1590 The TOS/DSCP byte must be exactly that - a octet value 0 - 255, or
1591 "default" to use whatever default your host has. Note that in
1592 practice often only multiples of 4 is usable as the two rightmost bits
1593 have been redefined for use by ECN (RFC 3168 section 23.1).
1594
1595 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
1596 matching line.
1597DOC_END
1598
1599NAME: clientside_tos
1600TYPE: acl_tos
1601DEFAULT: none
1602LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig.tosToClient
1603DOC_START
1604 Allows you to select a TOS/Diffserv value for packets being transmitted
1605 on the client-side, based on an ACL.
1606
1607 clientside_tos ds-field [!]aclname ...
1608
1609 Example where normal_service_net uses the TOS value 0x00
1610 and good_service_net uses 0x20
1611
1612 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/24
1613 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/24
1614 clientside_tos 0x00 normal_service_net
1615 clientside_tos 0x20 good_service_net
1616
1617 Note: This feature is incompatible with qos_flows. Any TOS values set here
1618 will be overwritten by TOS values in qos_flows.
1619DOC_END
1620
1621NAME: tcp_outgoing_mark
1622TYPE: acl_nfmark
1623IFDEF: SO_MARK
1624DEFAULT: none
1625LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig.nfmarkToServer
1626DOC_START
1627 Allows you to apply a Netfilter mark value to outgoing packets
1628 on the server side, based on an ACL.
1629
1630 tcp_outgoing_mark mark-value [!]aclname ...
1631
1632 Example where normal_service_net uses the mark value 0x00
1633 and good_service_net uses 0x20
1634
1635 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/24
1636 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/24
1637 tcp_outgoing_mark 0x00 normal_service_net
1638 tcp_outgoing_mark 0x20 good_service_net
1639DOC_END
1640
1641NAME: clientside_mark
1642TYPE: acl_nfmark
1643IFDEF: SO_MARK
1644DEFAULT: none
1645LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig.nfmarkToClient
1646DOC_START
1647 Allows you to apply a Netfilter mark value to packets being transmitted
1648 on the client-side, based on an ACL.
1649
1650 clientside_mark mark-value [!]aclname ...
1651
1652 Example where normal_service_net uses the mark value 0x00
1653 and good_service_net uses 0x20
1654
1655 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/24
1656 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/24
1657 clientside_mark 0x00 normal_service_net
1658 clientside_mark 0x20 good_service_net
1659
1660 Note: This feature is incompatible with qos_flows. Any mark values set here
1661 will be overwritten by mark values in qos_flows.
1662DOC_END
1663
1664NAME: qos_flows
1665TYPE: QosConfig
1666IFDEF: USE_QOS_TOS
1667DEFAULT: none
1668LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig
1669DOC_START
1670 Allows you to select a TOS/DSCP value to mark outgoing
1671 connections with, based on where the reply was sourced. For
1672 platforms using netfilter, allows you to set a netfilter mark
1673 value instead of, or in addition to, a TOS value.
1674
1675 TOS values really only have local significance - so you should
1676 know what you're specifying. For more information, see RFC2474,
1677 RFC2475, and RFC3260.
1678
1679 The TOS/DSCP byte must be exactly that - a octet value 0 - 255. Note that
1680 in practice often only multiples of 4 is usable as the two rightmost bits
1681 have been redefined for use by ECN (RFC 3168 section 23.1).
1682
1683 Mark values can be any unsigned 32-bit integer value.
1684
1685 This setting is configured by setting the following values:
1686
1687 tos|mark Whether to set TOS or netfilter mark values
1688
1689 local-hit=0xFF Value to mark local cache hits.
1690
1691 sibling-hit=0xFF Value to mark hits from sibling peers.
1692
1693 parent-hit=0xFF Value to mark hits from parent peers.
1694
1695 miss=0xFF Value to mark cache misses. Takes precedence
1696 over the preserve-miss feature (see below).
1697
1698 The TOS variant of the following features are only possible on Linux
1699 and require your kernel to be patched with the TOS preserving ZPH
1700 patch, available from http://zph.bratcheda.org
1701 No patch is needed to preserve the netfilter mark, which will work
1702 with all variants of netfilter.
1703
1704 disable-preserve-miss
1705 This option disables the preservation of the TOS or netfilter
1706 mark. By default, the existing TOS or netfilter mark value of
1707 the response coming from the remote server will be retained
1708 and masked with miss-mark.
1709 NOTE: in the case of a netfilter mark, the mark must be set on
1710 the connection (using the CONNMARK target) not on the packet
1711 (MARK target).
1712
1713 miss-mask=0xFF
1714 Allows you to mask certain bits in the TOS or mark value
1715 received from the remote server, before copying the value to
1716 the TOS sent towards clients.
1717 Default for tos: 0xFF (TOS from server is not changed).
1718 Default for mark: 0xFFFFFFFF (mark from server is not changed).
1719
1720 All of these features require the --enable-zph-qos compilation flag
1721 (enabled by default). Netfilter marking also requires the
1722 libnetfilter_conntrack libraries (--with-netfilter-conntrack) and
1723 libcap 2.09+ (--with-libcap).
1724
1725DOC_END
1726
1727NAME: tcp_outgoing_address
1728TYPE: acl_address
1729DEFAULT: none
1730LOC: Config.accessList.outgoing_address
1731DOC_START
1732 Allows you to map requests to different outgoing IP addresses
1733 based on the username or source address of the user making
1734 the request.
1735
1736 tcp_outgoing_address ipaddr [[!]aclname] ...
1737
1738 Example where requests from 10.0.0.0/24 will be forwarded
1739 with source address 10.1.0.1, 10.0.2.0/24 forwarded with
1740 source address 10.1.0.2 and the rest will be forwarded with
1741 source address 10.1.0.3.
1742
1743 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/24
1744 acl good_service_net src 10.0.2.0/24
1745 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.1 normal_service_net
1746 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.2 good_service_net
1747 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.3
1748
1749 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
1750 matching line.
1751
1752 Note: The use of this directive using client dependent ACLs is
1753 incompatible with the use of server side persistent connections. To
1754 ensure correct results it is best to set server_persistent_connections
1755 to off when using this directive in such configurations.
1756
1757 Note: The use of this directive to set a local IP on outgoing TCP links
1758 is incompatible with using TPROXY to set client IP out outbound TCP links.
1759 When needing to contact peers use the no-tproxy cache_peer option to
1760 re-enable normal forwarding such as this.
1761
1762 IPv6 Magic:
1763
1764 Squid is built with a capability of bridging the IPv4 and IPv6
1765 internets.
1766 tcp_outgoing_address as exampled above breaks this bridging by forcing
1767 all outbound traffic through a certain IPv4 which may be on the wrong
1768 side of the IPv4/IPv6 boundary.
1769
1770 To operate with tcp_outgoing_address and keep the bridging benefits
1771 an additional ACL needs to be used which ensures the IPv6-bound traffic
1772 is never forced or permitted out the IPv4 interface.
1773
1774 # IPv6 destination test along with a dummy access control to perofrm the required DNS
1775 # This MUST be place before any ALLOW rules.
1776 acl to_ipv6 dst ipv6
1777 http_access deny ipv6 !all
1778
1779 tcp_outgoing_address 2001:db8::c001 good_service_net to_ipv6
1780 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.2 good_service_net !to_ipv6
1781
1782 tcp_outgoing_address 2001:db8::beef normal_service_net to_ipv6
1783 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.1 normal_service_net !to_ipv6
1784
1785 tcp_outgoing_address 2001:db8::1 to_ipv6
1786 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.3 !to_ipv6
1787
1788 WARNING:
1789 'dst ipv6' bases its selection assuming DIRECT access.
1790 If peers are used the peername ACL are needed to select outgoing
1791 address which can link to the peer.
1792
1793 'dst ipv6' is a slow ACL. It will only work here if 'dst' is used
1794 previously in the http_access rules to locate the destination IP.
1795 Some more magic may be needed for that:
1796 http_access allow to_ipv6 !all
1797 (meaning, allow if to IPv6 but not from anywhere ;)
1798
1799DOC_END
1800
1801COMMENT_START
1802 SSL OPTIONS
1803 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1804COMMENT_END
1805
1806NAME: ssl_unclean_shutdown
1807IFDEF: USE_SSL
1808TYPE: onoff
1809DEFAULT: off
1810LOC: Config.SSL.unclean_shutdown
1811DOC_START
1812 Some browsers (especially MSIE) bugs out on SSL shutdown
1813 messages.
1814DOC_END
1815
1816NAME: ssl_engine
1817IFDEF: USE_SSL
1818TYPE: string
1819LOC: Config.SSL.ssl_engine
1820DEFAULT: none
1821DOC_START
1822 The OpenSSL engine to use. You will need to set this if you
1823 would like to use hardware SSL acceleration for example.
1824DOC_END
1825
1826NAME: sslproxy_client_certificate
1827IFDEF: USE_SSL
1828DEFAULT: none
1829LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert
1830TYPE: string
1831DOC_START
1832 Client SSL Certificate to use when proxying https:// URLs
1833DOC_END
1834
1835NAME: sslproxy_client_key
1836IFDEF: USE_SSL
1837DEFAULT: none
1838LOC: Config.ssl_client.key
1839TYPE: string
1840DOC_START
1841 Client SSL Key to use when proxying https:// URLs
1842DOC_END
1843
1844NAME: sslproxy_version
1845IFDEF: USE_SSL
1846DEFAULT: 1
1847LOC: Config.ssl_client.version
1848TYPE: int
1849DOC_START
1850 SSL version level to use when proxying https:// URLs
1851DOC_END
1852
1853NAME: sslproxy_options
1854IFDEF: USE_SSL
1855DEFAULT: none
1856LOC: Config.ssl_client.options
1857TYPE: string
1858DOC_START
1859 SSL engine options to use when proxying https:// URLs
1860
1861 The most important being:
1862
1863 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
1864 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
1865 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
1866 SINGLE_DH_USE
1867 Always create a new key when using
1868 temporary/ephemeral DH key exchanges
1869
1870 These options vary depending on your SSL engine.
1871 See the OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options documentation for a
1872 complete list of possible options.
1873DOC_END
1874
1875NAME: sslproxy_cipher
1876IFDEF: USE_SSL
1877DEFAULT: none
1878LOC: Config.ssl_client.cipher
1879TYPE: string
1880DOC_START
1881 SSL cipher list to use when proxying https:// URLs
1882
1883 Colon separated list of supported ciphers.
1884DOC_END
1885
1886NAME: sslproxy_cafile
1887IFDEF: USE_SSL
1888DEFAULT: none
1889LOC: Config.ssl_client.cafile
1890TYPE: string
1891DOC_START
1892 file containing CA certificates to use when verifying server
1893 certificates while proxying https:// URLs
1894DOC_END
1895
1896NAME: sslproxy_capath
1897IFDEF: USE_SSL
1898DEFAULT: none
1899LOC: Config.ssl_client.capath
1900TYPE: string
1901DOC_START
1902 directory containing CA certificates to use when verifying
1903 server certificates while proxying https:// URLs
1904DOC_END
1905
1906NAME: ssl_bump
1907IFDEF: USE_SSL
1908TYPE: acl_access
1909LOC: Config.accessList.ssl_bump
1910DEFAULT: none
1911DOC_START
1912 This ACL controls which CONNECT requests to an http_port
1913 marked with an sslBump flag are actually "bumped". Please
1914 see the sslBump flag of an http_port option for more details
1915 about decoding proxied SSL connections.
1916
1917 By default, no requests are bumped.
1918
1919 See also: http_port sslBump
1920
1921 This clause only supports fast acl types.
1922 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
1923
1924
1925 # Example: Bump all requests except those originating from localhost and
1926 # those going to webax.com or example.com sites.
1927
1928 acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/32
1929 acl broken_sites dstdomain .webax.com
1930 acl broken_sites dstdomain .example.com
1931 ssl_bump deny localhost
1932 ssl_bump deny broken_sites
1933 ssl_bump allow all
1934DOC_END
1935
1936NAME: sslproxy_flags
1937IFDEF: USE_SSL
1938DEFAULT: none
1939LOC: Config.ssl_client.flags
1940TYPE: string
1941DOC_START
1942 Various flags modifying the use of SSL while proxying https:// URLs:
1943 DONT_VERIFY_PEER Accept certificates that fail verification.
1944 For refined control, see sslproxy_cert_error.
1945 NO_DEFAULT_CA Don't use the default CA list built in
1946 to OpenSSL.
1947DOC_END
1948
1949
1950NAME: sslproxy_cert_error
1951IFDEF: USE_SSL
1952DEFAULT: none
1953LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert_error
1954TYPE: acl_access
1955DOC_START
1956 Use this ACL to bypass server certificate validation errors.
1957
1958 For example, the following lines will bypass all validation errors
1959 when talking to servers located at 172.16.0.0/16. All other
1960 validation errors will result in ERR_SECURE_CONNECT_FAIL error.
1961
1962 acl BrokenServersAtTrustedIP dst 172.16.0.0/16
1963 sslproxy_cert_error allow BrokenServersAtTrustedIP
1964 sslproxy_cert_error deny all
1965
1966 This clause only supports fast acl types.
1967 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
1968 Using slow acl types may result in server crashes
1969
1970 Without this option, all server certificate validation errors
1971 terminate the transaction. Bypassing validation errors is dangerous
1972 because an error usually implies that the server cannot be trusted and
1973 the connection may be insecure.
1974
1975 See also: sslproxy_flags and DONT_VERIFY_PEER.
1976
1977 Default setting: sslproxy_cert_error deny all
1978DOC_END
1979
1980
1981
1982NAME: sslpassword_program
1983IFDEF: USE_SSL
1984DEFAULT: none
1985LOC: Config.Program.ssl_password
1986TYPE: string
1987DOC_START
1988 Specify a program used for entering SSL key passphrases
1989 when using encrypted SSL certificate keys. If not specified
1990 keys must either be unencrypted, or Squid started with the -N
1991 option to allow it to query interactively for the passphrase.
1992
1993 The key file name is given as argument to the program allowing
1994 selection of the right password if you have multiple encrypted
1995 keys.
1996DOC_END
1997
1998COMMENT_START
1999 OPTIONS RELATING TO EXTERNAL SSL_CRTD
2000 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2001COMMENT_END
2002
2003NAME: sslcrtd_program
2004TYPE: eol
2005IFDEF: USE_SSL_CRTD
2006DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_SSL_CRTD@ -s @DEFAULT_SSL_DB_DIR@ -M 4MB
2007LOC: Ssl::TheConfig.ssl_crtd
2008DOC_START
2009 Specify the location and options of the executable for ssl_crtd process.
2010 @DEFAULT_SSL_CRTD@ program requires -s and -M parameters
2011 For more information use:
2012 @DEFAULT_SSL_CRTD@ -h
2013DOC_END
2014
2015NAME: sslcrtd_children
2016TYPE: HelperChildConfig
2017IFDEF: USE_SSL_CRTD
2018DEFAULT: 32 startup=5 idle=1
2019LOC: Ssl::TheConfig.ssl_crtdChildren
2020DOC_START
2021 The maximum number of processes spawn to service ssl server.
2022 The maximum this may be safely set to is 32.
2023
2024 The startup= and idle= options allow some measure of skew in your
2025 tuning.
2026
2027 startup=N
2028
2029 Sets the minimum number of processes to spawn when Squid
2030 starts or reconfigures. When set to zero the first request will
2031 cause spawning of the first child process to handle it.
2032
2033 Starting too few children temporary slows Squid under load while it
2034 tries to spawn enough additional processes to cope with traffic.
2035
2036 idle=N
2037
2038 Sets a minimum of how many processes Squid is to try and keep available
2039 at all times. When traffic begins to rise above what the existing
2040 processes can handle this many more will be spawned up to the maximum
2041 configured. A minimum setting of 1 is required.
2042
2043 You must have at least one ssl_crtd process.
2044DOC_END
2045
2046COMMENT_START
2047 OPTIONS WHICH AFFECT THE NEIGHBOR SELECTION ALGORITHM
2048 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2049COMMENT_END
2050
2051NAME: cache_peer
2052TYPE: peer
2053DEFAULT: none
2054LOC: Config.peers
2055DOC_START
2056 To specify other caches in a hierarchy, use the format:
2057
2058 cache_peer hostname type http-port icp-port [options]
2059
2060 For example,
2061
2062 # proxy icp
2063 # hostname type port port options
2064 # -------------------- -------- ----- ----- -----------
2065 cache_peer parent.foo.net parent 3128 3130 default
2066 cache_peer sib1.foo.net sibling 3128 3130 proxy-only
2067 cache_peer sib2.foo.net sibling 3128 3130 proxy-only
2068 cache_peer example.com parent 80 0 no-query default
2069 cache_peer cdn.example.com sibling 3128 0
2070
2071 type: either 'parent', 'sibling', or 'multicast'.
2072
2073 proxy-port: The port number where the peer accept HTTP requests.
2074 For other Squid proxies this is usually 3128
2075 For web servers this is usually 80
2076
2077 icp-port: Used for querying neighbor caches about objects.
2078 Set to 0 if the peer does not support ICP or HTCP.
2079 See ICP and HTCP options below for additional details.
2080
2081
2082 ==== ICP OPTIONS ====
2083
2084 You MUST also set icp_port and icp_access explicitly when using these options.
2085 The defaults will prevent peer traffic using ICP.
2086
2087
2088 no-query Disable ICP queries to this neighbor.
2089
2090 multicast-responder
2091 Indicates the named peer is a member of a multicast group.
2092 ICP queries will not be sent directly to the peer, but ICP
2093 replies will be accepted from it.
2094
2095 closest-only Indicates that, for ICP_OP_MISS replies, we'll only forward
2096 CLOSEST_PARENT_MISSes and never FIRST_PARENT_MISSes.
2097
2098 background-ping
2099 To only send ICP queries to this neighbor infrequently.
2100 This is used to keep the neighbor round trip time updated
2101 and is usually used in conjunction with weighted-round-robin.
2102
2103
2104 ==== HTCP OPTIONS ====
2105
2106 You MUST also set htcp_port and htcp_access explicitly when using these options.
2107 The defaults will prevent peer traffic using HTCP.
2108
2109
2110 htcp Send HTCP, instead of ICP, queries to the neighbor.
2111 You probably also want to set the "icp-port" to 4827
2112 instead of 3130. This directive accepts a comma separated
2113 list of options described below.
2114
2115 htcp=oldsquid Send HTCP to old Squid versions (2.5 or earlier).
2116
2117 htcp=no-clr Send HTCP to the neighbor but without
2118 sending any CLR requests. This cannot be used with
2119 only-clr.
2120
2121 htcp=only-clr Send HTCP to the neighbor but ONLY CLR requests.
2122 This cannot be used with no-clr.
2123
2124 htcp=no-purge-clr
2125 Send HTCP to the neighbor including CLRs but only when
2126 they do not result from PURGE requests.
2127
2128 htcp=forward-clr
2129 Forward any HTCP CLR requests this proxy receives to the peer.
2130
2131
2132 ==== PEER SELECTION METHODS ====
2133
2134 The default peer selection method is ICP, with the first responding peer
2135 being used as source. These options can be used for better load balancing.
2136
2137
2138 default This is a parent cache which can be used as a "last-resort"
2139 if a peer cannot be located by any of the peer-selection methods.
2140 If specified more than once, only the first is used.
2141
2142 round-robin Load-Balance parents which should be used in a round-robin
2143 fashion in the absence of any ICP queries.
2144 weight=N can be used to add bias.
2145
2146 weighted-round-robin
2147 Load-Balance parents which should be used in a round-robin
2148 fashion with the frequency of each parent being based on the
2149 round trip time. Closer parents are used more often.
2150 Usually used for background-ping parents.
2151 weight=N can be used to add bias.
2152
2153 carp Load-Balance parents which should be used as a CARP array.
2154 The requests will be distributed among the parents based on the
2155 CARP load balancing hash function based on their weight.
2156
2157 userhash Load-balance parents based on the client proxy_auth or ident username.
2158
2159 sourcehash Load-balance parents based on the client source IP.
2160
2161 multicast-siblings
2162 To be used only for cache peers of type "multicast".
2163 ALL members of this multicast group have "sibling"
2164 relationship with it, not "parent". This is to a mulicast
2165 group when the requested object would be fetched only from
2166 a "parent" cache, anyway. It's useful, e.g., when
2167 configuring a pool of redundant Squid proxies, being
2168 members of the same multicast group.
2169
2170
2171 ==== PEER SELECTION OPTIONS ====
2172
2173 weight=N use to affect the selection of a peer during any weighted
2174 peer-selection mechanisms.
2175 The weight must be an integer; default is 1,
2176 larger weights are favored more.
2177 This option does not affect parent selection if a peering
2178 protocol is not in use.
2179
2180 basetime=N Specify a base amount to be subtracted from round trip
2181 times of parents.
2182 It is subtracted before division by weight in calculating
2183 which parent to fectch from. If the rtt is less than the
2184 base time the rtt is set to a minimal value.
2185
2186 ttl=N Specify a TTL to use when sending multicast ICP queries
2187 to this address.
2188 Only useful when sending to a multicast group.
2189 Because we don't accept ICP replies from random
2190 hosts, you must configure other group members as
2191 peers with the 'multicast-responder' option.
2192
2193 no-delay To prevent access to this neighbor from influencing the
2194 delay pools.
2195
2196 digest-url=URL Tell Squid to fetch the cache digest (if digests are
2197 enabled) for this host from the specified URL rather
2198 than the Squid default location.
2199
2200
2201 ==== ACCELERATOR / REVERSE-PROXY OPTIONS ====
2202
2203 originserver Causes this parent to be contacted as an origin server.
2204 Meant to be used in accelerator setups when the peer
2205 is a web server.
2206
2207 forceddomain=name
2208 Set the Host header of requests forwarded to this peer.
2209 Useful in accelerator setups where the server (peer)
2210 expects a certain domain name but clients may request
2211 others. ie example.com or www.example.com
2212
2213 no-digest Disable request of cache digests.
2214
2215 no-netdb-exchange
2216 Disables requesting ICMP RTT database (NetDB).
2217
2218
2219 ==== AUTHENTICATION OPTIONS ====
2220
2221 login=user:password
2222 If this is a personal/workgroup proxy and your parent
2223 requires proxy authentication.
2224
2225 Note: The string can include URL escapes (i.e. %20 for
2226 spaces). This also means % must be written as %%.
2227
2228 login=PASSTHRU
2229 Send login details received from client to this peer.
2230 Both Proxy- and WWW-Authorization headers are passed
2231 without alteration to the peer.
2232 Authentication is not required by Squid for this to work.
2233
2234 Note: This will pass any form of authentication but
2235 only Basic auth will work through a proxy unless the
2236 connection-auth options are also used.
2237
2238 login=PASS Send login details received from client to this peer.
2239 Authentication is not required by this option.
2240
2241 If there are no client-provided authentication headers
2242 to pass on, but username and password are available
2243 from an external ACL user= and password= result tags
2244 they may be sent instead.
2245
2246 Note: To combine this with proxy_auth both proxies must
2247 share the same user database as HTTP only allows for
2248 a single login (one for proxy, one for origin server).
2249 Also be warned this will expose your users proxy
2250 password to the peer. USE WITH CAUTION
2251
2252 login=*:password
2253 Send the username to the upstream cache, but with a
2254 fixed password. This is meant to be used when the peer
2255 is in another administrative domain, but it is still
2256 needed to identify each user.
2257 The star can optionally be followed by some extra
2258 information which is added to the username. This can
2259 be used to identify this proxy to the peer, similar to
2260 the login=username:password option above.
2261
2262 login=NEGOTIATE
2263 If this is a personal/workgroup proxy and your parent
2264 requires a secure proxy authentication.
2265 The first principal from the default keytab or defined by
2266 the environment variable KRB5_KTNAME will be used.
2267
2268 login=NEGOTIATE:principal_name
2269 If this is a personal/workgroup proxy and your parent
2270 requires a secure proxy authentication.
2271 The principal principal_name from the default keytab or
2272 defined by the environment variable KRB5_KTNAME will be
2273 used.
2274
2275 connection-auth=on|off
2276 Tell Squid that this peer does or not support Microsoft
2277 connection oriented authentication, and any such
2278 challenges received from there should be ignored.
2279 Default is auto to automatically determine the status
2280 of the peer.
2281
2282
2283 ==== SSL / HTTPS / TLS OPTIONS ====
2284
2285 ssl Encrypt connections to this peer with SSL/TLS.
2286
2287 sslcert=/path/to/ssl/certificate
2288 A client SSL certificate to use when connecting to
2289 this peer.
2290
2291 sslkey=/path/to/ssl/key
2292 The private SSL key corresponding to sslcert above.
2293 If 'sslkey' is not specified 'sslcert' is assumed to
2294 reference a combined file containing both the
2295 certificate and the key.
2296
2297 sslversion=1|2|3|4
2298 The SSL version to use when connecting to this peer
2299 1 = automatic (default)
2300 2 = SSL v2 only
2301 3 = SSL v3 only
2302 4 = TLS v1 only
2303
2304 sslcipher=... The list of valid SSL ciphers to use when connecting
2305 to this peer.
2306
2307 ssloptions=... Specify various SSL engine options:
2308 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
2309 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
2310 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
2311 See src/ssl_support.c or the OpenSSL documentation for
2312 a more complete list.
2313
2314 sslcafile=... A file containing additional CA certificates to use
2315 when verifying the peer certificate.
2316
2317 sslcapath=... A directory containing additional CA certificates to
2318 use when verifying the peer certificate.
2319
2320 sslcrlfile=... A certificate revocation list file to use when
2321 verifying the peer certificate.
2322
2323 sslflags=... Specify various flags modifying the SSL implementation:
2324
2325 DONT_VERIFY_PEER
2326 Accept certificates even if they fail to
2327 verify.
2328 NO_DEFAULT_CA
2329 Don't use the default CA list built in
2330 to OpenSSL.
2331 DONT_VERIFY_DOMAIN
2332 Don't verify the peer certificate
2333 matches the server name
2334
2335 ssldomain= The peer name as advertised in it's certificate.
2336 Used for verifying the correctness of the received peer
2337 certificate. If not specified the peer hostname will be
2338 used.
2339
2340 front-end-https
2341 Enable the "Front-End-Https: On" header needed when
2342 using Squid as a SSL frontend in front of Microsoft OWA.
2343 See MS KB document Q307347 for details on this header.
2344 If set to auto the header will only be added if the
2345 request is forwarded as a https:// URL.
2346
2347
2348 ==== GENERAL OPTIONS ====
2349
2350 connect-timeout=N
2351 A peer-specific connect timeout.
2352 Also see the peer_connect_timeout directive.
2353
2354 connect-fail-limit=N
2355 How many times connecting to a peer must fail before
2356 it is marked as down. Default is 10.
2357
2358 allow-miss Disable Squid's use of only-if-cached when forwarding
2359 requests to siblings. This is primarily useful when
2360 icp_hit_stale is used by the sibling. To extensive use
2361 of this option may result in forwarding loops, and you
2362 should avoid having two-way peerings with this option.
2363 For example to deny peer usage on requests from peer
2364 by denying cache_peer_access if the source is a peer.
2365
2366 max-conn=N Limit the amount of connections Squid may open to this
2367 peer. see also
2368
2369 name=xxx Unique name for the peer.
2370 Required if you have multiple peers on the same host
2371 but different ports.
2372 This name can be used in cache_peer_access and similar
2373 directives to dentify the peer.
2374 Can be used by outgoing access controls through the
2375 peername ACL type.
2376
2377 no-tproxy Do not use the client-spoof TPROXY support when forwarding
2378 requests to this peer. Use normal address selection instead.
2379
2380 proxy-only objects fetched from the peer will not be stored locally.
2381
2382DOC_END
2383
2384NAME: cache_peer_domain cache_host_domain
2385TYPE: hostdomain
2386DEFAULT: none
2387LOC: none
2388DOC_START
2389 Use to limit the domains for which a neighbor cache will be
2390 queried. Usage:
2391
2392 cache_peer_domain cache-host domain [domain ...]
2393 cache_peer_domain cache-host !domain
2394
2395 For example, specifying
2396
2397 cache_peer_domain parent.foo.net .edu
2398
2399 has the effect such that UDP query packets are sent to
2400 'bigserver' only when the requested object exists on a
2401 server in the .edu domain. Prefixing the domainname
2402 with '!' means the cache will be queried for objects
2403 NOT in that domain.
2404
2405 NOTE: * Any number of domains may be given for a cache-host,
2406 either on the same or separate lines.
2407 * When multiple domains are given for a particular
2408 cache-host, the first matched domain is applied.
2409 * Cache hosts with no domain restrictions are queried
2410 for all requests.
2411 * There are no defaults.
2412 * There is also a 'cache_peer_access' tag in the ACL
2413 section.
2414DOC_END
2415
2416NAME: cache_peer_access
2417TYPE: peer_access
2418DEFAULT: none
2419LOC: none
2420DOC_START
2421 Similar to 'cache_peer_domain' but provides more flexibility by
2422 using ACL elements.
2423
2424 cache_peer_access cache-host allow|deny [!]aclname ...
2425
2426 The syntax is identical to 'http_access' and the other lists of
2427 ACL elements. See the comments for 'http_access' below, or
2428 the Squid FAQ (http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl).
2429DOC_END
2430
2431NAME: neighbor_type_domain
2432TYPE: hostdomaintype
2433DEFAULT: none
2434LOC: none
2435DOC_START
2436 usage: neighbor_type_domain neighbor parent|sibling domain domain ...
2437
2438 Modifying the neighbor type for specific domains is now
2439 possible. You can treat some domains differently than the
2440 default neighbor type specified on the 'cache_peer' line.
2441 Normally it should only be necessary to list domains which
2442 should be treated differently because the default neighbor type
2443 applies for hostnames which do not match domains listed here.
2444
2445EXAMPLE:
2446 cache_peer cache.foo.org parent 3128 3130
2447 neighbor_type_domain cache.foo.org sibling .com .net
2448 neighbor_type_domain cache.foo.org sibling .au .de
2449DOC_END
2450
2451NAME: dead_peer_timeout
2452COMMENT: (seconds)
2453DEFAULT: 10 seconds
2454TYPE: time_t
2455LOC: Config.Timeout.deadPeer
2456DOC_START
2457 This controls how long Squid waits to declare a peer cache
2458 as "dead." If there are no ICP replies received in this
2459 amount of time, Squid will declare the peer dead and not
2460 expect to receive any further ICP replies. However, it
2461 continues to send ICP queries, and will mark the peer as
2462 alive upon receipt of the first subsequent ICP reply.
2463
2464 This timeout also affects when Squid expects to receive ICP
2465 replies from peers. If more than 'dead_peer' seconds have
2466 passed since the last ICP reply was received, Squid will not
2467 expect to receive an ICP reply on the next query. Thus, if
2468 your time between requests is greater than this timeout, you
2469 will see a lot of requests sent DIRECT to origin servers
2470 instead of to your parents.
2471DOC_END
2472
2473NAME: forward_max_tries
2474DEFAULT: 10
2475TYPE: int
2476LOC: Config.forward_max_tries
2477DOC_START
2478 Controls how many different forward paths Squid will try
2479 before giving up. See also forward_timeout.
2480DOC_END
2481
2482NAME: hierarchy_stoplist
2483TYPE: wordlist
2484DEFAULT: none
2485LOC: Config.hierarchy_stoplist
2486DOC_START
2487 A list of words which, if found in a URL, cause the object to
2488 be handled directly by this cache. In other words, use this
2489 to not query neighbor caches for certain objects. You may
2490 list this option multiple times.
2491 Note: never_direct overrides this option.
2492NOCOMMENT_START
2493
2494# We recommend you to use at least the following line.
2495hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ?
2496NOCOMMENT_END
2497DOC_END
2498
2499COMMENT_START
2500 MEMORY CACHE OPTIONS
2501 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2502COMMENT_END
2503
2504NAME: cache_mem
2505COMMENT: (bytes)
2506TYPE: b_size_t
2507DEFAULT: 256 MB
2508LOC: Config.memMaxSize
2509DOC_START
2510 NOTE: THIS PARAMETER DOES NOT SPECIFY THE MAXIMUM PROCESS SIZE.
2511 IT ONLY PLACES A LIMIT ON HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL MEMORY SQUID WILL
2512 USE AS A MEMORY CACHE OF OBJECTS. SQUID USES MEMORY FOR OTHER
2513 THINGS AS WELL. SEE THE SQUID FAQ SECTION 8 FOR DETAILS.
2514
2515 'cache_mem' specifies the ideal amount of memory to be used
2516 for:
2517 * In-Transit objects
2518 * Hot Objects
2519 * Negative-Cached objects
2520
2521 Data for these objects are stored in 4 KB blocks. This
2522 parameter specifies the ideal upper limit on the total size of
2523 4 KB blocks allocated. In-Transit objects take the highest
2524 priority.
2525
2526 In-transit objects have priority over the others. When
2527 additional space is needed for incoming data, negative-cached
2528 and hot objects will be released. In other words, the
2529 negative-cached and hot objects will fill up any unused space
2530 not needed for in-transit objects.
2531
2532 If circumstances require, this limit will be exceeded.
2533 Specifically, if your incoming request rate requires more than
2534 'cache_mem' of memory to hold in-transit objects, Squid will
2535 exceed this limit to satisfy the new requests. When the load
2536 decreases, blocks will be freed until the high-water mark is
2537 reached. Thereafter, blocks will be used to store hot
2538 objects.
2539DOC_END
2540
2541NAME: maximum_object_size_in_memory
2542COMMENT: (bytes)
2543TYPE: b_size_t
2544DEFAULT: 512 KB
2545LOC: Config.Store.maxInMemObjSize
2546DOC_START
2547 Objects greater than this size will not be attempted to kept in
2548 the memory cache. This should be set high enough to keep objects
2549 accessed frequently in memory to improve performance whilst low
2550 enough to keep larger objects from hoarding cache_mem.
2551DOC_END
2552
2553NAME: memory_cache_mode
2554TYPE: memcachemode
2555LOC: Config
2556DEFAULT: always
2557DOC_START
2558 Controls which objects to keep in the memory cache (cache_mem)
2559
2560 always Keep most recently fetched objects in memory (default)
2561
2562 disk Only disk cache hits are kept in memory, which means
2563 an object must first be cached on disk and then hit
2564 a second time before cached in memory.
2565
2566 network Only objects fetched from network is kept in memory
2567DOC_END
2568
2569NAME: memory_replacement_policy
2570TYPE: removalpolicy
2571LOC: Config.memPolicy
2572DEFAULT: lru
2573DOC_START
2574 The memory replacement policy parameter determines which
2575 objects are purged from memory when memory space is needed.
2576
2577 See cache_replacement_policy for details.
2578DOC_END
2579
2580COMMENT_START
2581 DISK CACHE OPTIONS
2582 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2583COMMENT_END
2584
2585NAME: cache_replacement_policy
2586TYPE: removalpolicy
2587LOC: Config.replPolicy
2588DEFAULT: lru
2589DOC_START
2590 The cache replacement policy parameter determines which
2591 objects are evicted (replaced) when disk space is needed.
2592
2593 lru : Squid's original list based LRU policy
2594 heap GDSF : Greedy-Dual Size Frequency
2595 heap LFUDA: Least Frequently Used with Dynamic Aging
2596 heap LRU : LRU policy implemented using a heap
2597
2598 Applies to any cache_dir lines listed below this.
2599
2600 The LRU policies keeps recently referenced objects.
2601
2602 The heap GDSF policy optimizes object hit rate by keeping smaller
2603 popular objects in cache so it has a better chance of getting a
2604 hit. It achieves a lower byte hit rate than LFUDA though since
2605 it evicts larger (possibly popular) objects.
2606
2607 The heap LFUDA policy keeps popular objects in cache regardless of
2608 their size and thus optimizes byte hit rate at the expense of
2609 hit rate since one large, popular object will prevent many
2610 smaller, slightly less popular objects from being cached.
2611
2612 Both policies utilize a dynamic aging mechanism that prevents
2613 cache pollution that can otherwise occur with frequency-based
2614 replacement policies.
2615
2616 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
2617 the value of maximum_object_size above its default of 4096 KB to
2618 to maximize the potential byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA.
2619
2620 For more information about the GDSF and LFUDA cache replacement
2621 policies see http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/1999/HPL-1999-69.html
2622 and http://fog.hpl.external.hp.com/techreports/98/HPL-98-173.html.
2623DOC_END
2624
2625NAME: cache_dir
2626TYPE: cachedir
2627DEFAULT: none
2628LOC: Config.cacheSwap
2629DOC_START
2630 Usage:
2631
2632 cache_dir Type Directory-Name Fs-specific-data [options]
2633
2634 You can specify multiple cache_dir lines to spread the
2635 cache among different disk partitions.
2636
2637 Type specifies the kind of storage system to use. Only "ufs"
2638 is built by default. To enable any of the other storage systems
2639 see the --enable-storeio configure option.
2640
2641 'Directory' is a top-level directory where cache swap
2642 files will be stored. If you want to use an entire disk
2643 for caching, this can be the mount-point directory.
2644 The directory must exist and be writable by the Squid
2645 process. Squid will NOT create this directory for you.
2646
2647 In SMP configurations, cache_dir must not precede the workers option
2648 and should use configuration macros or conditionals to give each
2649 worker interested in disk caching a dedicated cache directory.
2650
2651 The ufs store type:
2652
2653 "ufs" is the old well-known Squid storage format that has always
2654 been there.
2655
2656 cache_dir ufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
2657
2658 'Mbytes' is the amount of disk space (MB) to use under this
2659 directory. The default is 100 MB. Change this to suit your
2660 configuration. Do NOT put the size of your disk drive here.
2661 Instead, if you want Squid to use the entire disk drive,
2662 subtract 20% and use that value.
2663
2664 'L1' is the number of first-level subdirectories which
2665 will be created under the 'Directory'. The default is 16.
2666
2667 'L2' is the number of second-level subdirectories which
2668 will be created under each first-level directory. The default
2669 is 256.
2670
2671 The aufs store type:
2672
2673 "aufs" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing
2674 POSIX-threads to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
2675 disk-I/O. This was formerly known in Squid as async-io.
2676
2677 cache_dir aufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
2678
2679 see argument descriptions under ufs above
2680
2681 The diskd store type:
2682
2683 "diskd" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing a
2684 separate process to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
2685 disk-I/O.
2686
2687 cache_dir diskd Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options] [Q1=n] [Q2=n]
2688
2689 see argument descriptions under ufs above
2690
2691 Q1 specifies the number of unacknowledged I/O requests when Squid
2692 stops opening new files. If this many messages are in the queues,
2693 Squid won't open new files. Default is 64
2694
2695 Q2 specifies the number of unacknowledged messages when Squid
2696 starts blocking. If this many messages are in the queues,
2697 Squid blocks until it receives some replies. Default is 72
2698
2699 When Q1 < Q2 (the default), the cache directory is optimized
2700 for lower response time at the expense of a decrease in hit
2701 ratio. If Q1 > Q2, the cache directory is optimized for
2702 higher hit ratio at the expense of an increase in response
2703 time.
2704
2705 The coss store type:
2706
2707 NP: COSS filesystem in Squid-3 has been deemed too unstable for
2708 production use and has thus been removed from this release.
2709 We hope that it can be made usable again soon.
2710
2711 block-size=n defines the "block size" for COSS cache_dir's.
2712 Squid uses file numbers as block numbers. Since file numbers
2713 are limited to 24 bits, the block size determines the maximum
2714 size of the COSS partition. The default is 512 bytes, which
2715 leads to a maximum cache_dir size of 512<<24, or 8 GB. Note
2716 you should not change the coss block size after Squid
2717 has written some objects to the cache_dir.
2718
2719 The coss file store has changed from 2.5. Now it uses a file
2720 called 'stripe' in the directory names in the config - and
2721 this will be created by squid -z.
2722
2723 Common options:
2724
2725 no-store, no new objects should be stored to this cache_dir
2726
2727 min-size=n, refers to the min object size in bytes this cache_dir
2728 will accept. It's used to restrict a cache_dir to only store
2729 large objects (e.g. aufs) while other storedirs are optimized
2730 for smaller objects (e.g. COSS). Defaults to 0.
2731
2732 max-size=n, refers to the max object size in bytes this cache_dir
2733 supports. It is used to select the cache_dir to store the object.
2734 Note: To make optimal use of the max-size limits you should order
2735 the cache_dir lines with the smallest max-size value first and the
2736 ones with no max-size specification last.
2737
2738 Note for coss, max-size must be less than COSS_MEMBUF_SZ,
2739 which can be changed with the --with-coss-membuf-size=N configure
2740 option.
2741NOCOMMENT_START
2742
2743# Uncomment and adjust the following to add a disk cache directory.
2744#cache_dir ufs @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@ 100 16 256
2745NOCOMMENT_END
2746DOC_END
2747
2748NAME: store_dir_select_algorithm
2749TYPE: string
2750LOC: Config.store_dir_select_algorithm
2751DEFAULT: least-load
2752DOC_START
2753 Set this to 'round-robin' as an alternative.
2754DOC_END
2755
2756NAME: max_open_disk_fds
2757TYPE: int
2758LOC: Config.max_open_disk_fds
2759DEFAULT: 0
2760DOC_START
2761 To avoid having disk as the I/O bottleneck Squid can optionally
2762 bypass the on-disk cache if more than this amount of disk file
2763 descriptors are open.
2764
2765 A value of 0 indicates no limit.
2766DOC_END
2767
2768NAME: minimum_object_size
2769COMMENT: (bytes)
2770TYPE: b_int64_t
2771DEFAULT: 0 KB
2772LOC: Config.Store.minObjectSize
2773DOC_START
2774 Objects smaller than this size will NOT be saved on disk. The
2775 value is specified in kilobytes, and the default is 0 KB, which
2776 means there is no minimum.
2777DOC_END
2778
2779NAME: maximum_object_size
2780COMMENT: (bytes)
2781TYPE: b_int64_t
2782DEFAULT: 4096 KB
2783LOC: Config.Store.maxObjectSize
2784DOC_START
2785 Objects larger than this size will NOT be saved on disk. The
2786 value is specified in kilobytes, and the default is 4MB. If
2787 you wish to get a high BYTES hit ratio, you should probably
2788 increase this (one 32 MB object hit counts for 3200 10KB
2789 hits). If you wish to increase speed more than your want to
2790 save bandwidth you should leave this low.
2791
2792 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
2793 this value to maximize the byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA!
2794 See replacement_policy below for a discussion of this policy.
2795DOC_END
2796
2797NAME: cache_swap_low
2798COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
2799TYPE: int
2800DEFAULT: 90
2801LOC: Config.Swap.lowWaterMark
2802DOC_NONE
2803
2804NAME: cache_swap_high
2805COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
2806TYPE: int
2807DEFAULT: 95
2808LOC: Config.Swap.highWaterMark
2809DOC_START
2810
2811 The low- and high-water marks for cache object replacement.
2812 Replacement begins when the swap (disk) usage is above the
2813 low-water mark and attempts to maintain utilization near the
2814 low-water mark. As swap utilization gets close to high-water
2815 mark object eviction becomes more aggressive. If utilization is
2816 close to the low-water mark less replacement is done each time.
2817
2818 Defaults are 90% and 95%. If you have a large cache, 5% could be
2819 hundreds of MB. If this is the case you may wish to set these
2820 numbers closer together.
2821DOC_END
2822
2823COMMENT_START
2824 LOGFILE OPTIONS
2825 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2826COMMENT_END
2827
2828NAME: logformat
2829TYPE: logformat
2830LOC: Log::TheConfig
2831DEFAULT: none
2832DOC_START
2833 Usage:
2834
2835 logformat <name> <format specification>
2836
2837 Defines an access log format.
2838
2839 The <format specification> is a string with embedded % format codes
2840
2841 % format codes all follow the same basic structure where all but
2842 the formatcode is optional. Output strings are automatically escaped
2843 as required according to their context and the output format
2844 modifiers are usually not needed, but can be specified if an explicit
2845 output format is desired.
2846
2847 % ["|[|'|#] [-] [[0]width] [{argument}] formatcode
2848
2849 " output in quoted string format
2850 [ output in squid text log format as used by log_mime_hdrs
2851 # output in URL quoted format
2852 ' output as-is
2853
2854 - left aligned
2855 width field width. If starting with 0 the
2856 output is zero padded
2857 {arg} argument such as header name etc
2858
2859 Format codes:
2860
2861 % a literal % character
2862 sn Unique sequence number per log line entry
2863 err_code The ID of an error response served by Squid or
2864 a similar internal error identifier.
2865 err_detail Additional err_code-dependent error information.
2866
2867 Connection related format codes:
2868
2869 >a Client source IP address
2870 >A Client FQDN
2871 >p Client source port
2872 >eui Client EUI (MAC address, EUI-48 or EUI-64 identifier)
2873 <A Server IP address or peer name
2874 la Local IP address (http_port)
2875 lp Local port number (http_port)
2876 <la Local IP address of the last server or peer connection
2877 <lp Local port number of the last server or peer connection
2878
2879 Time related format codes:
2880
2881 ts Seconds since epoch
2882 tu subsecond time (milliseconds)
2883 tl Local time. Optional strftime format argument
2884 default %d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S %z
2885 tg GMT time. Optional strftime format argument
2886 default %d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S %z
2887 tr Response time (milliseconds)
2888 dt Total time spent making DNS lookups (milliseconds)
2889
2890 HTTP cache related format codes:
2891
2892 [http::]>h Original request header. Optional header name argument
2893 on the format header[:[separator]element]
2894 [http::]>ha The HTTP request headers after adaptation and redirection.
2895 Optional header name argument as for >h
2896 [http::]<h Reply header. Optional header name argument
2897 as for >h
2898 [http::]un User name
2899 [http::]ul User name from authentication
2900 [http::]ui User name from ident
2901 [http::]us User name from SSL
2902 [http::]ue User name from external acl helper
2903 [http::]>Hs HTTP status code sent to the client
2904 [http::]<Hs HTTP status code received from the next hop
2905 [http::]<bs Number of HTTP-equivalent message body bytes
2906 received from the next hop, excluding chunked
2907 transfer encoding and control messages.
2908 Generated FTP/Gopher listings are treated as
2909 received bodies.
2910 [http::]Ss Squid request status (TCP_MISS etc)
2911 [http::]Sh Squid hierarchy status (DEFAULT_PARENT etc)
2912 [http::]mt MIME content type
2913 [http::]rm Request method (GET/POST etc)
2914 [http::]ru Request URL
2915 [http::]rp Request URL-Path excluding hostname
2916 [http::]rv Request protocol version
2917 [http::]et Tag returned by external acl
2918 [http::]ea Log string returned by external acl
2919 [http::]<st Sent reply size including HTTP headers
2920 [http::]>st Received request size including HTTP headers. In the
2921 case of chunked requests the chunked encoding metadata
2922 are not included
2923 [http::]>sh Received HTTP request headers size
2924 [http::]<sh Sent HTTP reply headers size
2925 [http::]st Request+Reply size including HTTP headers
2926 [http::]<sH Reply high offset sent
2927 [http::]<sS Upstream object size
2928 [http::]<pt Peer response time in milliseconds. The timer starts
2929 when the last request byte is sent to the next hop
2930 and stops when the last response byte is received.
2931 [http::]<tt Total server-side time in milliseconds. The timer
2932 starts with the first connect request (or write I/O)
2933 sent to the first selected peer. The timer stops
2934 with the last I/O with the last peer.
2935
2936 If ICAP is enabled, the following code becomes available (as
2937 well as ICAP log codes documented with the icap_log option):
2938
2939 icap::tt Total ICAP processing time for the HTTP
2940 transaction. The timer ticks when ICAP
2941 ACLs are checked and when ICAP
2942 transaction is in progress.
2943
2944 If adaptation is enabled the following three codes become available:
2945
2946 adapt::<last_h The header of the last ICAP response or
2947 meta-information from the last eCAP
2948 transaction related to the HTTP transaction.
2949 Like <h, accepts an optional header name
2950 argument.
2951
2952 adapt::sum_trs Summed adaptation transaction response
2953 times recorded as a comma-separated list in
2954 the order of transaction start time. Each time
2955 value is recorded as an integer number,
2956 representing response time of one or more
2957 adaptation (ICAP or eCAP) transaction in
2958 milliseconds. When a failed transaction is
2959 being retried or repeated, its time is not
2960 logged individually but added to the
2961 replacement (next) transaction. See also:
2962 adapt::all_trs.
2963
2964 adapt::all_trs All adaptation transaction response times.
2965 Same as adaptation_strs but response times of
2966 individual transactions are never added
2967 together. Instead, all transaction response
2968 times are recorded individually.
2969
2970 You can prefix adapt::*_trs format codes with adaptation
2971 service name in curly braces to record response time(s) specific
2972 to that service. For example: %{my_service}adapt::sum_trs
2973
2974 The default formats available (which do not need re-defining) are:
2975
2976logformat squid %ts.%03tu %6tr %>a %Ss/%03>Hs %<st %rm %ru %un %Sh/%<A %mt
2977logformat common %>a %ui %un [%tl] "%rm %ru HTTP/%rv" %>Hs %<st %Ss:%Sh
2978logformat combined %>a %ui %un [%tl] "%rm %ru HTTP/%rv" %>Hs %<st "%{Referer}>h" "%{User-Agent}>h" %Ss:%Sh
2979logformat referrer %ts.%03tu %>a %{Referer}>h %ru
2980logformat useragent %>a [%tl] "%{User-Agent}>h"
2981
2982 When the log_mime_hdrs directive is set to ON. The squid, common and combined
2983 formats have a safely encoded copy of the mime headers appended to each line
2984 within a pair of brackets.
2985
2986 The common and combined formats are not quite true to the Apache definition.
2987 The logs from Squid contain an extra status and hierarchy code appended.
2988DOC_END
2989
2990NAME: access_log cache_access_log
2991TYPE: access_log
2992LOC: Config.Log.accesslogs
2993DEFAULT_IF_NONE: daemon:@DEFAULT_ACCESS_LOG@ squid
2994DOC_START
2995 These files log client request activities. Has a line every HTTP or
2996 ICP request. The format is:
2997 access_log <module>:<place> [<logformat name> [acl acl ...]]
2998 access_log none [acl acl ...]]
2999
3000 Will log to the specified module:place using the specified format (which
3001 must be defined in a logformat directive) those entries which match
3002 ALL the acl's specified (which must be defined in acl clauses).
3003 If no acl is specified, all requests will be logged to this destination.
3004
3005 ===== Modules Currently available =====
3006
3007 none Do not log any requests matching these ACL.
3008 Do not specify Place or logformat name.
3009
3010 stdio Write each log line to disk immediately at the completion of
3011 each request.
3012 Place: the filename and path to be written.
3013
3014 daemon Very similar to stdio. But instead of writing to disk the log
3015 line is passed to a daemon helper for asychronous handling instead.
3016 Place: varies depending on the daemon.
3017
3018 log_file_daemon Place: the file name and path to be written.
3019
3020 syslog To log each request via syslog facility.
3021 Place: The syslog facility and priority level for these entries.
3022 Place Format: facility.priority
3023
3024 where facility could be any of:
3025 authpriv, daemon, local0 ... local7 or user.
3026
3027 And priority could be any of:
3028 err, warning, notice, info, debug.
3029
3030 udp To send each log line as text data to a UDP receiver.
3031 Place: The destination host name or IP and port.
3032 Place Format: \\host:port
3033
3034 tcp To send each log line as text data to a TCP receiver.
3035 Place: The destination host name or IP and port.
3036 Place Format: \\host:port
3037
3038 Default:
3039 access_log daemon:@DEFAULT_ACCESS_LOG@ squid
3040DOC_END
3041
3042NAME: icap_log
3043TYPE: access_log
3044IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
3045LOC: Config.Log.icaplogs
3046DEFAULT: none
3047DOC_START
3048 ICAP log files record ICAP transaction summaries, one line per
3049 transaction.
3050
3051 The icap_log option format is:
3052 icap_log <filepath> [<logformat name> [acl acl ...]]
3053 icap_log none [acl acl ...]]
3054
3055 Please see access_log option documentation for details. The two
3056 kinds of logs share the overall configuration approach and many
3057 features.
3058
3059 ICAP processing of a single HTTP message or transaction may
3060 require multiple ICAP transactions. In such cases, multiple
3061 ICAP transaction log lines will correspond to a single access
3062 log line.
3063
3064 ICAP log uses logformat codes that make sense for an ICAP
3065 transaction. Header-related codes are applied to the HTTP header
3066 embedded in an ICAP server response, with the following caveats:
3067 For REQMOD, there is no HTTP response header unless the ICAP
3068 server performed request satisfaction. For RESPMOD, the HTTP
3069 request header is the header sent to the ICAP server. For
3070 OPTIONS, there are no HTTP headers.
3071
3072 The following format codes are also available for ICAP logs:
3073
3074 icap::<A ICAP server IP address. Similar to <A.
3075
3076 icap::<service_name ICAP service name from the icap_service
3077 option in Squid configuration file.
3078
3079 icap::ru ICAP Request-URI. Similar to ru.
3080
3081 icap::rm ICAP request method (REQMOD, RESPMOD, or
3082 OPTIONS). Similar to existing rm.
3083
3084 icap::>st Bytes sent to the ICAP server (TCP payload
3085 only; i.e., what Squid writes to the socket).
3086
3087 icap::<st Bytes received from the ICAP server (TCP
3088 payload only; i.e., what Squid reads from
3089 the socket).
3090
3091 icap::<bs Number of message body bytes received from the
3092 ICAP server. ICAP message body, if any, usually
3093 includes encapsulated HTTP message headers and
3094 possibly encapsulated HTTP message body. The
3095 HTTP body part is dechunked before its size is
3096 computed.
3097
3098 icap::tr Transaction response time (in
3099 milliseconds). The timer starts when
3100 the ICAP transaction is created and
3101 stops when the transaction is completed.
3102 Similar to tr.
3103
3104 icap::tio Transaction I/O time (in milliseconds). The
3105 timer starts when the first ICAP request
3106 byte is scheduled for sending. The timers
3107 stops when the last byte of the ICAP response
3108 is received.
3109
3110 icap::to Transaction outcome: ICAP_ERR* for all
3111 transaction errors, ICAP_OPT for OPTION
3112 transactions, ICAP_ECHO for 204
3113 responses, ICAP_MOD for message
3114 modification, and ICAP_SAT for request
3115 satisfaction. Similar to Ss.
3116
3117 icap::Hs ICAP response status code. Similar to Hs.
3118
3119 icap::>h ICAP request header(s). Similar to >h.
3120
3121 icap::<h ICAP response header(s). Similar to <h.
3122
3123 The default ICAP log format, which can be used without an explicit
3124 definition, is called icap_squid:
3125
3126logformat icap_squid %ts.%03tu %6icap::tr %>a %icap::to/%03icap::Hs %icap::<size %icap::rm %icap::ru% %un -/%icap::<A -
3127
3128 See also: logformat, log_icap, and %adapt::<last_h
3129DOC_END
3130
3131NAME: logfile_daemon
3132TYPE: string
3133DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_LOGFILED@
3134LOC: Log::TheConfig.logfile_daemon
3135DOC_START
3136 Specify the path to the logfile-writing daemon. This daemon is
3137 used to write the access and store logs, if configured.
3138
3139 Squid sends a number of commands to the log daemon:
3140 L<data>\n - logfile data
3141 R\n - rotate file
3142 T\n - truncate file
3143 O\n - reopen file
3144 F\n - flush file
3145 r<n>\n - set rotate count to <n>
3146 b<n>\n - 1 = buffer output, 0 = don't buffer output
3147
3148 No responses is expected.
3149DOC_END
3150
3151NAME: log_access
3152TYPE: acl_access
3153LOC: Config.accessList.log
3154DEFAULT: none
3155COMMENT: allow|deny acl acl...
3156DOC_START
3157 This options allows you to control which requests gets logged
3158 to access.log (see access_log directive). Requests denied for
3159 logging will also not be accounted for in performance counters.
3160
3161 This clause only supports fast acl types.
3162 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
3163DOC_END
3164
3165NAME: log_icap
3166TYPE: acl_access
3167IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
3168LOC: Config.accessList.icap
3169DEFAULT: none
3170DOC_START
3171 This options allows you to control which requests get logged
3172 to icap.log. See the icap_log directive for ICAP log details.
3173DOC_END
3174
3175NAME: cache_store_log
3176TYPE: string
3177DEFAULT: none
3178LOC: Config.Log.store
3179DOC_START
3180 Logs the activities of the storage manager. Shows which
3181 objects are ejected from the cache, and which objects are
3182 saved and for how long. To disable, enter "none" or remove the line.
3183 There are not really utilities to analyze this data, so you can safely
3184 disable it.
3185
3186 Example:
3187 cache_store_log @DEFAULT_STORE_LOG@
3188DOC_END
3189
3190NAME: cache_swap_state cache_swap_log
3191TYPE: string
3192LOC: Config.Log.swap
3193DEFAULT: none
3194DOC_START
3195 Location for the cache "swap.state" file. This index file holds
3196 the metadata of objects saved on disk. It is used to rebuild
3197 the cache during startup. Normally this file resides in each
3198 'cache_dir' directory, but you may specify an alternate
3199 pathname here. Note you must give a full filename, not just
3200 a directory. Since this is the index for the whole object
3201 list you CANNOT periodically rotate it!
3202
3203 If %s can be used in the file name it will be replaced with a
3204 a representation of the cache_dir name where each / is replaced
3205 with '.'. This is needed to allow adding/removing cache_dir
3206 lines when cache_swap_log is being used.
3207
3208 If have more than one 'cache_dir', and %s is not used in the name
3209 these swap logs will have names such as:
3210
3211 cache_swap_log.00
3212 cache_swap_log.01
3213 cache_swap_log.02
3214
3215 The numbered extension (which is added automatically)
3216 corresponds to the order of the 'cache_dir' lines in this
3217 configuration file. If you change the order of the 'cache_dir'
3218 lines in this file, these index files will NOT correspond to
3219 the correct 'cache_dir' entry (unless you manually rename
3220 them). We recommend you do NOT use this option. It is
3221 better to keep these index files in each 'cache_dir' directory.
3222DOC_END
3223
3224NAME: logfile_rotate
3225TYPE: int
3226DEFAULT: 10
3227LOC: Config.Log.rotateNumber
3228DOC_START
3229 Specifies the number of logfile rotations to make when you
3230 type 'squid -k rotate'. The default is 10, which will rotate
3231 with extensions 0 through 9. Setting logfile_rotate to 0 will
3232 disable the file name rotation, but the logfiles are still closed
3233 and re-opened. This will enable you to rename the logfiles
3234 yourself just before sending the rotate signal.
3235
3236 Note, the 'squid -k rotate' command normally sends a USR1
3237 signal to the running squid process. In certain situations
3238 (e.g. on Linux with Async I/O), USR1 is used for other
3239 purposes, so -k rotate uses another signal. It is best to get
3240 in the habit of using 'squid -k rotate' instead of 'kill -USR1
3241 <pid>'.
3242
3243 Note, from Squid-3.1 this option has no effect on the cache.log,
3244 that log can be rotated separately by using debug_options
3245DOC_END
3246
3247NAME: emulate_httpd_log
3248TYPE: obsolete
3249DOC_START
3250 Replace this with an access_log directive using the format 'common' or 'combined'.
3251DOC_END
3252
3253NAME: log_ip_on_direct
3254COMMENT: on|off
3255TYPE: onoff
3256DEFAULT: on
3257LOC: Config.onoff.log_ip_on_direct
3258DOC_START
3259 Log the destination IP address in the hierarchy log tag when going
3260 direct. Earlier Squid versions logged the hostname here. If you
3261 prefer the old way set this to off.
3262DOC_END
3263
3264NAME: mime_table
3265TYPE: string
3266DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_MIME_TABLE@
3267LOC: Config.mimeTablePathname
3268DOC_START
3269 Pathname to Squid's MIME table. You shouldn't need to change
3270 this, but the default file contains examples and formatting
3271 information if you do.
3272DOC_END
3273
3274NAME: log_mime_hdrs
3275COMMENT: on|off
3276TYPE: onoff
3277LOC: Config.onoff.log_mime_hdrs
3278DEFAULT: off
3279DOC_START
3280 The Cache can record both the request and the response MIME
3281 headers for each HTTP transaction. The headers are encoded
3282 safely and will appear as two bracketed fields at the end of
3283 the access log (for either the native or httpd-emulated log
3284 formats). To enable this logging set log_mime_hdrs to 'on'.
3285DOC_END
3286
3287NAME: useragent_log
3288TYPE: obsolete
3289DOC_START
3290 Replace this with an access_log directive using the format 'useragent'.
3291DOC_END
3292
3293NAME: referer_log referrer_log
3294TYPE: obsolete
3295DOC_START
3296 Replace this with an access_log directive using the format 'referrer'.
3297DOC_END
3298
3299NAME: pid_filename
3300TYPE: string
3301DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PID_FILE@
3302LOC: Config.pidFilename
3303DOC_START
3304 A filename to write the process-id to. To disable, enter "none".
3305DOC_END
3306
3307NAME: log_fqdn
3308TYPE: obsolete
3309DOC_START
3310 Remove this option from your config. To log FQDN use %>A in the log format.
3311DOC_END
3312
3313NAME: client_netmask
3314TYPE: address
3315LOC: Config.Addrs.client_netmask
3316DEFAULT: no_addr
3317DOC_START
3318 A netmask for client addresses in logfiles and cachemgr output.
3319 Change this to protect the privacy of your cache clients.
3320 A netmask of 255.255.255.0 will log all IP's in that range with
3321 the last digit set to '0'.
3322DOC_END
3323
3324NAME: forward_log
3325TYPE: obsolete
3326DOC_START
3327 Use a regular access.log with ACL limiting it to MISS events.
3328DOC_END
3329
3330NAME: strip_query_terms
3331TYPE: onoff
3332LOC: Config.onoff.strip_query_terms
3333DEFAULT: on
3334DOC_START
3335 By default, Squid strips query terms from requested URLs before
3336 logging. This protects your user's privacy.
3337DOC_END
3338
3339NAME: buffered_logs
3340COMMENT: on|off
3341TYPE: onoff
3342DEFAULT: off
3343LOC: Config.onoff.buffered_logs
3344DOC_START
3345 cache.log log file is written with stdio functions, and as such
3346 it can be buffered or unbuffered. By default it will be unbuffered.
3347 Buffering it can speed up the writing slightly (though you are
3348 unlikely to need to worry unless you run with tons of debugging
3349 enabled in which case performance will suffer badly anyway..).
3350DOC_END
3351
3352NAME: netdb_filename
3353TYPE: string
3354DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_NETDB_FILE@
3355LOC: Config.netdbFilename
3356IFDEF: USE_ICMP
3357DOC_START
3358 A filename where Squid stores it's netdb state between restarts.
3359 To disable, enter "none".
3360DOC_END
3361
3362COMMENT_START
3363 OPTIONS FOR TROUBLESHOOTING
3364 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3365COMMENT_END
3366
3367NAME: cache_log
3368TYPE: string
3369DEFAULT_IF_NONE: @DEFAULT_CACHE_LOG@
3370LOC: Debug::cache_log
3371DOC_START
3372 Cache logging file. This is where general information about
3373 your cache's behavior goes. You can increase the amount of data
3374 logged to this file and how often its rotated with "debug_options"
3375DOC_END
3376
3377NAME: debug_options
3378TYPE: eol
3379DEFAULT: ALL,1
3380LOC: Debug::debugOptions
3381DOC_START
3382 Logging options are set as section,level where each source file
3383 is assigned a unique section. Lower levels result in less
3384 output, Full debugging (level 9) can result in a very large
3385 log file, so be careful.
3386
3387 The magic word "ALL" sets debugging levels for all sections.
3388 We recommend normally running with "ALL,1".
3389
3390 The rotate=N option can be used to keep more or less of these logs
3391 than would otherwise be kept by logfile_rotate.
3392 For most uses a single log should be enough to monitor current
3393 events affecting Squid.
3394DOC_END
3395
3396NAME: coredump_dir
3397TYPE: string
3398LOC: Config.coredump_dir
3399DEFAULT_IF_NONE: none
3400DOC_START
3401 By default Squid leaves core files in the directory from where
3402 it was started. If you set 'coredump_dir' to a directory
3403 that exists, Squid will chdir() to that directory at startup
3404 and coredump files will be left there.
3405
3406NOCOMMENT_START
3407
3408# Leave coredumps in the first cache dir
3409coredump_dir @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@
3410NOCOMMENT_END
3411DOC_END
3412
3413
3414COMMENT_START
3415 OPTIONS FOR FTP GATEWAYING
3416 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3417COMMENT_END
3418
3419NAME: ftp_user
3420TYPE: string
3421DEFAULT: Squid@
3422LOC: Config.Ftp.anon_user
3423DOC_START
3424 If you want the anonymous login password to be more informative
3425 (and enable the use of picky ftp servers), set this to something
3426 reasonable for your domain, like wwwuser@somewhere.net
3427
3428 The reason why this is domainless by default is the
3429 request can be made on the behalf of a user in any domain,
3430 depending on how the cache is used.
3431 Some ftp server also validate the email address is valid
3432 (for example perl.com).
3433DOC_END
3434
3435NAME: ftp_passive
3436TYPE: onoff
3437DEFAULT: on
3438LOC: Config.Ftp.passive
3439DOC_START
3440 If your firewall does not allow Squid to use passive
3441 connections, turn off this option.
3442
3443 Use of ftp_epsv_all option requires this to be ON.
3444DOC_END
3445
3446NAME: ftp_epsv_all
3447TYPE: onoff
3448DEFAULT: off
3449LOC: Config.Ftp.epsv_all
3450DOC_START
3451 FTP Protocol extensions permit the use of a special "EPSV ALL" command.
3452
3453 NATs may be able to put the connection on a "fast path" through the
3454 translator, as the EPRT command will never be used and therefore,
3455 translation of the data portion of the segments will never be needed.
3456
3457 When a client only expects to do two-way FTP transfers this may be
3458 useful.
3459 If squid finds that it must do a three-way FTP transfer after issuing
3460 an EPSV ALL command, the FTP session will fail.
3461
3462 If you have any doubts about this option do not use it.
3463 Squid will nicely attempt all other connection methods.
3464
3465 Requires ftp_passive to be ON (default) for any effect.
3466DOC_END
3467
3468NAME: ftp_epsv
3469TYPE: onoff
3470DEFAULT: on
3471LOC: Config.Ftp.epsv
3472DOC_START
3473 FTP Protocol extensions permit the use of a special "EPSV" command.
3474
3475 NATs may be able to put the connection on a "fast path" through the
3476 translator using EPSV, as the EPRT command will never be used
3477 and therefore, translation of the data portion of the segments
3478 will never be needed.
3479
3480 Turning this OFF will prevent EPSV being attempted.
3481 WARNING: Doing so will convert Squid back to the old behavior with all
3482 the related problems with external NAT devices/layers.
3483
3484 Requires ftp_passive to be ON (default) for any effect.
3485DOC_END
3486
3487NAME: ftp_eprt
3488TYPE: onoff
3489DEFAULT: on
3490LOC: Config.Ftp.eprt
3491DOC_START
3492 FTP Protocol extensions permit the use of a special "EPRT" command.
3493
3494 This extension provides a protocol neutral alternative to the
3495 IPv4-only PORT command. When supported it enables active FTP data
3496 channels over IPv6 and efficient NAT handling.
3497
3498 Turning this OFF will prevent EPRT being attempted and will skip
3499 straight to using PORT for IPv4 servers.
3500
3501 Some devices are known to not handle this extension correctly and
3502 may result in crashes. Devices which suport EPRT enough to fail
3503 cleanly will result in Squid attempting PORT anyway. This directive
3504 should only be disabled when EPRT results in device failures.
3505
3506 WARNING: Doing so will convert Squid back to the old behavior with all
3507 the related problems with external NAT devices/layers and IPv4-only FTP.
3508DOC_END
3509
3510NAME: ftp_sanitycheck
3511TYPE: onoff
3512DEFAULT: on
3513LOC: Config.Ftp.sanitycheck
3514DOC_START
3515 For security and data integrity reasons Squid by default performs
3516 sanity checks of the addresses of FTP data connections ensure the
3517 data connection is to the requested server. If you need to allow
3518 FTP connections to servers using another IP address for the data
3519 connection turn this off.
3520DOC_END
3521
3522NAME: ftp_telnet_protocol
3523TYPE: onoff
3524DEFAULT: on
3525LOC: Config.Ftp.telnet
3526DOC_START
3527 The FTP protocol is officially defined to use the telnet protocol
3528 as transport channel for the control connection. However, many
3529 implementations are broken and does not respect this aspect of
3530 the FTP protocol.
3531
3532 If you have trouble accessing files with ASCII code 255 in the
3533 path or similar problems involving this ASCII code you can
3534 try setting this directive to off. If that helps, report to the
3535 operator of the FTP server in question that their FTP server
3536 is broken and does not follow the FTP standard.
3537DOC_END
3538
3539COMMENT_START
3540 OPTIONS FOR EXTERNAL SUPPORT PROGRAMS
3541 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3542COMMENT_END
3543
3544NAME: diskd_program
3545TYPE: string
3546DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_DISKD@
3547LOC: Config.Program.diskd
3548DOC_START
3549 Specify the location of the diskd executable.
3550 Note this is only useful if you have compiled in
3551 diskd as one of the store io modules.
3552DOC_END
3553
3554NAME: unlinkd_program
3555IFDEF: USE_UNLINKD
3556TYPE: string
3557DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_UNLINKD@
3558LOC: Config.Program.unlinkd
3559DOC_START
3560 Specify the location of the executable for file deletion process.
3561DOC_END
3562
3563NAME: pinger_program
3564TYPE: string
3565DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PINGER@
3566LOC: Config.pinger.program
3567IFDEF: USE_ICMP
3568DOC_START
3569 Specify the location of the executable for the pinger process.
3570DOC_END
3571
3572NAME: pinger_enable
3573TYPE: onoff
3574DEFAULT: on
3575LOC: Config.pinger.enable
3576IFDEF: USE_ICMP
3577DOC_START
3578 Control whether the pinger is active at run-time.
3579 Enables turning ICMP pinger on and off with a simple
3580 squid -k reconfigure.
3581DOC_END
3582
3583
3584COMMENT_START
3585 OPTIONS FOR URL REWRITING
3586 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3587COMMENT_END
3588
3589NAME: url_rewrite_program redirect_program
3590TYPE: wordlist
3591LOC: Config.Program.redirect
3592DEFAULT: none
3593DOC_START
3594 Specify the location of the executable for the URL rewriter.
3595 Since they can perform almost any function there isn't one included.
3596
3597 For each requested URL rewriter will receive on line with the format
3598
3599 URL <SP> client_ip "/" fqdn <SP> user <SP> method [<SP> kvpairs]<NL>
3600
3601 In the future, the rewriter interface will be extended with
3602 key=value pairs ("kvpairs" shown above). Rewriter programs
3603 should be prepared to receive and possibly ignore additional
3604 whitespace-separated tokens on each input line.
3605
3606 And the rewriter may return a rewritten URL. The other components of
3607 the request line does not need to be returned (ignored if they are).
3608
3609 The rewriter can also indicate that a client-side redirect should
3610 be performed to the new URL. This is done by prefixing the returned
3611 URL with "301:" (moved permanently) or 302: (moved temporarily).
3612
3613 By default, a URL rewriter is not used.
3614DOC_END
3615
3616NAME: url_rewrite_children redirect_children
3617TYPE: HelperChildConfig
3618DEFAULT: 20 startup=0 idle=1 concurrency=0
3619LOC: Config.redirectChildren
3620DOC_START
3621 The maximum number of redirector processes to spawn. If you limit
3622 it too few Squid will have to wait for them to process a backlog of
3623 URLs, slowing it down. If you allow too many they will use RAM
3624 and other system resources noticably.
3625
3626 The startup= and idle= options allow some measure of skew in your
3627 tuning.
3628
3629 startup=
3630
3631 Sets a minimum of how many processes are to be spawned when Squid
3632 starts or reconfigures. When set to zero the first request will
3633 cause spawning of the first child process to handle it.
3634
3635 Starting too few will cause an initial slowdown in traffic as Squid
3636 attempts to simultaneously spawn enough processes to cope.
3637
3638 idle=
3639
3640 Sets a minimum of how many processes Squid is to try and keep available
3641 at all times. When traffic begins to rise above what the existing
3642 processes can handle this many more will be spawned up to the maximum
3643 configured. A minimum setting of 1 is required.
3644
3645 concurrency=
3646
3647 The number of requests each redirector helper can handle in
3648 parallel. Defaults to 0 which indicates the redirector
3649 is a old-style single threaded redirector.
3650
3651 When this directive is set to a value >= 1 then the protocol
3652 used to communicate with the helper is modified to include
3653 a request ID in front of the request/response. The request
3654 ID from the request must be echoed back with the response
3655 to that request.
3656DOC_END
3657
3658NAME: url_rewrite_host_header redirect_rewrites_host_header
3659TYPE: onoff
3660DEFAULT: on
3661LOC: Config.onoff.redir_rewrites_host
3662DOC_START
3663 By default Squid rewrites any Host: header in redirected
3664 requests. If you are running an accelerator this may
3665 not be a wanted effect of a redirector.
3666
3667 WARNING: Entries are cached on the result of the URL rewriting
3668 process, so be careful if you have domain-virtual hosts.
3669DOC_END
3670
3671NAME: url_rewrite_access redirector_access
3672TYPE: acl_access
3673DEFAULT: none
3674LOC: Config.accessList.redirector
3675DOC_START
3676 If defined, this access list specifies which requests are
3677 sent to the redirector processes. By default all requests
3678 are sent.
3679
3680 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
3681 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
3682DOC_END
3683
3684NAME: url_rewrite_bypass redirector_bypass
3685TYPE: onoff
3686LOC: Config.onoff.redirector_bypass
3687DEFAULT: off
3688DOC_START
3689 When this is 'on', a request will not go through the
3690 redirector if all redirectors are busy. If this is 'off'
3691 and the redirector queue grows too large, Squid will exit
3692 with a FATAL error and ask you to increase the number of
3693 redirectors. You should only enable this if the redirectors
3694 are not critical to your caching system. If you use
3695 redirectors for access control, and you enable this option,
3696 users may have access to pages they should not
3697 be allowed to request.
3698DOC_END
3699
3700COMMENT_START
3701 OPTIONS FOR TUNING THE CACHE
3702 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3703COMMENT_END
3704
3705NAME: cache no_cache
3706TYPE: acl_access
3707DEFAULT: none
3708LOC: Config.accessList.noCache
3709DOC_START
3710 A list of ACL elements which, if matched and denied, cause the request to
3711 not be satisfied from the cache and the reply to not be cached.
3712 In other words, use this to force certain objects to never be cached.
3713
3714 You must use the words 'allow' or 'deny' to indicate whether items
3715 matching the ACL should be allowed or denied into the cache.
3716
3717 Default is to allow all to be cached.
3718
3719 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
3720 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
3721DOC_END
3722
3723NAME: max_stale
3724COMMENT: time-units
3725TYPE: time_t
3726LOC: Config.maxStale
3727DEFAULT: 1 week
3728DOC_START
3729 This option puts an upper limit on how stale content Squid
3730 will serve from the cache if cache validation fails.
3731 Can be overriden by the refresh_pattern max-stale option.
3732DOC_END
3733
3734NAME: refresh_pattern
3735TYPE: refreshpattern
3736LOC: Config.Refresh
3737DEFAULT: none
3738DOC_START
3739 usage: refresh_pattern [-i] regex min percent max [options]
3740
3741 By default, regular expressions are CASE-SENSITIVE. To make
3742 them case-insensitive, use the -i option.
3743
3744 'Min' is the time (in minutes) an object without an explicit
3745 expiry time should be considered fresh. The recommended
3746 value is 0, any higher values may cause dynamic applications
3747 to be erroneously cached unless the application designer
3748 has taken the appropriate actions.
3749
3750 'Percent' is a percentage of the objects age (time since last
3751 modification age) an object without explicit expiry time
3752 will be considered fresh.
3753
3754 'Max' is an upper limit on how long objects without an explicit
3755 expiry time will be considered fresh.
3756
3757 options: override-expire
3758 override-lastmod
3759 reload-into-ims
3760 ignore-reload
3761 ignore-no-cache
3762 ignore-no-store
3763 ignore-must-revalidate
3764 ignore-private
3765 ignore-auth
3766 max-stale=NN
3767 refresh-ims
3768 store-stale
3769
3770 override-expire enforces min age even if the server
3771 sent an explicit expiry time (e.g., with the
3772 Expires: header or Cache-Control: max-age). Doing this
3773 VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature
3774 could make you liable for problems which it causes.
3775
3776 Note: override-expire does not enforce staleness - it only extends
3777 freshness / min. If the server returns a Expires time which
3778 is longer than your max time, Squid will still consider
3779 the object fresh for that period of time.
3780
3781 override-lastmod enforces min age even on objects
3782 that were modified recently.
3783
3784 reload-into-ims changes client no-cache or ``reload''
3785 to If-Modified-Since requests. Doing this VIOLATES the
3786 HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
3787 liable for problems which it causes.
3788
3789 ignore-reload ignores a client no-cache or ``reload''
3790 header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
3791 this feature could make you liable for problems which
3792 it causes.
3793
3794 ignore-no-cache ignores any ``Pragma: no-cache'' and
3795 ``Cache-control: no-cache'' headers received from a server.
3796 The HTTP RFC never allows the use of this (Pragma) header
3797 from a server, only a client, though plenty of servers
3798 send it anyway.
3799
3800 ignore-no-store ignores any ``Cache-control: no-store''
3801 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
3802 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
3803 liable for problems which it causes.
3804
3805 ignore-must-revalidate ignores any ``Cache-Control: must-revalidate``
3806 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
3807 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
3808 liable for problems which it causes.
3809
3810 ignore-private ignores any ``Cache-control: private''
3811 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
3812 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
3813 liable for problems which it causes.
3814
3815 ignore-auth caches responses to requests with authorization,
3816 as if the originserver had sent ``Cache-control: public''
3817 in the response header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard.
3818 Enabling this feature could make you liable for problems which
3819 it causes.
3820
3821 refresh-ims causes squid to contact the origin server
3822 when a client issues an If-Modified-Since request. This
3823 ensures that the client will receive an updated version
3824 if one is available.
3825
3826 store-stale stores responses even if they don't have explicit
3827 freshness or a validator (i.e., Last-Modified or an ETag)
3828 present, or if they're already stale. By default, Squid will
3829 not cache such responses because they usually can't be
3830 reused. Note that such responses will be stale by default.
3831
3832 max-stale=NN provide a maximum staleness factor. Squid won't
3833 serve objects more stale than this even if it failed to
3834 validate the object. Default: use the max_stale global limit.
3835
3836 Basically a cached object is:
3837
3838 FRESH if expires < now, else STALE
3839 STALE if age > max
3840 FRESH if lm-factor < percent, else STALE
3841 FRESH if age < min
3842 else STALE
3843
3844 The refresh_pattern lines are checked in the order listed here.
3845 The first entry which matches is used. If none of the entries
3846 match the default will be used.
3847
3848 Note, you must uncomment all the default lines if you want
3849 to change one. The default setting is only active if none is
3850 used.
3851
3852NOCOMMENT_START
3853
3854# Add any of your own refresh_pattern entries above these.
3855refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080
3856refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440
3857refresh_pattern -i (/cgi-bin/|\?) 0 0% 0
3858refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320
3859NOCOMMENT_END
3860DOC_END
3861
3862NAME: quick_abort_min
3863COMMENT: (KB)
3864TYPE: kb_int64_t
3865DEFAULT: 16 KB
3866LOC: Config.quickAbort.min
3867DOC_NONE
3868
3869NAME: quick_abort_max
3870COMMENT: (KB)
3871TYPE: kb_int64_t
3872DEFAULT: 16 KB
3873LOC: Config.quickAbort.max
3874DOC_NONE
3875
3876NAME: quick_abort_pct
3877COMMENT: (percent)
3878TYPE: int
3879DEFAULT: 95
3880LOC: Config.quickAbort.pct
3881DOC_START
3882 The cache by default continues downloading aborted requests
3883 which are almost completed (less than 16 KB remaining). This
3884 may be undesirable on slow (e.g. SLIP) links and/or very busy
3885 caches. Impatient users may tie up file descriptors and
3886 bandwidth by repeatedly requesting and immediately aborting
3887 downloads.
3888
3889 When the user aborts a request, Squid will check the
3890 quick_abort values to the amount of data transfered until
3891 then.
3892
3893 If the transfer has less than 'quick_abort_min' KB remaining,
3894 it will finish the retrieval.
3895
3896 If the transfer has more than 'quick_abort_max' KB remaining,
3897 it will abort the retrieval.
3898
3899 If more than 'quick_abort_pct' of the transfer has completed,
3900 it will finish the retrieval.
3901
3902 If you do not want any retrieval to continue after the client
3903 has aborted, set both 'quick_abort_min' and 'quick_abort_max'
3904 to '0 KB'.
3905
3906 If you want retrievals to always continue if they are being
3907 cached set 'quick_abort_min' to '-1 KB'.
3908DOC_END
3909
3910NAME: read_ahead_gap
3911COMMENT: buffer-size
3912TYPE: b_int64_t
3913LOC: Config.readAheadGap
3914DEFAULT: 16 KB
3915DOC_START
3916 The amount of data the cache will buffer ahead of what has been
3917 sent to the client when retrieving an object from another server.
3918DOC_END
3919
3920NAME: negative_ttl
3921IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3922COMMENT: time-units
3923TYPE: time_t
3924LOC: Config.negativeTtl
3925DEFAULT: 0 seconds
3926DOC_START
3927 Set the Default Time-to-Live (TTL) for failed requests.
3928 Certain types of failures (such as "connection refused" and
3929 "404 Not Found") are able to be negatively-cached for a short time.
3930 Modern web servers should provide Expires: header, however if they
3931 do not this can provide a minimum TTL.
3932 The default is not to cache errors with unknown expiry details.
3933
3934 Note that this is different from negative caching of DNS lookups.
3935
3936 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
3937 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
3938 causes.
3939DOC_END
3940
3941NAME: positive_dns_ttl
3942COMMENT: time-units
3943TYPE: time_t
3944LOC: Config.positiveDnsTtl
3945DEFAULT: 6 hours
3946DOC_START
3947 Upper limit on how long Squid will cache positive DNS responses.
3948 Default is 6 hours (360 minutes). This directive must be set
3949 larger than negative_dns_ttl.
3950DOC_END
3951
3952NAME: negative_dns_ttl
3953COMMENT: time-units
3954TYPE: time_t
3955LOC: Config.negativeDnsTtl
3956DEFAULT: 1 minutes
3957DOC_START
3958 Time-to-Live (TTL) for negative caching of failed DNS lookups.
3959 This also sets the lower cache limit on positive lookups.
3960 Minimum value is 1 second, and it is not recommendable to go
3961 much below 10 seconds.
3962DOC_END
3963
3964NAME: range_offset_limit
3965COMMENT: size [acl acl...]
3966TYPE: acl_b_size_t
3967LOC: Config.rangeOffsetLimit
3968DEFAULT: none
3969DOC_START
3970 usage: (size) [units] [[!]aclname]
3971
3972 Sets an upper limit on how far (number of bytes) into the file
3973 a Range request may be to cause Squid to prefetch the whole file.
3974 If beyond this limit, Squid forwards the Range request as it is and
3975 the result is NOT cached.
3976
3977 This is to stop a far ahead range request (lets say start at 17MB)
3978 from making Squid fetch the whole object up to that point before
3979 sending anything to the client.
3980
3981 Multiple range_offset_limit lines may be specified, and they will
3982 be searched from top to bottom on each request until a match is found.
3983 The first match found will be used. If no line matches a request, the
3984 default limit of 0 bytes will be used.
3985
3986 'size' is the limit specified as a number of units.
3987
3988 'units' specifies whether to use bytes, KB, MB, etc.
3989 If no units are specified bytes are assumed.
3990
3991 A size of 0 causes Squid to never fetch more than the
3992 client requested. (default)
3993
3994 A size of 'none' causes Squid to always fetch the object from the
3995 beginning so it may cache the result. (2.0 style)
3996
3997 'aclname' is the name of a defined ACL.
3998
3999 NP: Using 'none' as the byte value here will override any quick_abort settings
4000 that may otherwise apply to the range request. The range request will
4001 be fully fetched from start to finish regardless of the client
4002 actions. This affects bandwidth usage.
4003DOC_END
4004
4005NAME: minimum_expiry_time
4006COMMENT: (seconds)
4007TYPE: time_t
4008LOC: Config.minimum_expiry_time
4009DEFAULT: 60 seconds
4010DOC_START
4011 The minimum caching time according to (Expires - Date)
4012 Headers Squid honors if the object can't be revalidated
4013 defaults to 60 seconds. In reverse proxy environments it
4014 might be desirable to honor shorter object lifetimes. It
4015 is most likely better to make your server return a
4016 meaningful Last-Modified header however. In ESI environments
4017 where page fragments often have short lifetimes, this will
4018 often be best set to 0.
4019DOC_END
4020
4021NAME: store_avg_object_size
4022COMMENT: (kbytes)
4023TYPE: kb_int64_t
4024DEFAULT: 13 KB
4025LOC: Config.Store.avgObjectSize
4026DOC_START
4027 Average object size, used to estimate number of objects your
4028 cache can hold. The default is 13 KB.
4029DOC_END
4030
4031NAME: store_objects_per_bucket
4032TYPE: int
4033DEFAULT: 20
4034LOC: Config.Store.objectsPerBucket
4035DOC_START
4036 Target number of objects per bucket in the store hash table.
4037 Lowering this value increases the total number of buckets and
4038 also the storage maintenance rate. The default is 20.
4039DOC_END
4040
4041COMMENT_START
4042 HTTP OPTIONS
4043 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4044COMMENT_END
4045
4046NAME: request_header_max_size
4047COMMENT: (KB)
4048TYPE: b_size_t
4049DEFAULT: 64 KB
4050LOC: Config.maxRequestHeaderSize
4051DOC_START
4052 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a request.
4053 Request headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
4054 Placing a limit on the request header size will catch certain
4055 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
4056 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
4057DOC_END
4058
4059NAME: reply_header_max_size
4060COMMENT: (KB)
4061TYPE: b_size_t
4062DEFAULT: 64 KB
4063LOC: Config.maxReplyHeaderSize
4064DOC_START
4065 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a reply.
4066 Reply headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
4067 Placing a limit on the reply header size will catch certain
4068 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
4069 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
4070DOC_END
4071
4072NAME: request_body_max_size
4073COMMENT: (bytes)
4074TYPE: b_int64_t
4075DEFAULT: 0 KB
4076LOC: Config.maxRequestBodySize
4077DOC_START
4078 This specifies the maximum size for an HTTP request body.
4079 In other words, the maximum size of a PUT/POST request.
4080 A user who attempts to send a request with a body larger
4081 than this limit receives an "Invalid Request" error message.
4082 If you set this parameter to a zero (the default), there will
4083 be no limit imposed.
4084DOC_END
4085
4086NAME: client_request_buffer_max_size
4087COMMENT: (bytes)
4088TYPE: b_size_t
4089DEFAULT: 512 KB
4090LOC: Config.maxRequestBufferSize
4091DOC_START
4092 This specifies the maximum buffer size of a client request.
4093 It prevents squid eating too much memory when somebody uploads
4094 a large file.
4095DOC_END
4096
4097NAME: chunked_request_body_max_size
4098COMMENT: (bytes)
4099TYPE: b_int64_t
4100DEFAULT: 64 KB
4101LOC: Config.maxChunkedRequestBodySize
4102DOC_START
4103 A broken or confused HTTP/1.1 client may send a chunked HTTP
4104 request to Squid. Squid does not have full support for that
4105 feature yet. To cope with such requests, Squid buffers the
4106 entire request and then dechunks request body to create a
4107 plain HTTP/1.0 request with a known content length. The plain
4108 request is then used by the rest of Squid code as usual.
4109
4110 The option value specifies the maximum size of the buffer used
4111 to hold the request before the conversion. If the chunked
4112 request size exceeds the specified limit, the conversion
4113 fails, and the client receives an "unsupported request" error,
4114 as if dechunking was disabled.
4115
4116 Dechunking is enabled by default. To disable conversion of
4117 chunked requests, set the maximum to zero.
4118
4119 Request dechunking feature and this option in particular are a
4120 temporary hack. When chunking requests and responses are fully
4121 supported, there will be no need to buffer a chunked request.
4122DOC_END
4123
4124NAME: broken_posts
4125IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
4126TYPE: acl_access
4127DEFAULT: none
4128LOC: Config.accessList.brokenPosts
4129DOC_START
4130 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, causes Squid to send
4131 an extra CRLF pair after the body of a PUT/POST request.
4132
4133 Some HTTP servers has broken implementations of PUT/POST,
4134 and rely on an extra CRLF pair sent by some WWW clients.
4135
4136 Quote from RFC2616 section 4.1 on this matter:
4137
4138 Note: certain buggy HTTP/1.0 client implementations generate an
4139 extra CRLF's after a POST request. To restate what is explicitly
4140 forbidden by the BNF, an HTTP/1.1 client must not preface or follow
4141 a request with an extra CRLF.
4142
4143 This clause only supports fast acl types.
4144 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
4145
4146Example:
4147 acl buggy_server url_regex ^http://....
4148 broken_posts allow buggy_server
4149DOC_END
4150
4151NAME: adaptation_uses_indirect_client icap_uses_indirect_client
4152COMMENT: on|off
4153TYPE: onoff
4154IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR&&USE_ADAPTATION
4155DEFAULT: on
4156LOC: Adaptation::Config::use_indirect_client
4157DOC_START
4158 Controls whether the indirect client address
4159 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) instead of the
4160 direct client address is passed to an ICAP
4161 server as "X-Client-IP".
4162DOC_END
4163
4164NAME: via
4165IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
4166COMMENT: on|off
4167TYPE: onoff
4168DEFAULT: on
4169LOC: Config.onoff.via
4170DOC_START
4171 If set (default), Squid will include a Via header in requests and
4172 replies as required by RFC2616.
4173DOC_END
4174
4175NAME: ie_refresh
4176COMMENT: on|off
4177TYPE: onoff
4178LOC: Config.onoff.ie_refresh
4179DEFAULT: off
4180DOC_START
4181 Microsoft Internet Explorer up until version 5.5 Service
4182 Pack 1 has an issue with transparent proxies, wherein it
4183 is impossible to force a refresh. Turning this on provides
4184 a partial fix to the problem, by causing all IMS-REFRESH
4185 requests from older IE versions to check the origin server
4186 for fresh content. This reduces hit ratio by some amount
4187 (~10% in my experience), but allows users to actually get
4188 fresh content when they want it. Note because Squid
4189 cannot tell if the user is using 5.5 or 5.5SP1, the behavior
4190 of 5.5 is unchanged from old versions of Squid (i.e. a
4191 forced refresh is impossible). Newer versions of IE will,
4192 hopefully, continue to have the new behavior and will be
4193 handled based on that assumption. This option defaults to
4194 the old Squid behavior, which is better for hit ratios but
4195 worse for clients using IE, if they need to be able to
4196 force fresh content.
4197DOC_END
4198
4199NAME: vary_ignore_expire
4200COMMENT: on|off
4201TYPE: onoff
4202LOC: Config.onoff.vary_ignore_expire
4203DEFAULT: off
4204DOC_START
4205 Many HTTP servers supporting Vary gives such objects
4206 immediate expiry time with no cache-control header
4207 when requested by a HTTP/1.0 client. This option
4208 enables Squid to ignore such expiry times until
4209 HTTP/1.1 is fully implemented.
4210
4211 WARNING: If turned on this may eventually cause some
4212 varying objects not intended for caching to get cached.
4213DOC_END
4214
4215NAME: request_entities
4216TYPE: onoff
4217LOC: Config.onoff.request_entities
4218DEFAULT: off
4219DOC_START
4220 Squid defaults to deny GET and HEAD requests with request entities,
4221 as the meaning of such requests are undefined in the HTTP standard
4222 even if not explicitly forbidden.
4223
4224 Set this directive to on if you have clients which insists
4225 on sending request entities in GET or HEAD requests. But be warned
4226 that there is server software (both proxies and web servers) which
4227 can fail to properly process this kind of request which may make you
4228 vulnerable to cache pollution attacks if enabled.
4229DOC_END
4230
4231NAME: request_header_access
4232IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
4233TYPE: http_header_access[]
4234LOC: Config.request_header_access
4235DEFAULT: none
4236DOC_START
4237 Usage: request_header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
4238
4239 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
4240 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
4241 causes.
4242
4243 This option replaces the old 'anonymize_headers' and the
4244 older 'http_anonymizer' option with something that is much
4245 more configurable. This new method creates a list of ACLs
4246 for each header, allowing you very fine-tuned header
4247 mangling.
4248
4249 This option only applies to request headers, i.e., from the
4250 client to the server.
4251
4252 You can only specify known headers for the header name.
4253 Other headers are reclassified as 'Other'. You can also
4254 refer to all the headers with 'All'.
4255
4256 For example, to achieve the same behavior as the old
4257 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
4258
4259 request_header_access From deny all
4260 request_header_access Referer deny all
4261 request_header_access Server deny all
4262 request_header_access User-Agent deny all
4263 request_header_access WWW-Authenticate deny all
4264 request_header_access Link deny all
4265
4266 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
4267 you should use:
4268
4269 request_header_access Allow allow all
4270 request_header_access Authorization allow all
4271 request_header_access WWW-Authenticate allow all
4272 request_header_access Proxy-Authorization allow all
4273 request_header_access Proxy-Authenticate allow all
4274 request_header_access Cache-Control allow all
4275 request_header_access Content-Encoding allow all
4276 request_header_access Content-Length allow all
4277 request_header_access Content-Type allow all
4278 request_header_access Date allow all
4279 request_header_access Expires allow all
4280 request_header_access Host allow all
4281 request_header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
4282 request_header_access Last-Modified allow all
4283 request_header_access Location allow all
4284 request_header_access Pragma allow all
4285 request_header_access Accept allow all
4286 request_header_access Accept-Charset allow all
4287 request_header_access Accept-Encoding allow all
4288 request_header_access Accept-Language allow all
4289 request_header_access Content-Language allow all
4290 request_header_access Mime-Version allow all
4291 request_header_access Retry-After allow all
4292 request_header_access Title allow all
4293 request_header_access Connection allow all
4294 request_header_access All deny all
4295
4296 although many of those are HTTP reply headers, and so should be
4297 controlled with the reply_header_access directive.
4298
4299 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is
4300 performed).
4301DOC_END
4302
4303NAME: reply_header_access
4304IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
4305TYPE: http_header_access[]
4306LOC: Config.reply_header_access
4307DEFAULT: none
4308DOC_START
4309 Usage: reply_header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
4310
4311 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
4312 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
4313 causes.
4314
4315 This option only applies to reply headers, i.e., from the
4316 server to the client.
4317
4318 This is the same as request_header_access, but in the other
4319 direction.
4320
4321 This option replaces the old 'anonymize_headers' and the
4322 older 'http_anonymizer' option with something that is much
4323 more configurable. This new method creates a list of ACLs
4324 for each header, allowing you very fine-tuned header
4325 mangling.
4326
4327 You can only specify known headers for the header name.
4328 Other headers are reclassified as 'Other'. You can also
4329 refer to all the headers with 'All'.
4330
4331 For example, to achieve the same behavior as the old
4332 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
4333
4334 reply_header_access From deny all
4335 reply_header_access Referer deny all
4336 reply_header_access Server deny all
4337 reply_header_access User-Agent deny all
4338 reply_header_access WWW-Authenticate deny all
4339 reply_header_access Link deny all
4340
4341 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
4342 you should use:
4343
4344 reply_header_access Allow allow all
4345 reply_header_access Authorization allow all
4346 reply_header_access WWW-Authenticate allow all
4347 reply_header_access Proxy-Authorization allow all
4348 reply_header_access Proxy-Authenticate allow all
4349 reply_header_access Cache-Control allow all
4350 reply_header_access Content-Encoding allow all
4351 reply_header_access Content-Length allow all
4352 reply_header_access Content-Type allow all
4353 reply_header_access Date allow all
4354 reply_header_access Expires allow all
4355 reply_header_access Host allow all
4356 reply_header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
4357 reply_header_access Last-Modified allow all
4358 reply_header_access Location allow all
4359 reply_header_access Pragma allow all
4360 reply_header_access Accept allow all
4361 reply_header_access Accept-Charset allow all
4362 reply_header_access Accept-Encoding allow all
4363 reply_header_access Accept-Language allow all
4364 reply_header_access Content-Language allow all
4365 reply_header_access Mime-Version allow all
4366 reply_header_access Retry-After allow all
4367 reply_header_access Title allow all
4368 reply_header_access Connection allow all
4369 reply_header_access All deny all
4370
4371 although the HTTP request headers won't be usefully controlled
4372 by this directive -- see request_header_access for details.
4373
4374 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is
4375 performed).
4376DOC_END
4377
4378NAME: request_header_replace header_replace
4379IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
4380TYPE: http_header_replace[]
4381LOC: Config.request_header_access
4382DEFAULT: none
4383DOC_START
4384 Usage: request_header_replace header_name message
4385 Example: request_header_replace User-Agent Nutscrape/1.0 (CP/M; 8-bit)
4386
4387 This option allows you to change the contents of headers
4388 denied with request_header_access above, by replacing them
4389 with some fixed string. This replaces the old fake_user_agent
4390 option.
4391
4392 This only applies to request headers, not reply headers.
4393
4394 By default, headers are removed if denied.
4395DOC_END
4396
4397NAME: reply_header_replace
4398IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
4399TYPE: http_header_replace[]
4400LOC: Config.reply_header_access
4401DEFAULT: none
4402DOC_START
4403 Usage: reply_header_replace header_name message
4404 Example: reply_header_replace Server Foo/1.0
4405
4406 This option allows you to change the contents of headers
4407 denied with reply_header_access above, by replacing them
4408 with some fixed string.
4409
4410 This only applies to reply headers, not request headers.
4411
4412 By default, headers are removed if denied.
4413DOC_END
4414
4415NAME: relaxed_header_parser
4416COMMENT: on|off|warn
4417TYPE: tristate
4418LOC: Config.onoff.relaxed_header_parser
4419DEFAULT: on
4420DOC_START
4421 In the default "on" setting Squid accepts certain forms
4422 of non-compliant HTTP messages where it is unambiguous
4423 what the sending application intended even if the message
4424 is not correctly formatted. The messages is then normalized
4425 to the correct form when forwarded by Squid.
4426
4427 If set to "warn" then a warning will be emitted in cache.log
4428 each time such HTTP error is encountered.
4429
4430 If set to "off" then such HTTP errors will cause the request
4431 or response to be rejected.
4432DOC_END
4433
4434COMMENT_START
4435 TIMEOUTS
4436 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4437COMMENT_END
4438
4439NAME: forward_timeout
4440COMMENT: time-units
4441TYPE: time_t
4442LOC: Config.Timeout.forward
4443DEFAULT: 4 minutes
4444DOC_START
4445 This parameter specifies how long Squid should at most attempt in
4446 finding a forwarding path for the request before giving up.
4447DOC_END
4448
4449NAME: connect_timeout
4450COMMENT: time-units
4451TYPE: time_t
4452LOC: Config.Timeout.connect
4453DEFAULT: 1 minute
4454DOC_START
4455 This parameter specifies how long to wait for the TCP connect to
4456 the requested server or peer to complete before Squid should
4457 attempt to find another path where to forward the request.
4458DOC_END
4459
4460NAME: peer_connect_timeout
4461COMMENT: time-units
4462TYPE: time_t
4463LOC: Config.Timeout.peer_connect
4464DEFAULT: 30 seconds
4465DOC_START
4466 This parameter specifies how long to wait for a pending TCP
4467 connection to a peer cache. The default is 30 seconds. You
4468 may also set different timeout values for individual neighbors
4469 with the 'connect-timeout' option on a 'cache_peer' line.
4470DOC_END
4471
4472NAME: read_timeout
4473COMMENT: time-units
4474TYPE: time_t
4475LOC: Config.Timeout.read
4476DEFAULT: 15 minutes
4477DOC_START
4478 The read_timeout is applied on server-side connections. After
4479 each successful read(), the timeout will be extended by this
4480 amount. If no data is read again after this amount of time,
4481 the request is aborted and logged with ERR_READ_TIMEOUT. The
4482 default is 15 minutes.
4483DOC_END
4484
4485NAME: write_timeout
4486COMMENT: time-units
4487TYPE: time_t
4488LOC: Config.Timeout.write
4489DEFAULT: 15 minutes
4490DOC_START
4491 This timeout is tracked for all connections that have data
4492 available for writing and are waiting for the socket to become
4493 ready. After each successful write, the timeout is extended by
4494 the configured amount. If Squid has data to write but the
4495 connection is not ready for the configured duration, the
4496 transaction associated with the connection is terminated. The
4497 default is 15 minutes.
4498DOC_END
4499
4500NAME: request_timeout
4501TYPE: time_t
4502LOC: Config.Timeout.request
4503DEFAULT: 5 minutes
4504DOC_START
4505 How long to wait for an HTTP request after initial
4506 connection establishment.
4507DOC_END
4508
4509NAME: persistent_request_timeout
4510TYPE: time_t
4511LOC: Config.Timeout.persistent_request
4512DEFAULT: 2 minutes
4513DOC_START
4514 How long to wait for the next HTTP request on a persistent
4515 connection after the previous request completes.
4516DOC_END
4517
4518NAME: client_lifetime
4519COMMENT: time-units
4520TYPE: time_t
4521LOC: Config.Timeout.lifetime
4522DEFAULT: 1 day
4523DOC_START
4524 The maximum amount of time a client (browser) is allowed to
4525 remain connected to the cache process. This protects the Cache
4526 from having a lot of sockets (and hence file descriptors) tied up
4527 in a CLOSE_WAIT state from remote clients that go away without
4528 properly shutting down (either because of a network failure or
4529 because of a poor client implementation). The default is one
4530 day, 1440 minutes.
4531
4532 NOTE: The default value is intended to be much larger than any
4533 client would ever need to be connected to your cache. You
4534 should probably change client_lifetime only as a last resort.
4535 If you seem to have many client connections tying up
4536 filedescriptors, we recommend first tuning the read_timeout,
4537 request_timeout, persistent_request_timeout and quick_abort values.
4538DOC_END
4539
4540NAME: half_closed_clients
4541TYPE: onoff
4542LOC: Config.onoff.half_closed_clients
4543DEFAULT: off
4544DOC_START
4545 Some clients may shutdown the sending side of their TCP
4546 connections, while leaving their receiving sides open. Sometimes,
4547 Squid can not tell the difference between a half-closed and a
4548 fully-closed TCP connection.
4549
4550 By default, Squid will immediately close client connections when
4551 read(2) returns "no more data to read."
4552
4553 Change this option to 'on' and Squid will keep open connections
4554 until a read(2) or write(2) on the socket returns an error.
4555 This may show some benefits for reverse proxies. But if not
4556 it is recommended to leave OFF.
4557DOC_END
4558
4559NAME: pconn_timeout
4560TYPE: time_t
4561LOC: Config.Timeout.pconn
4562DEFAULT: 1 minute
4563DOC_START
4564 Timeout for idle persistent connections to servers and other
4565 proxies.
4566DOC_END
4567
4568NAME: ident_timeout
4569TYPE: time_t
4570IFDEF: USE_IDENT
4571LOC: Ident::TheConfig.timeout
4572DEFAULT: 10 seconds
4573DOC_START
4574 Maximum time to wait for IDENT lookups to complete.
4575
4576 If this is too high, and you enabled IDENT lookups from untrusted
4577 users, you might be susceptible to denial-of-service by having
4578 many ident requests going at once.
4579DOC_END
4580
4581NAME: shutdown_lifetime
4582COMMENT: time-units
4583TYPE: time_t
4584LOC: Config.shutdownLifetime
4585DEFAULT: 30 seconds
4586DOC_START
4587 When SIGTERM or SIGHUP is received, the cache is put into
4588 "shutdown pending" mode until all active sockets are closed.
4589 This value is the lifetime to set for all open descriptors
4590 during shutdown mode. Any active clients after this many
4591 seconds will receive a 'timeout' message.
4592DOC_END
4593
4594COMMENT_START
4595 ADMINISTRATIVE PARAMETERS
4596 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4597COMMENT_END
4598
4599NAME: cache_mgr
4600TYPE: string
4601DEFAULT: webmaster
4602LOC: Config.adminEmail
4603DOC_START
4604 Email-address of local cache manager who will receive
4605 mail if the cache dies. The default is "webmaster."
4606DOC_END
4607
4608NAME: mail_from
4609TYPE: string
4610DEFAULT: none
4611LOC: Config.EmailFrom
4612DOC_START
4613 From: email-address for mail sent when the cache dies.
4614 The default is to use 'appname@unique_hostname'.
4615 Default appname value is "squid", can be changed into
4616 src/globals.h before building squid.
4617DOC_END
4618
4619NAME: mail_program
4620TYPE: eol
4621DEFAULT: mail
4622LOC: Config.EmailProgram
4623DOC_START
4624 Email program used to send mail if the cache dies.
4625 The default is "mail". The specified program must comply
4626 with the standard Unix mail syntax:
4627 mail-program recipient < mailfile
4628
4629 Optional command line options can be specified.
4630DOC_END
4631
4632NAME: cache_effective_user
4633TYPE: string
4634DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_CACHE_EFFECTIVE_USER@
4635LOC: Config.effectiveUser
4636DOC_START
4637 If you start Squid as root, it will change its effective/real
4638 UID/GID to the user specified below. The default is to change
4639 to UID of @DEFAULT_CACHE_EFFECTIVE_USER@.
4640 see also; cache_effective_group
4641DOC_END
4642
4643NAME: cache_effective_group
4644TYPE: string
4645DEFAULT: none
4646LOC: Config.effectiveGroup
4647DOC_START
4648 Squid sets the GID to the effective user's default group ID
4649 (taken from the password file) and supplementary group list
4650 from the groups membership.
4651
4652 If you want Squid to run with a specific GID regardless of
4653 the group memberships of the effective user then set this
4654 to the group (or GID) you want Squid to run as. When set
4655 all other group privileges of the effective user are ignored
4656 and only this GID is effective. If Squid is not started as
4657 root the user starting Squid MUST be member of the specified
4658 group.
4659
4660 This option is not recommended by the Squid Team.
4661 Our preference is for administrators to configure a secure
4662 user account for squid with UID/GID matching system policies.
4663DOC_END
4664
4665NAME: httpd_suppress_version_string
4666COMMENT: on|off
4667TYPE: onoff
4668DEFAULT: off
4669LOC: Config.onoff.httpd_suppress_version_string
4670DOC_START
4671 Suppress Squid version string info in HTTP headers and HTML error pages.
4672DOC_END
4673
4674NAME: visible_hostname
4675TYPE: string
4676LOC: Config.visibleHostname
4677DEFAULT: none
4678DOC_START
4679 If you want to present a special hostname in error messages, etc,
4680 define this. Otherwise, the return value of gethostname()
4681 will be used. If you have multiple caches in a cluster and
4682 get errors about IP-forwarding you must set them to have individual
4683 names with this setting.
4684DOC_END
4685
4686NAME: unique_hostname
4687TYPE: string
4688LOC: Config.uniqueHostname
4689DEFAULT: none
4690DOC_START
4691 If you want to have multiple machines with the same
4692 'visible_hostname' you must give each machine a different
4693 'unique_hostname' so forwarding loops can be detected.
4694DOC_END
4695
4696NAME: hostname_aliases
4697TYPE: wordlist
4698LOC: Config.hostnameAliases
4699DEFAULT: none
4700DOC_START
4701 A list of other DNS names your cache has.
4702DOC_END
4703
4704NAME: umask
4705TYPE: int
4706LOC: Config.umask
4707DEFAULT: 027
4708DOC_START
4709 Minimum umask which should be enforced while the proxy
4710 is running, in addition to the umask set at startup.
4711
4712 For a traditional octal representation of umasks, start
4713 your value with 0.
4714DOC_END
4715
4716COMMENT_START
4717 OPTIONS FOR THE CACHE REGISTRATION SERVICE
4718 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4719
4720 This section contains parameters for the (optional) cache
4721 announcement service. This service is provided to help
4722 cache administrators locate one another in order to join or
4723 create cache hierarchies.
4724
4725 An 'announcement' message is sent (via UDP) to the registration
4726 service by Squid. By default, the announcement message is NOT
4727 SENT unless you enable it with 'announce_period' below.
4728
4729 The announcement message includes your hostname, plus the
4730 following information from this configuration file:
4731
4732 http_port
4733 icp_port
4734 cache_mgr
4735
4736 All current information is processed regularly and made
4737 available on the Web at http://www.ircache.net/Cache/Tracker/.
4738COMMENT_END
4739
4740NAME: announce_period
4741TYPE: time_t
4742LOC: Config.Announce.period
4743DEFAULT: 0
4744DOC_START
4745 This is how frequently to send cache announcements. The
4746 default is `0' which disables sending the announcement
4747 messages.
4748
4749 To enable announcing your cache, just set an announce period.
4750
4751 Example:
4752 announce_period 1 day
4753DOC_END
4754
4755NAME: announce_host
4756TYPE: string
4757DEFAULT: tracker.ircache.net
4758LOC: Config.Announce.host
4759DOC_NONE
4760
4761NAME: announce_file
4762TYPE: string
4763DEFAULT: none
4764LOC: Config.Announce.file
4765DOC_NONE
4766
4767NAME: announce_port
4768TYPE: ushort
4769DEFAULT: 3131
4770LOC: Config.Announce.port
4771DOC_START
4772 announce_host and announce_port set the hostname and port
4773 number where the registration message will be sent.
4774
4775 Hostname will default to 'tracker.ircache.net' and port will
4776 default default to 3131. If the 'filename' argument is given,
4777 the contents of that file will be included in the announce
4778 message.
4779DOC_END
4780
4781COMMENT_START
4782 HTTPD-ACCELERATOR OPTIONS
4783 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4784COMMENT_END
4785
4786NAME: httpd_accel_surrogate_id
4787TYPE: string
4788DEFAULT: none
4789LOC: Config.Accel.surrogate_id
4790DOC_START
4791 Surrogates (http://www.esi.org/architecture_spec_1.0.html)
4792 need an identification token to allow control targeting. Because
4793 a farm of surrogates may all perform the same tasks, they may share
4794 an identification token.
4795
4796 The default ID is the visible_hostname
4797DOC_END
4798
4799NAME: http_accel_surrogate_remote
4800COMMENT: on|off
4801TYPE: onoff
4802DEFAULT: off
4803LOC: Config.onoff.surrogate_is_remote
4804DOC_START
4805 Remote surrogates (such as those in a CDN) honour Surrogate-Control: no-store-remote.
4806 Set this to on to have squid behave as a remote surrogate.
4807DOC_END
4808
4809NAME: esi_parser
4810IFDEF: USE_SQUID_ESI
4811COMMENT: libxml2|expat|custom
4812TYPE: string
4813LOC: ESIParser::Type
4814DEFAULT: custom
4815DOC_START
4816 ESI markup is not strictly XML compatible. The custom ESI parser
4817 will give higher performance, but cannot handle non ASCII character
4818 encodings.
4819DOC_END
4820
4821COMMENT_START
4822 DELAY POOL PARAMETERS
4823 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4824COMMENT_END
4825
4826NAME: delay_pools
4827TYPE: delay_pool_count
4828DEFAULT: 0
4829IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
4830LOC: Config.Delay
4831DOC_START
4832 This represents the number of delay pools to be used. For example,
4833 if you have one class 2 delay pool and one class 3 delays pool, you
4834 have a total of 2 delay pools.
4835DOC_END
4836
4837NAME: delay_class
4838TYPE: delay_pool_class
4839DEFAULT: none
4840IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
4841LOC: Config.Delay
4842DOC_START
4843 This defines the class of each delay pool. There must be exactly one
4844 delay_class line for each delay pool. For example, to define two
4845 delay pools, one of class 2 and one of class 3, the settings above
4846 and here would be:
4847
4848 Example:
4849 delay_pools 4 # 4 delay pools
4850 delay_class 1 2 # pool 1 is a class 2 pool
4851 delay_class 2 3 # pool 2 is a class 3 pool
4852 delay_class 3 4 # pool 3 is a class 4 pool
4853 delay_class 4 5 # pool 4 is a class 5 pool
4854
4855 The delay pool classes are:
4856
4857 class 1 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
4858 bucket.
4859
4860 class 2 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
4861 bucket as well as an "individual" bucket chosen
4862 from bits 25 through 32 of the IPv4 address.
4863
4864 class 3 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
4865 bucket as well as a "network" bucket chosen
4866 from bits 17 through 24 of the IP address and a
4867 "individual" bucket chosen from bits 17 through
4868 32 of the IPv4 address.
4869
4870 class 4 Everything in a class 3 delay pool, with an
4871 additional limit on a per user basis. This
4872 only takes effect if the username is established
4873 in advance - by forcing authentication in your
4874 http_access rules.
4875
4876 class 5 Requests are grouped according their tag (see
4877 external_acl's tag= reply).
4878
4879 NOTE: If an IP address is a.b.c.d
4880 -> bits 25 through 32 are "d"
4881 -> bits 17 through 24 are "c"
4882 -> bits 17 through 32 are "c * 256 + d"
4883
4884 NOTE-2: Due to the use of bitmasks in class 2,3,4 pools they only apply to
4885 IPv4 traffic. Class 1 and 5 pools may be used with IPv6 traffic.
4886DOC_END
4887
4888NAME: delay_access
4889TYPE: delay_pool_access
4890DEFAULT: none
4891IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
4892LOC: Config.Delay
4893DOC_START
4894 This is used to determine which delay pool a request falls into.
4895
4896 delay_access is sorted per pool and the matching starts with pool 1,
4897 then pool 2, ..., and finally pool N. The first delay pool where the
4898 request is allowed is selected for the request. If it does not allow
4899 the request to any pool then the request is not delayed (default).
4900
4901 For example, if you want some_big_clients in delay
4902 pool 1 and lotsa_little_clients in delay pool 2:
4903
4904Example:
4905 delay_access 1 allow some_big_clients
4906 delay_access 1 deny all
4907 delay_access 2 allow lotsa_little_clients
4908 delay_access 2 deny all
4909 delay_access 3 allow authenticated_clients
4910DOC_END
4911
4912NAME: delay_parameters
4913TYPE: delay_pool_rates
4914DEFAULT: none
4915IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
4916LOC: Config.Delay
4917DOC_START
4918 This defines the parameters for a delay pool. Each delay pool has
4919 a number of "buckets" associated with it, as explained in the
4920 description of delay_class. For a class 1 delay pool, the syntax is:
4921
4922delay_parameters pool aggregate
4923
4924 For a class 2 delay pool:
4925
4926delay_parameters pool aggregate individual
4927
4928 For a class 3 delay pool:
4929
4930delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual
4931
4932 For a class 4 delay pool:
4933
4934delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual user
4935
4936 For a class 5 delay pool:
4937
4938delay_parameters pool tagrate
4939
4940 The variables here are:
4941
4942 pool a pool number - ie, a number between 1 and the
4943 number specified in delay_pools as used in
4944 delay_class lines.
4945
4946 aggregate the speed limit parameters for the aggregate bucket
4947 (class 1, 2, 3).
4948
4949 individual the speed limit parameters for the individual
4950 buckets (class 2, 3).
4951
4952 network the speed limit parameters for the network buckets
4953 (class 3).
4954
4955 user the speed limit parameters for the user buckets
4956 (class 4).
4957
4958 tagrate the speed limit parameters for the tag buckets
4959 (class 5).
4960
4961 A pair of delay parameters is written restore/maximum, where restore is
4962 the number of bytes (not bits - modem and network speeds are usually
4963 quoted in bits) per second placed into the bucket, and maximum is the
4964 maximum number of bytes which can be in the bucket at any time.
4965
4966 For example, if delay pool number 1 is a class 2 delay pool as in the
4967 above example, and is being used to strictly limit each host to 64kbps
4968 (plus overheads), with no overall limit, the line is:
4969
4970delay_parameters 1 -1/-1 8000/8000
4971
4972 Note that the figure -1 is used to represent "unlimited".
4973
4974 And, if delay pool number 2 is a class 3 delay pool as in the above
4975 example, and you want to limit it to a total of 256kbps (strict limit)
4976 with each 8-bit network permitted 64kbps (strict limit) and each
4977 individual host permitted 4800bps with a bucket maximum size of 64kb
4978 to permit a decent web page to be downloaded at a decent speed
4979 (if the network is not being limited due to overuse) but slow down
4980 large downloads more significantly:
4981
4982delay_parameters 2 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/8000
4983
4984 There must be one delay_parameters line for each delay pool.
4985
4986 Finally, for a class 4 delay pool as in the example - each user will
4987 be limited to 128Kb no matter how many workstations they are logged into.:
4988
4989delay_parameters 4 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/64000 16000/16000
4990DOC_END
4991
4992NAME: delay_initial_bucket_level
4993COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
4994TYPE: ushort
4995DEFAULT: 50
4996IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
4997LOC: Config.Delay.initial
4998DOC_START
4999 The initial bucket percentage is used to determine how much is put
5000 in each bucket when squid starts, is reconfigured, or first notices
5001 a host accessing it (in class 2 and class 3, individual hosts and
5002 networks only have buckets associated with them once they have been
5003 "seen" by squid).
5004DOC_END
5005
5006COMMENT_START
5007 CLIENT DELAY POOL PARAMETERS
5008 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5009COMMENT_END
5010
5011NAME: client_delay_pools
5012TYPE: client_delay_pool_count
5013DEFAULT: 0
5014IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
5015LOC: Config.ClientDelay
5016DOC_START
5017 This option specifies the number of client delay pools used. It must
5018 preceed other client_delay_* options.
5019
5020Example:
5021 client_delay_pools 2
5022DOC_END
5023
5024NAME: client_delay_initial_bucket_level
5025COMMENT: (percent, 0-no_limit)
5026TYPE: ushort
5027DEFAULT: 50
5028IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
5029LOC: Config.ClientDelay.initial
5030DOC_START
5031 This option determines the initial bucket size as a percentage of
5032 max_bucket_size from client_delay_parameters. Buckets are created
5033 at the time of the "first" connection from the matching IP. Idle
5034 buckets are periodically deleted up.
5035
5036 You can specify more than 100 percent but note that such "oversized"
5037 buckets are not refilled until their size goes down to max_bucket_size
5038 from client_delay_parameters.
5039
5040Example:
5041 client_delay_initial_bucket_level 50
5042DOC_END
5043
5044NAME: client_delay_parameters
5045TYPE: client_delay_pool_rates
5046DEFAULT: none
5047IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
5048LOC: Config.ClientDelay
5049DOC_START
5050
5051 This option configures client-side bandwidth limits using the
5052 following format:
5053
5054 client_delay_parameters pool speed_limit max_bucket_size
5055
5056 pool is an integer ID used for client_delay_access matching.
5057
5058 speed_limit is bytes added to the bucket per second.
5059
5060 max_bucket_size is the maximum size of a bucket, enforced after any
5061 speed_limit additions.
5062
5063 Please see the delay_parameters option for more information and
5064 examples.
5065
5066Example:
5067 client_delay_parameters 1 1024 2048
5068 client_delay_parameters 2 51200 16384
5069DOC_END
5070
5071NAME: client_delay_access
5072TYPE: client_delay_pool_access
5073DEFAULT: none
5074IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
5075LOC: Config.ClientDelay
5076DOC_START
5077
5078 This option determines the client-side delay pool for the
5079 request:
5080
5081 client_delay_access pool_ID allow|deny acl_name
5082
5083 All client_delay_access options are checked in their pool ID
5084 order, starting with pool 1. The first checked pool with allowed
5085 request is selected for the request. If no ACL matches or there
5086 are no client_delay_access options, the request bandwidth is not
5087 limited.
5088
5089 The ACL-selected pool is then used to find the
5090 client_delay_parameters for the request. Client-side pools are
5091 not used to aggregate clients. Clients are always aggregated
5092 based on their source IP addresses (one bucket per source IP).
5093
5094 Please see delay_access for more examples.
5095
5096Example:
5097 client_delay_access 1 allow low_rate_network
5098 client_delay_access 2 allow vips_network
5099DOC_END
5100
5101COMMENT_START
5102 WCCPv1 AND WCCPv2 CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
5103 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5104COMMENT_END
5105
5106NAME: wccp_router
5107TYPE: address
5108LOC: Config.Wccp.router
5109DEFAULT: any_addr
5110IFDEF: USE_WCCP
5111DOC_START
5112 Use this option to define your WCCP ``home'' router for
5113 Squid.
5114
5115 wccp_router supports a single WCCP(v1) router
5116
5117 wccp2_router supports multiple WCCPv2 routers
5118
5119 only one of the two may be used at the same time and defines
5120 which version of WCCP to use.
5121DOC_END
5122
5123NAME: wccp2_router
5124TYPE: IpAddress_list
5125LOC: Config.Wccp2.router
5126DEFAULT: none
5127IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
5128DOC_START
5129 Use this option to define your WCCP ``home'' router for
5130 Squid.
5131
5132 wccp_router supports a single WCCP(v1) router
5133
5134 wccp2_router supports multiple WCCPv2 routers
5135
5136 only one of the two may be used at the same time and defines
5137 which version of WCCP to use.
5138DOC_END
5139
5140NAME: wccp_version
5141TYPE: int
5142LOC: Config.Wccp.version
5143DEFAULT: 4
5144IFDEF: USE_WCCP
5145DOC_START
5146 This directive is only relevant if you need to set up WCCP(v1)
5147 to some very old and end-of-life Cisco routers. In all other
5148 setups it must be left unset or at the default setting.
5149 It defines an internal version in the WCCP(v1) protocol,
5150 with version 4 being the officially documented protocol.
5151
5152 According to some users, Cisco IOS 11.2 and earlier only
5153 support WCCP version 3. If you're using that or an earlier
5154 version of IOS, you may need to change this value to 3, otherwise
5155 do not specify this parameter.
5156DOC_END
5157
5158NAME: wccp2_rebuild_wait
5159TYPE: onoff
5160LOC: Config.Wccp2.rebuildwait
5161DEFAULT: on
5162IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
5163DOC_START
5164 If this is enabled Squid will wait for the cache dir rebuild to finish
5165 before sending the first wccp2 HereIAm packet
5166DOC_END
5167
5168NAME: wccp2_forwarding_method
5169TYPE: wccp2_method
5170LOC: Config.Wccp2.forwarding_method
5171DEFAULT: gre
5172IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
5173DOC_START
5174 WCCP2 allows the setting of forwarding methods between the
5175 router/switch and the cache. Valid values are as follows:
5176
5177 gre - GRE encapsulation (forward the packet in a GRE/WCCP tunnel)
5178 l2 - L2 redirect (forward the packet using Layer 2/MAC rewriting)
5179
5180 Currently (as of IOS 12.4) cisco routers only support GRE.
5181 Cisco switches only support the L2 redirect assignment method.
5182DOC_END
5183
5184NAME: wccp2_return_method
5185TYPE: wccp2_method
5186LOC: Config.Wccp2.return_method
5187DEFAULT: gre
5188IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
5189DOC_START
5190 WCCP2 allows the setting of return methods between the
5191 router/switch and the cache for packets that the cache
5192 decides not to handle. Valid values are as follows:
5193
5194 gre - GRE encapsulation (forward the packet in a GRE/WCCP tunnel)
5195 l2 - L2 redirect (forward the packet using Layer 2/MAC rewriting)
5196
5197 Currently (as of IOS 12.4) cisco routers only support GRE.
5198 Cisco switches only support the L2 redirect assignment.
5199
5200 If the "ip wccp redirect exclude in" command has been
5201 enabled on the cache interface, then it is still safe for
5202 the proxy server to use a l2 redirect method even if this
5203 option is set to GRE.
5204DOC_END
5205
5206NAME: wccp2_assignment_method
5207TYPE: wccp2_amethod
5208LOC: Config.Wccp2.assignment_method
5209DEFAULT: hash
5210IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
5211DOC_START
5212 WCCP2 allows the setting of methods to assign the WCCP hash
5213 Valid values are as follows:
5214
5215 hash - Hash assignment
5216 mask - Mask assignment
5217
5218 As a general rule, cisco routers support the hash assignment method
5219 and cisco switches support the mask assignment method.
5220DOC_END
5221
5222NAME: wccp2_service
5223TYPE: wccp2_service
5224LOC: Config.Wccp2.info
5225DEFAULT_IF_NONE: standard 0
5226IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
5227DOC_START
5228 WCCP2 allows for multiple traffic services. There are two
5229 types: "standard" and "dynamic". The standard type defines
5230 one service id - http (id 0). The dynamic service ids can be from
5231 51 to 255 inclusive. In order to use a dynamic service id
5232 one must define the type of traffic to be redirected; this is done
5233 using the wccp2_service_info option.
5234
5235 The "standard" type does not require a wccp2_service_info option,
5236 just specifying the service id will suffice.
5237
5238 MD5 service authentication can be enabled by adding
5239 "password=<password>" to the end of this service declaration.
5240
5241 Examples:
5242
5243 wccp2_service standard 0 # for the 'web-cache' standard service
5244 wccp2_service dynamic 80 # a dynamic service type which will be
5245 # fleshed out with subsequent options.
5246 wccp2_service standard 0 password=foo
5247DOC_END
5248
5249NAME: wccp2_service_info
5250TYPE: wccp2_service_info
5251LOC: Config.Wccp2.info
5252DEFAULT: none
5253IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
5254DOC_START
5255 Dynamic WCCPv2 services require further information to define the
5256 traffic you wish to have diverted.
5257
5258 The format is:
5259
5260 wccp2_service_info <id> protocol=<protocol> flags=<flag>,<flag>..
5261 priority=<priority> ports=<port>,<port>..
5262
5263 The relevant WCCPv2 flags:
5264 + src_ip_hash, dst_ip_hash
5265 + source_port_hash, dst_port_hash
5266 + src_ip_alt_hash, dst_ip_alt_hash
5267 + src_port_alt_hash, dst_port_alt_hash
5268 + ports_source
5269
5270 The port list can be one to eight entries.
5271
5272 Example:
5273
5274 wccp2_service_info 80 protocol=tcp flags=src_ip_hash,ports_source
5275 priority=240 ports=80
5276
5277 Note: the service id must have been defined by a previous
5278 'wccp2_service dynamic <id>' entry.
5279DOC_END
5280
5281NAME: wccp2_weight
5282TYPE: int
5283LOC: Config.Wccp2.weight
5284DEFAULT: 10000
5285IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
5286DOC_START
5287 Each cache server gets assigned a set of the destination
5288 hash proportional to their weight.
5289DOC_END
5290
5291NAME: wccp_address
5292TYPE: address
5293LOC: Config.Wccp.address
5294DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
5295IFDEF: USE_WCCP
5296DOC_NONE
5297
5298NAME: wccp2_address
5299TYPE: address
5300LOC: Config.Wccp2.address
5301DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
5302IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
5303DOC_START
5304 Use this option if you require WCCP to use a specific
5305 interface address.
5306
5307 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
5308DOC_END
5309
5310COMMENT_START
5311 PERSISTENT CONNECTION HANDLING
5312 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5313
5314 Also see "pconn_timeout" in the TIMEOUTS section
5315COMMENT_END
5316
5317NAME: client_persistent_connections
5318TYPE: onoff
5319LOC: Config.onoff.client_pconns
5320DEFAULT: on
5321DOC_NONE
5322
5323NAME: server_persistent_connections
5324TYPE: onoff
5325LOC: Config.onoff.server_pconns
5326DEFAULT: on
5327DOC_START
5328 Persistent connection support for clients and servers. By
5329 default, Squid uses persistent connections (when allowed)
5330 with its clients and servers. You can use these options to
5331 disable persistent connections with clients and/or servers.
5332DOC_END
5333
5334NAME: persistent_connection_after_error
5335TYPE: onoff
5336LOC: Config.onoff.error_pconns
5337DEFAULT: on
5338DOC_START
5339 With this directive the use of persistent connections after
5340 HTTP errors can be disabled. Useful if you have clients
5341 who fail to handle errors on persistent connections proper.
5342DOC_END
5343
5344NAME: detect_broken_pconn
5345TYPE: onoff
5346LOC: Config.onoff.detect_broken_server_pconns
5347DEFAULT: off
5348DOC_START
5349 Some servers have been found to incorrectly signal the use
5350 of HTTP/1.0 persistent connections even on replies not
5351 compatible, causing significant delays. This server problem
5352 has mostly been seen on redirects.
5353
5354 By enabling this directive Squid attempts to detect such
5355 broken replies and automatically assume the reply is finished
5356 after 10 seconds timeout.
5357DOC_END
5358
5359COMMENT_START
5360 CACHE DIGEST OPTIONS
5361 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5362COMMENT_END
5363
5364NAME: digest_generation
5365IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5366TYPE: onoff
5367LOC: Config.onoff.digest_generation
5368DEFAULT: on
5369DOC_START
5370 This controls whether the server will generate a Cache Digest
5371 of its contents. By default, Cache Digest generation is
5372 enabled if Squid is compiled with --enable-cache-digests defined.
5373DOC_END
5374
5375NAME: digest_bits_per_entry
5376IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5377TYPE: int
5378LOC: Config.digest.bits_per_entry
5379DEFAULT: 5
5380DOC_START
5381 This is the number of bits of the server's Cache Digest which
5382 will be associated with the Digest entry for a given HTTP
5383 Method and URL (public key) combination. The default is 5.
5384DOC_END
5385
5386NAME: digest_rebuild_period
5387IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5388COMMENT: (seconds)
5389TYPE: time_t
5390LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_period
5391DEFAULT: 1 hour
5392DOC_START
5393 This is the wait time between Cache Digest rebuilds.
5394DOC_END
5395
5396NAME: digest_rewrite_period
5397COMMENT: (seconds)
5398IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5399TYPE: time_t
5400LOC: Config.digest.rewrite_period
5401DEFAULT: 1 hour
5402DOC_START
5403 This is the wait time between Cache Digest writes to
5404 disk.
5405DOC_END
5406
5407NAME: digest_swapout_chunk_size
5408COMMENT: (bytes)
5409TYPE: b_size_t
5410IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5411LOC: Config.digest.swapout_chunk_size
5412DEFAULT: 4096 bytes
5413DOC_START
5414 This is the number of bytes of the Cache Digest to write to
5415 disk at a time. It defaults to 4096 bytes (4KB), the Squid
5416 default swap page.
5417DOC_END
5418
5419NAME: digest_rebuild_chunk_percentage
5420COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
5421IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5422TYPE: int
5423LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_chunk_percentage
5424DEFAULT: 10
5425DOC_START
5426 This is the percentage of the Cache Digest to be scanned at a
5427 time. By default it is set to 10% of the Cache Digest.
5428DOC_END
5429
5430COMMENT_START
5431 SNMP OPTIONS
5432 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5433COMMENT_END
5434
5435NAME: snmp_port
5436TYPE: ushort
5437LOC: Config.Port.snmp
5438DEFAULT: 0
5439IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
5440DOC_START
5441 The port number where Squid listens for SNMP requests. To enable
5442 SNMP support set this to a suitable port number. Port number
5443 3401 is often used for the Squid SNMP agent. By default it's
5444 set to "0" (disabled)
5445
5446 Example:
5447 snmp_port 3401
5448DOC_END
5449
5450NAME: snmp_access
5451TYPE: acl_access
5452LOC: Config.accessList.snmp
5453DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
5454IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
5455DOC_START
5456 Allowing or denying access to the SNMP port.
5457
5458 All access to the agent is denied by default.
5459 usage:
5460
5461 snmp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
5462
5463 This clause only supports fast acl types.
5464 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
5465Example:
5466 snmp_access allow snmppublic localhost
5467 snmp_access deny all
5468DOC_END
5469
5470NAME: snmp_incoming_address
5471TYPE: address
5472LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_incoming
5473DEFAULT: any_addr
5474IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
5475DOC_NONE
5476
5477NAME: snmp_outgoing_address
5478TYPE: address
5479LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_outgoing
5480DEFAULT: no_addr
5481IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
5482DOC_START
5483 Just like 'udp_incoming_address', but for the SNMP port.
5484
5485 snmp_incoming_address is used for the SNMP socket receiving
5486 messages from SNMP agents.
5487 snmp_outgoing_address is used for SNMP packets returned to SNMP
5488 agents.
5489
5490 The default snmp_incoming_address is to listen on all
5491 available network interfaces.
5492
5493 If snmp_outgoing_address is not set it will use the same socket
5494 as snmp_incoming_address. Only change this if you want to have
5495 SNMP replies sent using another address than where this Squid
5496 listens for SNMP queries.
5497
5498 NOTE, snmp_incoming_address and snmp_outgoing_address can not have
5499 the same value since they both use port 3401.
5500DOC_END
5501
5502COMMENT_START
5503 ICP OPTIONS
5504 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5505COMMENT_END
5506
5507NAME: icp_port udp_port
5508TYPE: ushort
5509DEFAULT: 0
5510LOC: Config.Port.icp
5511DOC_START
5512 The port number where Squid sends and receives ICP queries to
5513 and from neighbor caches. The standard UDP port for ICP is 3130.
5514 Default is disabled (0).
5515
5516 Example:
5517 icp_port @DEFAULT_ICP_PORT@
5518DOC_END
5519
5520NAME: htcp_port
5521IFDEF: USE_HTCP
5522TYPE: ushort
5523DEFAULT: 0
5524LOC: Config.Port.htcp
5525DOC_START
5526 The port number where Squid sends and receives HTCP queries to
5527 and from neighbor caches. To turn it on you want to set it to
5528 4827. By default it is set to "0" (disabled).
5529
5530 Example:
5531 htcp_port 4827
5532DOC_END
5533
5534NAME: log_icp_queries
5535COMMENT: on|off
5536TYPE: onoff
5537DEFAULT: on
5538LOC: Config.onoff.log_udp
5539DOC_START
5540 If set, ICP queries are logged to access.log. You may wish
5541 do disable this if your ICP load is VERY high to speed things
5542 up or to simplify log analysis.
5543DOC_END
5544
5545NAME: udp_incoming_address
5546TYPE: address
5547LOC:Config.Addrs.udp_incoming
5548DEFAULT: any_addr
5549DOC_START
5550 udp_incoming_address is used for UDP packets received from other
5551 caches.
5552
5553 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
5554
5555 Only change this if you want to have all UDP queries received on
5556 a specific interface/address.
5557
5558 NOTE: udp_incoming_address is used by the ICP, HTCP, and DNS
5559 modules. Altering it will affect all of them in the same manner.
5560
5561 see also; udp_outgoing_address
5562
5563 NOTE, udp_incoming_address and udp_outgoing_address can not
5564 have the same value since they both use the same port.
5565DOC_END
5566
5567NAME: udp_outgoing_address
5568TYPE: address
5569LOC: Config.Addrs.udp_outgoing
5570DEFAULT: no_addr
5571DOC_START
5572 udp_outgoing_address is used for UDP packets sent out to other
5573 caches.
5574
5575 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
5576
5577 Instead it will use the same socket as udp_incoming_address.
5578 Only change this if you want to have UDP queries sent using another
5579 address than where this Squid listens for UDP queries from other
5580 caches.
5581
5582 NOTE: udp_outgoing_address is used by the ICP, HTCP, and DNS
5583 modules. Altering it will affect all of them in the same manner.
5584
5585 see also; udp_incoming_address
5586
5587 NOTE, udp_incoming_address and udp_outgoing_address can not
5588 have the same value since they both use the same port.
5589DOC_END
5590
5591NAME: icp_hit_stale
5592COMMENT: on|off
5593TYPE: onoff
5594DEFAULT: off
5595LOC: Config.onoff.icp_hit_stale
5596DOC_START
5597 If you want to return ICP_HIT for stale cache objects, set this
5598 option to 'on'. If you have sibling relationships with caches
5599 in other administrative domains, this should be 'off'. If you only
5600 have sibling relationships with caches under your control,
5601 it is probably okay to set this to 'on'.
5602 If set to 'on', your siblings should use the option "allow-miss"
5603 on their cache_peer lines for connecting to you.
5604DOC_END
5605
5606NAME: minimum_direct_hops
5607TYPE: int
5608DEFAULT: 4
5609LOC: Config.minDirectHops
5610DOC_START
5611 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
5612 which are no more than this many hops away.
5613DOC_END
5614
5615NAME: minimum_direct_rtt
5616TYPE: int
5617DEFAULT: 400
5618LOC: Config.minDirectRtt
5619DOC_START
5620 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
5621 which are no more than this many rtt milliseconds away.
5622DOC_END
5623
5624NAME: netdb_low
5625TYPE: int
5626DEFAULT: 900
5627LOC: Config.Netdb.low
5628DOC_NONE
5629
5630NAME: netdb_high
5631TYPE: int
5632DEFAULT: 1000
5633LOC: Config.Netdb.high
5634DOC_START
5635 The low and high water marks for the ICMP measurement
5636 database. These are counts, not percents. The defaults are
5637 900 and 1000. When the high water mark is reached, database
5638 entries will be deleted until the low mark is reached.
5639DOC_END
5640
5641NAME: netdb_ping_period
5642TYPE: time_t
5643LOC: Config.Netdb.period
5644DEFAULT: 5 minutes
5645DOC_START
5646 The minimum period for measuring a site. There will be at
5647 least this much delay between successive pings to the same
5648 network. The default is five minutes.
5649DOC_END
5650
5651NAME: query_icmp
5652COMMENT: on|off
5653TYPE: onoff
5654DEFAULT: off
5655LOC: Config.onoff.query_icmp
5656DOC_START
5657 If you want to ask your peers to include ICMP data in their ICP
5658 replies, enable this option.
5659
5660 If your peer has configured Squid (during compilation) with
5661 '--enable-icmp' that peer will send ICMP pings to origin server
5662 sites of the URLs it receives. If you enable this option the
5663 ICP replies from that peer will include the ICMP data (if available).
5664 Then, when choosing a parent cache, Squid will choose the parent with
5665 the minimal RTT to the origin server. When this happens, the
5666 hierarchy field of the access.log will be
5667 "CLOSEST_PARENT_MISS". This option is off by default.
5668DOC_END
5669
5670NAME: test_reachability
5671COMMENT: on|off
5672TYPE: onoff
5673DEFAULT: off
5674LOC: Config.onoff.test_reachability
5675DOC_START
5676 When this is 'on', ICP MISS replies will be ICP_MISS_NOFETCH
5677 instead of ICP_MISS if the target host is NOT in the ICMP
5678 database, or has a zero RTT.
5679DOC_END
5680
5681NAME: icp_query_timeout
5682COMMENT: (msec)
5683DEFAULT: 0
5684TYPE: int
5685LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query
5686DOC_START
5687 Normally Squid will automatically determine an optimal ICP
5688 query timeout value based on the round-trip-time of recent ICP
5689 queries. If you want to override the value determined by
5690 Squid, set this 'icp_query_timeout' to a non-zero value. This
5691 value is specified in MILLISECONDS, so, to use a 2-second
5692 timeout (the old default), you would write:
5693
5694 icp_query_timeout 2000
5695DOC_END
5696
5697NAME: maximum_icp_query_timeout
5698COMMENT: (msec)
5699DEFAULT: 2000
5700TYPE: int
5701LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query_max
5702DOC_START
5703 Normally the ICP query timeout is determined dynamically. But
5704 sometimes it can lead to very large values (say 5 seconds).
5705 Use this option to put an upper limit on the dynamic timeout
5706 value. Do NOT use this option to always use a fixed (instead
5707 of a dynamic) timeout value. To set a fixed timeout see the
5708 'icp_query_timeout' directive.
5709DOC_END
5710
5711NAME: minimum_icp_query_timeout
5712COMMENT: (msec)
5713DEFAULT: 5
5714TYPE: int
5715LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query_min
5716DOC_START
5717 Normally the ICP query timeout is determined dynamically. But
5718 sometimes it can lead to very small timeouts, even lower than
5719 the normal latency variance on your link due to traffic.
5720 Use this option to put an lower limit on the dynamic timeout
5721 value. Do NOT use this option to always use a fixed (instead
5722 of a dynamic) timeout value. To set a fixed timeout see the
5723 'icp_query_timeout' directive.
5724DOC_END
5725
5726NAME: background_ping_rate
5727COMMENT: time-units
5728TYPE: time_t
5729DEFAULT: 10 seconds
5730LOC: Config.backgroundPingRate
5731DOC_START
5732 Controls how often the ICP pings are sent to siblings that
5733 have background-ping set.
5734DOC_END
5735
5736COMMENT_START
5737 MULTICAST ICP OPTIONS
5738 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5739COMMENT_END
5740
5741NAME: mcast_groups
5742TYPE: wordlist
5743LOC: Config.mcast_group_list
5744DEFAULT: none
5745DOC_START
5746 This tag specifies a list of multicast groups which your server
5747 should join to receive multicasted ICP queries.
5748
5749 NOTE! Be very careful what you put here! Be sure you
5750 understand the difference between an ICP _query_ and an ICP
5751 _reply_. This option is to be set only if you want to RECEIVE
5752 multicast queries. Do NOT set this option to SEND multicast
5753 ICP (use cache_peer for that). ICP replies are always sent via
5754 unicast, so this option does not affect whether or not you will
5755 receive replies from multicast group members.
5756
5757 You must be very careful to NOT use a multicast address which
5758 is already in use by another group of caches.
5759
5760 If you are unsure about multicast, please read the Multicast
5761 chapter in the Squid FAQ (http://www.squid-cache.org/FAQ/).
5762
5763 Usage: mcast_groups 239.128.16.128 224.0.1.20
5764
5765 By default, Squid doesn't listen on any multicast groups.
5766DOC_END
5767
5768NAME: mcast_miss_addr
5769IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
5770TYPE: address
5771LOC: Config.mcast_miss.addr
5772DEFAULT: no_addr
5773DOC_START
5774 If you enable this option, every "cache miss" URL will
5775 be sent out on the specified multicast address.
5776
5777 Do not enable this option unless you are are absolutely
5778 certain you understand what you are doing.
5779DOC_END
5780
5781NAME: mcast_miss_ttl
5782IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
5783TYPE: ushort
5784LOC: Config.mcast_miss.ttl
5785DEFAULT: 16
5786DOC_START
5787 This is the time-to-live value for packets multicasted
5788 when multicasting off cache miss URLs is enabled. By
5789 default this is set to 'site scope', i.e. 16.
5790DOC_END
5791
5792NAME: mcast_miss_port
5793IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
5794TYPE: ushort
5795LOC: Config.mcast_miss.port
5796DEFAULT: 3135
5797DOC_START
5798 This is the port number to be used in conjunction with
5799 'mcast_miss_addr'.
5800DOC_END
5801
5802NAME: mcast_miss_encode_key
5803IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
5804TYPE: string
5805LOC: Config.mcast_miss.encode_key
5806DEFAULT: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
5807DOC_START
5808 The URLs that are sent in the multicast miss stream are
5809 encrypted. This is the encryption key.
5810DOC_END
5811
5812NAME: mcast_icp_query_timeout
5813COMMENT: (msec)
5814DEFAULT: 2000
5815TYPE: int
5816LOC: Config.Timeout.mcast_icp_query
5817DOC_START
5818 For multicast peers, Squid regularly sends out ICP "probes" to
5819 count how many other peers are listening on the given multicast
5820 address. This value specifies how long Squid should wait to
5821 count all the replies. The default is 2000 msec, or 2
5822 seconds.
5823DOC_END
5824
5825COMMENT_START
5826 INTERNAL ICON OPTIONS
5827 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5828COMMENT_END
5829
5830NAME: icon_directory
5831TYPE: string
5832LOC: Config.icons.directory
5833DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
5834DOC_START
5835 Where the icons are stored. These are normally kept in
5836 @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
5837DOC_END
5838
5839NAME: global_internal_static
5840TYPE: onoff
5841LOC: Config.onoff.global_internal_static
5842DEFAULT: on
5843DOC_START
5844 This directive controls is Squid should intercept all requests for
5845 /squid-internal-static/ no matter which host the URL is requesting
5846 (default on setting), or if nothing special should be done for
5847 such URLs (off setting). The purpose of this directive is to make
5848 icons etc work better in complex cache hierarchies where it may
5849 not always be possible for all corners in the cache mesh to reach
5850 the server generating a directory listing.
5851DOC_END
5852
5853NAME: short_icon_urls
5854TYPE: onoff
5855LOC: Config.icons.use_short_names
5856DEFAULT: on
5857DOC_START
5858 If this is enabled Squid will use short URLs for icons.
5859 If disabled it will revert to the old behavior of including
5860 it's own name and port in the URL.
5861
5862 If you run a complex cache hierarchy with a mix of Squid and
5863 other proxies you may need to disable this directive.
5864DOC_END
5865
5866COMMENT_START
5867 ERROR PAGE OPTIONS
5868 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5869COMMENT_END
5870
5871NAME: error_directory
5872TYPE: string
5873LOC: Config.errorDirectory
5874DEFAULT: none
5875DOC_START
5876 If you wish to create your own versions of the default
5877 error files to customize them to suit your company copy
5878 the error/template files to another directory and point
5879 this tag at them.
5880
5881 WARNING: This option will disable multi-language support
5882 on error pages if used.
5883
5884 The squid developers are interested in making squid available in
5885 a wide variety of languages. If you are making translations for a
5886 language that Squid does not currently provide please consider
5887 contributing your translation back to the project.
5888 http://wiki.squid-cache.org/Translations
5889
5890 The squid developers working on translations are happy to supply drop-in
5891 translated error files in exchange for any new language contributions.
5892DOC_END
5893
5894NAME: error_default_language
5895IFDEF: USE_ERR_LOCALES
5896TYPE: string
5897LOC: Config.errorDefaultLanguage
5898DEFAULT: none
5899DOC_START
5900 Set the default language which squid will send error pages in
5901 if no existing translation matches the clients language
5902 preferences.
5903
5904 If unset (default) generic English will be used.
5905
5906 The squid developers are interested in making squid available in
5907 a wide variety of languages. If you are interested in making
5908 translations for any language see the squid wiki for details.
5909 http://wiki.squid-cache.org/Translations
5910DOC_END
5911
5912NAME: error_log_languages
5913IFDEF: USE_ERR_LOCALES
5914TYPE: onoff
5915LOC: Config.errorLogMissingLanguages
5916DEFAULT: on
5917DOC_START
5918 Log to cache.log what languages users are attempting to
5919 auto-negotiate for translations.
5920
5921 Successful negotiations are not logged. Only failures
5922 have meaning to indicate that Squid may need an upgrade
5923 of its error page translations.
5924DOC_END
5925
5926NAME: err_page_stylesheet
5927TYPE: string
5928LOC: Config.errorStylesheet
5929DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_CONFIG_DIR@/errorpage.css
5930DOC_START
5931 CSS Stylesheet to pattern the display of Squid default error pages.
5932
5933 For information on CSS see http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/
5934DOC_END
5935
5936NAME: err_html_text
5937TYPE: eol
5938LOC: Config.errHtmlText
5939DEFAULT: none
5940DOC_START
5941 HTML text to include in error messages. Make this a "mailto"
5942 URL to your admin address, or maybe just a link to your
5943 organizations Web page.
5944
5945 To include this in your error messages, you must rewrite
5946 the error template files (found in the "errors" directory).
5947 Wherever you want the 'err_html_text' line to appear,
5948 insert a %L tag in the error template file.
5949DOC_END
5950
5951NAME: email_err_data
5952COMMENT: on|off
5953TYPE: onoff
5954LOC: Config.onoff.emailErrData
5955DEFAULT: on
5956DOC_START
5957 If enabled, information about the occurred error will be
5958 included in the mailto links of the ERR pages (if %W is set)
5959 so that the email body contains the data.
5960 Syntax is <A HREF="mailto:%w%W">%w</A>
5961DOC_END
5962
5963NAME: deny_info
5964TYPE: denyinfo
5965LOC: Config.denyInfoList
5966DEFAULT: none
5967DOC_START
5968 Usage: deny_info err_page_name acl
5969 or deny_info http://... acl
5970 or deny_info TCP_RESET acl
5971
5972 This can be used to return a ERR_ page for requests which
5973 do not pass the 'http_access' rules. Squid remembers the last
5974 acl it evaluated in http_access, and if a 'deny_info' line exists
5975 for that ACL Squid returns a corresponding error page.
5976
5977 The acl is typically the last acl on the http_access deny line which
5978 denied access. The exceptions to this rule are:
5979 - When Squid needs to request authentication credentials. It's then
5980 the first authentication related acl encountered
5981 - When none of the http_access lines matches. It's then the last
5982 acl processed on the last http_access line.
5983 - When the decision to deny access was made by an adaptation service,
5984 the acl name is the corresponding eCAP or ICAP service_name.
5985
5986 NP: If providing your own custom error pages with error_directory
5987 you may also specify them by your custom file name:
5988 Example: deny_info ERR_CUSTOM_ACCESS_DENIED bad_guys
5989
5990 By defaut Squid will send "403 Forbidden". A different 4xx or 5xx
5991 may be specified by prefixing the file name with the code and a colon.
5992 e.g. 404:ERR_CUSTOM_ACCESS_DENIED
5993
5994 Alternatively you can tell Squid to reset the TCP connection
5995 by specifying TCP_RESET.
5996
5997 Or you can specify an error URL or URL pattern. The browsers will
5998 get redirected to the specified URL after formatting tags have
5999 been replaced. Redirect will be done with 302 or 307 according to
6000 HTTP/1.1 specs. A different 3xx code may be specified by prefixing
6001 the URL. e.g. 303:http://example.com/
6002
6003 URL FORMAT TAGS:
6004 %a - username (if available. Password NOT included)
6005 %B - FTP path URL
6006 %e - Error number
6007 %E - Error description
6008 %h - Squid hostname
6009 %H - Request domain name
6010 %i - Client IP Address
6011 %M - Request Method
6012 %o - Message result from external ACL helper
6013 %p - Request Port number
6014 %P - Request Protocol name
6015 %R - Request URL path
6016 %T - Timestamp in RFC 1123 format
6017 %U - Full canonical URL from client
6018 (HTTPS URLs terminate with *)
6019 %u - Full canonical URL from client
6020 %w - Admin email from squid.conf
6021 %% - Literal percent (%) code
6022
6023DOC_END
6024
6025COMMENT_START
6026 OPTIONS INFLUENCING REQUEST FORWARDING
6027 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6028COMMENT_END
6029
6030NAME: nonhierarchical_direct
6031TYPE: onoff
6032LOC: Config.onoff.nonhierarchical_direct
6033DEFAULT: on
6034DOC_START
6035 By default, Squid will send any non-hierarchical requests
6036 (matching hierarchy_stoplist or not cacheable request type) direct
6037 to origin servers.
6038
6039 If you set this to off, Squid will prefer to send these
6040 requests to parents.
6041
6042 Note that in most configurations, by turning this off you will only
6043 add latency to these request without any improvement in global hit
6044 ratio.
6045
6046 If you are inside an firewall see never_direct instead of
6047 this directive.
6048DOC_END
6049
6050NAME: prefer_direct
6051TYPE: onoff
6052LOC: Config.onoff.prefer_direct
6053DEFAULT: off
6054DOC_START
6055 Normally Squid tries to use parents for most requests. If you for some
6056 reason like it to first try going direct and only use a parent if
6057 going direct fails set this to on.
6058
6059 By combining nonhierarchical_direct off and prefer_direct on you
6060 can set up Squid to use a parent as a backup path if going direct
6061 fails.
6062
6063 Note: If you want Squid to use parents for all requests see
6064 the never_direct directive. prefer_direct only modifies how Squid
6065 acts on cacheable requests.
6066DOC_END
6067
6068NAME: always_direct
6069TYPE: acl_access
6070LOC: Config.accessList.AlwaysDirect
6071DEFAULT: none
6072DOC_START
6073 Usage: always_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
6074
6075 Here you can use ACL elements to specify requests which should
6076 ALWAYS be forwarded by Squid to the origin servers without using
6077 any peers. For example, to always directly forward requests for
6078 local servers ignoring any parents or siblings you may have use
6079 something like:
6080
6081 acl local-servers dstdomain my.domain.net
6082 always_direct allow local-servers
6083
6084 To always forward FTP requests directly, use
6085
6086 acl FTP proto FTP
6087 always_direct allow FTP
6088
6089 NOTE: There is a similar, but opposite option named
6090 'never_direct'. You need to be aware that "always_direct deny
6091 foo" is NOT the same thing as "never_direct allow foo". You
6092 may need to use a deny rule to exclude a more-specific case of
6093 some other rule. Example:
6094
6095 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
6096 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
6097 always_direct deny local-external
6098 always_direct allow local-servers
6099
6100 NOTE: If your goal is to make the client forward the request
6101 directly to the origin server bypassing Squid then this needs
6102 to be done in the client configuration. Squid configuration
6103 can only tell Squid how Squid should fetch the object.
6104
6105 NOTE: This directive is not related to caching. The replies
6106 is cached as usual even if you use always_direct. To not cache
6107 the replies see the 'cache' directive.
6108
6109 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
6110 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
6111DOC_END
6112
6113NAME: never_direct
6114TYPE: acl_access
6115LOC: Config.accessList.NeverDirect
6116DEFAULT: none
6117DOC_START
6118 Usage: never_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
6119
6120 never_direct is the opposite of always_direct. Please read
6121 the description for always_direct if you have not already.
6122
6123 With 'never_direct' you can use ACL elements to specify
6124 requests which should NEVER be forwarded directly to origin
6125 servers. For example, to force the use of a proxy for all
6126 requests, except those in your local domain use something like:
6127
6128 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
6129 never_direct deny local-servers
6130 never_direct allow all
6131
6132 or if Squid is inside a firewall and there are local intranet
6133 servers inside the firewall use something like:
6134
6135 acl local-intranet dstdomain .foo.net
6136 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
6137 always_direct deny local-external
6138 always_direct allow local-intranet
6139 never_direct allow all
6140
6141 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
6142 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
6143DOC_END
6144
6145COMMENT_START
6146 ADVANCED NETWORKING OPTIONS
6147 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6148COMMENT_END
6149
6150NAME: incoming_icp_average
6151TYPE: int
6152DEFAULT: 6
6153LOC: Config.comm_incoming.icp_average
6154DOC_NONE
6155
6156NAME: incoming_http_average
6157TYPE: int
6158DEFAULT: 4
6159LOC: Config.comm_incoming.http_average
6160DOC_NONE
6161
6162NAME: incoming_dns_average
6163TYPE: int
6164DEFAULT: 4
6165LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns_average
6166DOC_NONE
6167
6168NAME: min_icp_poll_cnt
6169TYPE: int
6170DEFAULT: 8
6171LOC: Config.comm_incoming.icp_min_poll
6172DOC_NONE
6173
6174NAME: min_dns_poll_cnt
6175TYPE: int
6176DEFAULT: 8
6177LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns_min_poll
6178DOC_NONE
6179
6180NAME: min_http_poll_cnt
6181TYPE: int
6182DEFAULT: 8
6183LOC: Config.comm_incoming.http_min_poll
6184DOC_START
6185 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
6186 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
6187 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
6188DOC_END
6189
6190NAME: accept_filter
6191TYPE: string
6192DEFAULT: none
6193LOC: Config.accept_filter
6194DOC_START
6195 FreeBSD:
6196
6197 The name of an accept(2) filter to install on Squid's
6198 listen socket(s). This feature is perhaps specific to
6199 FreeBSD and requires support in the kernel.
6200
6201 The 'httpready' filter delays delivering new connections
6202 to Squid until a full HTTP request has been received.
6203 See the accf_http(9) man page for details.
6204
6205 The 'dataready' filter delays delivering new connections
6206 to Squid until there is some data to process.
6207 See the accf_dataready(9) man page for details.
6208
6209 Linux:
6210
6211 The 'data' filter delays delivering of new connections
6212 to Squid until there is some data to process by TCP_ACCEPT_DEFER.
6213 You may optionally specify a number of seconds to wait by
6214 'data=N' where N is the number of seconds. Defaults to 30
6215 if not specified. See the tcp(7) man page for details.
6216EXAMPLE:
6217# FreeBSD
6218accept_filter httpready
6219# Linux
6220accept_filter data
6221DOC_END
6222
6223NAME: client_ip_max_connections
6224TYPE: int
6225LOC: Config.client_ip_max_connections
6226DEFAULT: -1
6227DOC_START
6228 Set an absolute limit on the number of connections a single
6229 client IP can use. Any more than this and Squid will begin to drop
6230 new connections from the client until it closes some links.
6231
6232 Note that this is a global limit. It affects all HTTP, HTCP, Gopher and FTP
6233 connections from the client. For finer control use the ACL access controls.
6234
6235 Requires client_db to be enabled (the default).
6236
6237 WARNING: This may noticably slow down traffic received via external proxies
6238 or NAT devices and cause them to rebound error messages back to their clients.
6239DOC_END
6240
6241NAME: tcp_recv_bufsize
6242COMMENT: (bytes)
6243TYPE: b_size_t
6244DEFAULT: 0 bytes
6245LOC: Config.tcpRcvBufsz
6246DOC_START
6247 Size of receive buffer to set for TCP sockets. Probably just
6248 as easy to change your kernel's default. Set to zero to use
6249 the default buffer size.
6250DOC_END
6251
6252COMMENT_START
6253 ICAP OPTIONS
6254 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6255COMMENT_END
6256
6257NAME: icap_enable
6258TYPE: onoff
6259IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6260COMMENT: on|off
6261LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.onoff
6262DEFAULT: off
6263DOC_START
6264 If you want to enable the ICAP module support, set this to on.
6265DOC_END
6266
6267NAME: icap_connect_timeout
6268TYPE: time_t
6269DEFAULT: none
6270LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.connect_timeout_raw
6271IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6272DOC_START
6273 This parameter specifies how long to wait for the TCP connect to
6274 the requested ICAP server to complete before giving up and either
6275 terminating the HTTP transaction or bypassing the failure.
6276
6277 The default for optional services is peer_connect_timeout.
6278 The default for essential services is connect_timeout.
6279 If this option is explicitly set, its value applies to all services.
6280DOC_END
6281
6282NAME: icap_io_timeout
6283COMMENT: time-units
6284TYPE: time_t
6285DEFAULT: none
6286LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.io_timeout_raw
6287IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6288DOC_START
6289 This parameter specifies how long to wait for an I/O activity on
6290 an established, active ICAP connection before giving up and
6291 either terminating the HTTP transaction or bypassing the
6292 failure.
6293
6294 The default is read_timeout.
6295DOC_END
6296
6297NAME: icap_service_failure_limit
6298COMMENT: limit [in memory-depth time-units]
6299TYPE: icap_service_failure_limit
6300IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6301LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig
6302DEFAULT: 10
6303DOC_START
6304 The limit specifies the number of failures that Squid tolerates
6305 when establishing a new TCP connection with an ICAP service. If
6306 the number of failures exceeds the limit, the ICAP service is
6307 not used for new ICAP requests until it is time to refresh its
6308 OPTIONS.
6309
6310 A negative value disables the limit. Without the limit, an ICAP
6311 service will not be considered down due to connectivity failures
6312 between ICAP OPTIONS requests.
6313
6314 Squid forgets ICAP service failures older than the specified
6315 value of memory-depth. The memory fading algorithm
6316 is approximate because Squid does not remember individual
6317 errors but groups them instead, splitting the option
6318 value into ten time slots of equal length.
6319
6320 When memory-depth is 0 and by default this option has no
6321 effect on service failure expiration.
6322
6323 Squid always forgets failures when updating service settings
6324 using an ICAP OPTIONS transaction, regardless of this option
6325 setting.
6326
6327 For example,
6328 # suspend service usage after 10 failures in 5 seconds:
6329 icap_service_failure_limit 10 in 5 seconds
6330DOC_END
6331
6332NAME: icap_service_revival_delay
6333TYPE: int
6334IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6335LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.service_revival_delay
6336DEFAULT: 180
6337DOC_START
6338 The delay specifies the number of seconds to wait after an ICAP
6339 OPTIONS request failure before requesting the options again. The
6340 failed ICAP service is considered "down" until fresh OPTIONS are
6341 fetched.
6342
6343 The actual delay cannot be smaller than the hardcoded minimum
6344 delay of 30 seconds.
6345DOC_END
6346
6347NAME: icap_preview_enable
6348TYPE: onoff
6349IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6350COMMENT: on|off
6351LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.preview_enable
6352DEFAULT: on
6353DOC_START
6354 The ICAP Preview feature allows the ICAP server to handle the
6355 HTTP message by looking only at the beginning of the message body
6356 or even without receiving the body at all. In some environments,
6357 previews greatly speedup ICAP processing.
6358
6359 During an ICAP OPTIONS transaction, the server may tell Squid what
6360 HTTP messages should be previewed and how big the preview should be.
6361 Squid will not use Preview if the server did not request one.
6362
6363 To disable ICAP Preview for all ICAP services, regardless of
6364 individual ICAP server OPTIONS responses, set this option to "off".
6365Example:
6366icap_preview_enable off
6367DOC_END
6368
6369NAME: icap_preview_size
6370TYPE: int
6371IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6372LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.preview_size
6373DEFAULT: -1
6374DOC_START
6375 The default size of preview data to be sent to the ICAP server.
6376 -1 means no preview. This value might be overwritten on a per server
6377 basis by OPTIONS requests.
6378DOC_END
6379
6380NAME: icap_206_enable
6381TYPE: onoff
6382IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6383COMMENT: on|off
6384LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.allow206_enable
6385DEFAULT: on
6386DOC_START
6387 206 (Partial Content) responses is an ICAP extension that allows the
6388 ICAP agents to optionally combine adapted and original HTTP message
6389 content. The decision to combine is postponed until the end of the
6390 ICAP response. Squid supports Partial Content extension by default.
6391
6392 Activation of the Partial Content extension is negotiated with each
6393 ICAP service during OPTIONS exchange. Most ICAP servers should handle
6394 negotation correctly even if they do not support the extension, but
6395 some might fail. To disable Partial Content support for all ICAP
6396 services and to avoid any negotiation, set this option to "off".
6397
6398 Example:
6399 icap_206_enable off
6400DOC_END
6401
6402NAME: icap_default_options_ttl
6403TYPE: int
6404IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6405LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.default_options_ttl
6406DEFAULT: 60
6407DOC_START
6408 The default TTL value for ICAP OPTIONS responses that don't have
6409 an Options-TTL header.
6410DOC_END
6411
6412NAME: icap_persistent_connections
6413TYPE: onoff
6414IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6415COMMENT: on|off
6416LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.reuse_connections
6417DEFAULT: on
6418DOC_START
6419 Whether or not Squid should use persistent connections to
6420 an ICAP server.
6421DOC_END
6422
6423NAME: adaptation_send_client_ip icap_send_client_ip
6424TYPE: onoff
6425IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
6426COMMENT: on|off
6427LOC: Adaptation::Config::send_client_ip
6428DEFAULT: off
6429DOC_START
6430 This adds the header "X-Client-IP" to ICAP requests.
6431DOC_END
6432
6433NAME: adaptation_send_username icap_send_client_username
6434TYPE: onoff
6435IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
6436COMMENT: on|off
6437LOC: Adaptation::Config::send_username
6438DEFAULT: off
6439DOC_START
6440 This sends authenticated HTTP client username (if available) to
6441 the adaptation service.
6442
6443 For ICAP, the username value is encoded based on the
6444 icap_client_username_encode option and is sent using the header
6445 specified by the icap_client_username_header option.
6446DOC_END
6447
6448NAME: icap_client_username_header
6449TYPE: string
6450IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6451LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.client_username_header
6452DEFAULT: X-Client-Username
6453DOC_START
6454 ICAP request header name to use for adaptation_send_username.
6455DOC_END
6456
6457NAME: icap_client_username_encode
6458TYPE: onoff
6459IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6460COMMENT: on|off
6461LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.client_username_encode
6462DEFAULT: off
6463DOC_START
6464 Whether to base64 encode the authenticated client username.
6465DOC_END
6466
6467NAME: icap_service
6468TYPE: icap_service_type
6469IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6470LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig
6471DEFAULT: none
6472DOC_START
6473 Defines a single ICAP service using the following format:
6474
6475 icap_service service_name vectoring_point [options] service_url
6476
6477 service_name: ID
6478 an opaque identifier which must be unique in squid.conf
6479
6480 vectoring_point: reqmod_precache|reqmod_postcache|respmod_precache|respmod_postcache
6481 This specifies at which point of transaction processing the
6482 ICAP service should be activated. *_postcache vectoring points
6483 are not yet supported.
6484
6485 service_url: icap://servername:port/servicepath
6486 ICAP server and service location.
6487
6488 ICAP does not allow a single service to handle both REQMOD and RESPMOD
6489 transactions. Squid does not enforce that requirement. You can specify
6490 services with the same service_url and different vectoring_points. You
6491 can even specify multiple identical services as long as their
6492 service_names differ.
6493
6494
6495 Service options are separated by white space. ICAP services support
6496 the following name=value options:
6497
6498 bypass=on|off|1|0
6499 If set to 'on' or '1', the ICAP service is treated as
6500 optional. If the service cannot be reached or malfunctions,
6501 Squid will try to ignore any errors and process the message as
6502 if the service was not enabled. No all ICAP errors can be
6503 bypassed. If set to 0, the ICAP service is treated as
6504 essential and all ICAP errors will result in an error page
6505 returned to the HTTP client.
6506
6507 Bypass is off by default: services are treated as essential.
6508
6509 routing=on|off|1|0
6510 If set to 'on' or '1', the ICAP service is allowed to
6511 dynamically change the current message adaptation plan by
6512 returning a chain of services to be used next. The services
6513 are specified using the X-Next-Services ICAP response header
6514 value, formatted as a comma-separated list of service names.
6515 Each named service should be configured in squid.conf and
6516 should have the same method and vectoring point as the current
6517 ICAP transaction. Services violating these rules are ignored.
6518 An empty X-Next-Services value results in an empty plan which
6519 ends the current adaptation.
6520
6521 Routing is not allowed by default: the ICAP X-Next-Services
6522 response header is ignored.
6523
6524 ipv6=on|off
6525 Only has effect on split-stack systems. The default on those systems
6526 is to use IPv4-only connections. When set to 'on' this option will
6527 make Squid use IPv6-only connections to contact this ICAP service.
6528
6529 Older icap_service format without optional named parameters is
6530 deprecated but supported for backward compatibility.
6531
6532Example:
6533icap_service svcBlocker reqmod_precache bypass=0 icap://icap1.mydomain.net:1344/reqmod
6534icap_service svcLogger reqmod_precache routing=on icap://icap2.mydomain.net:1344/respmod
6535DOC_END
6536
6537NAME: icap_class
6538TYPE: icap_class_type
6539IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6540LOC: none
6541DEFAULT: none
6542DOC_START
6543 This deprecated option was documented to define an ICAP service
6544 chain, even though it actually defined a set of similar, redundant
6545 services, and the chains were not supported.
6546
6547 To define a set of redundant services, please use the
6548 adaptation_service_set directive. For service chains, use
6549 adaptation_service_chain.
6550DOC_END
6551
6552NAME: icap_access
6553TYPE: icap_access_type
6554IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6555LOC: none
6556DEFAULT: none
6557DOC_START
6558 This option is deprecated. Please use adaptation_access, which
6559 has the same ICAP functionality, but comes with better
6560 documentation, and eCAP support.
6561DOC_END
6562
6563COMMENT_START
6564 eCAP OPTIONS
6565 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6566COMMENT_END
6567
6568NAME: ecap_enable
6569TYPE: onoff
6570IFDEF: USE_ECAP
6571COMMENT: on|off
6572LOC: Adaptation::Ecap::TheConfig.onoff
6573DEFAULT: off
6574DOC_START
6575 Controls whether eCAP support is enabled.
6576DOC_END
6577
6578NAME: ecap_service
6579TYPE: ecap_service_type
6580IFDEF: USE_ECAP
6581LOC: Adaptation::Ecap::TheConfig
6582DEFAULT: none
6583DOC_START
6584 Defines a single eCAP service
6585
6586 ecap_service servicename vectoring_point bypass service_url
6587
6588 vectoring_point = reqmod_precache|reqmod_postcache|respmod_precache|respmod_postcache
6589 This specifies at which point of transaction processing the
6590 eCAP service should be activated. *_postcache vectoring points
6591 are not yet supported.
6592 bypass = 1|0
6593 If set to 1, the eCAP service is treated as optional. If the
6594 service cannot be reached or malfunctions, Squid will try to
6595 ignore any errors and process the message as if the service
6596 was not enabled. No all eCAP errors can be bypassed.
6597 If set to 0, the eCAP service is treated as essential and all
6598 eCAP errors will result in an error page returned to the
6599 HTTP client.
6600 service_url = ecap://vendor/service_name?custom&cgi=style&parameters=optional
6601
6602Example:
6603ecap_service service_1 reqmod_precache 0 ecap://filters-R-us/leakDetector?on_error=block
6604ecap_service service_2 respmod_precache 1 icap://filters-R-us/virusFilter?config=/etc/vf.cfg
6605DOC_END
6606
6607NAME: loadable_modules
6608TYPE: wordlist
6609IFDEF: USE_LOADABLE_MODULES
6610LOC: Config.loadable_module_names
6611DEFAULT: none
6612DOC_START
6613 Instructs Squid to load the specified dynamic module(s) or activate
6614 preloaded module(s).
6615Example:
6616loadable_modules @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/lib/MinimalAdapter.so
6617DOC_END
6618
6619COMMENT_START
6620 MESSAGE ADAPTATION OPTIONS
6621 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6622COMMENT_END
6623
6624NAME: adaptation_service_set
6625TYPE: adaptation_service_set_type
6626IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
6627LOC: none
6628DEFAULT: none
6629DOC_START
6630
6631 Configures an ordered set of similar, redundant services. This is
6632 useful when hot standby or backup adaptation servers are available.
6633
6634 adaptation_service_set set_name service_name1 service_name2 ...
6635
6636 The named services are used in the set declaration order. The first
6637 applicable adaptation service from the set is used first. The next
6638 applicable service is tried if and only if the transaction with the
6639 previous service fails and the message waiting to be adapted is still
6640 intact.
6641
6642 When adaptation starts, broken services are ignored as if they were
6643 not a part of the set. A broken service is a down optional service.
6644
6645 The services in a set must be attached to the same vectoring point
6646 (e.g., pre-cache) and use the same adaptation method (e.g., REQMOD).
6647
6648 If all services in a set are optional then adaptation failures are
6649 bypassable. If all services in the set are essential, then a
6650 transaction failure with one service may still be retried using
6651 another service from the set, but when all services fail, the master
6652 transaction fails as well.
6653
6654 A set may contain a mix of optional and essential services, but that
6655 is likely to lead to surprising results because broken services become
6656 ignored (see above), making previously bypassable failures fatal.
6657 Technically, it is the bypassability of the last failed service that
6658 matters.
6659
6660 See also: adaptation_access adaptation_service_chain
6661
6662Example:
6663adaptation_service_set svcBlocker urlFilterPrimary urlFilterBackup
6664adaptation service_set svcLogger loggerLocal loggerRemote
6665DOC_END
6666
6667NAME: adaptation_service_chain
6668TYPE: adaptation_service_chain_type
6669IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
6670LOC: none
6671DEFAULT: none
6672DOC_START
6673
6674 Configures a list of complementary services that will be applied
6675 one-by-one, forming an adaptation chain or pipeline. This is useful
6676 when Squid must perform different adaptations on the same message.
6677
6678 adaptation_service_chain chain_name service_name1 svc_name2 ...
6679
6680 The named services are used in the chain declaration order. The first
6681 applicable adaptation service from the chain is used first. The next
6682 applicable service is applied to the successful adaptation results of
6683 the previous service in the chain.
6684
6685 When adaptation starts, broken services are ignored as if they were
6686 not a part of the chain. A broken service is a down optional service.
6687
6688 Request satisfaction terminates the adaptation chain because Squid
6689 does not currently allow declaration of RESPMOD services at the
6690 "reqmod_precache" vectoring point (see icap_service or ecap_service).
6691
6692 The services in a chain must be attached to the same vectoring point
6693 (e.g., pre-cache) and use the same adaptation method (e.g., REQMOD).
6694
6695 A chain may contain a mix of optional and essential services. If an
6696 essential adaptation fails (or the failure cannot be bypassed for
6697 other reasons), the master transaction fails. Otherwise, the failure
6698 is bypassed as if the failed adaptation service was not in the chain.
6699
6700 See also: adaptation_access adaptation_service_set
6701
6702Example:
6703adaptation_service_chain svcRequest requestLogger urlFilter leakDetector
6704DOC_END
6705
6706NAME: adaptation_access
6707TYPE: adaptation_access_type
6708IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
6709LOC: none
6710DEFAULT: none
6711DOC_START
6712 Sends an HTTP transaction to an ICAP or eCAP adaptation service.
6713
6714 adaptation_access service_name allow|deny [!]aclname...
6715 adaptation_access set_name allow|deny [!]aclname...
6716
6717 At each supported vectoring point, the adaptation_access
6718 statements are processed in the order they appear in this
6719 configuration file. Statements pointing to the following services
6720 are ignored (i.e., skipped without checking their ACL):
6721
6722 - services serving different vectoring points
6723 - "broken-but-bypassable" services
6724 - "up" services configured to ignore such transactions
6725 (e.g., based on the ICAP Transfer-Ignore header).
6726
6727 When a set_name is used, all services in the set are checked
6728 using the same rules, to find the first applicable one. See
6729 adaptation_service_set for details.
6730
6731 If an access list is checked and there is a match, the
6732 processing stops: For an "allow" rule, the corresponding
6733 adaptation service is used for the transaction. For a "deny"
6734 rule, no adaptation service is activated.
6735
6736 It is currently not possible to apply more than one adaptation
6737 service at the same vectoring point to the same HTTP transaction.
6738
6739 See also: icap_service and ecap_service
6740
6741Example:
6742adaptation_access service_1 allow all
6743DOC_END
6744
6745NAME: adaptation_service_iteration_limit
6746TYPE: int
6747IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
6748LOC: Adaptation::Config::service_iteration_limit
6749DEFAULT: 16
6750DOC_START
6751 Limits the number of iterations allowed when applying adaptation
6752 services to a message. If your longest adaptation set or chain
6753 may have more than 16 services, increase the limit beyond its
6754 default value of 16. If detecting infinite iteration loops sooner
6755 is critical, make the iteration limit match the actual number
6756 of services in your longest adaptation set or chain.
6757
6758 Infinite adaptation loops are most likely with routing services.
6759
6760 See also: icap_service routing=1
6761DOC_END
6762
6763NAME: adaptation_masterx_shared_names
6764TYPE: string
6765IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
6766LOC: Adaptation::Config::masterx_shared_name
6767DEFAULT: none
6768DOC_START
6769 For each master transaction (i.e., the HTTP request and response
6770 sequence, including all related ICAP and eCAP exchanges), Squid
6771 maintains a table of metadata. The table entries are (name, value)
6772 pairs shared among eCAP and ICAP exchanges. The table is destroyed
6773 with the master transaction.
6774
6775 This option specifies the table entry names that Squid must accept
6776 from and forward to the adaptation transactions.
6777
6778 An ICAP REQMOD or RESPMOD transaction may set an entry in the
6779 shared table by returning an ICAP header field with a name
6780 specified in adaptation_masterx_shared_names.
6781
6782 An eCAP REQMOD or RESPMOD transaction may set an entry in the
6783 shared table by implementing the libecap::visitEachOption() API
6784 to provide an option with a name specified in
6785 adaptation_masterx_shared_names.
6786
6787 Squid will store and forward the set entry to subsequent adaptation
6788 transactions within the same master transaction scope.
6789
6790 Only one shared entry name is supported at this time.
6791
6792Example:
6793# share authentication information among ICAP services
6794adaptation_masterx_shared_names X-Subscriber-ID
6795DOC_END
6796
6797NAME: icap_retry
6798TYPE: acl_access
6799IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6800LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.repeat
6801DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
6802DOC_START
6803 This ACL determines which retriable ICAP transactions are
6804 retried. Transactions that received a complete ICAP response
6805 and did not have to consume or produce HTTP bodies to receive
6806 that response are usually retriable.
6807
6808 icap_retry allow|deny [!]aclname ...
6809
6810 Squid automatically retries some ICAP I/O timeouts and errors
6811 due to persistent connection race conditions.
6812
6813 See also: icap_retry_limit
6814DOC_END
6815
6816NAME: icap_retry_limit
6817TYPE: int
6818IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6819LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.repeat_limit
6820DEFAULT: 0
6821DOC_START
6822 Limits the number of retries allowed. When set to zero (default),
6823 no retries are allowed.
6824
6825 Communication errors due to persistent connection race
6826 conditions are unavoidable, automatically retried, and do not
6827 count against this limit.
6828
6829 See also: icap_retry
6830DOC_END
6831
6832
6833COMMENT_START
6834 DNS OPTIONS
6835 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6836COMMENT_END
6837
6838NAME: check_hostnames
6839TYPE: onoff
6840DEFAULT: off
6841LOC: Config.onoff.check_hostnames
6842DOC_START
6843 For security and stability reasons Squid can check
6844 hostnames for Internet standard RFC compliance. If you want
6845 Squid to perform these checks turn this directive on.
6846DOC_END
6847
6848NAME: allow_underscore
6849TYPE: onoff
6850DEFAULT: on
6851LOC: Config.onoff.allow_underscore
6852DOC_START
6853 Underscore characters is not strictly allowed in Internet hostnames
6854 but nevertheless used by many sites. Set this to off if you want
6855 Squid to be strict about the standard.
6856 This check is performed only when check_hostnames is set to on.
6857DOC_END
6858
6859NAME: cache_dns_program
6860TYPE: string
6861IFDEF: USE_DNSSERVERS
6862DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_DNSSERVER@
6863LOC: Config.Program.dnsserver
6864DOC_START
6865 Specify the location of the executable for dnslookup process.
6866DOC_END
6867
6868NAME: dns_children
6869TYPE: HelperChildConfig
6870IFDEF: USE_DNSSERVERS
6871DEFAULT: 32 startup=1 idle=1
6872LOC: Config.dnsChildren
6873DOC_START
6874 The maximum number of processes spawn to service DNS name lookups.
6875 If you limit it too few Squid will have to wait for them to process
6876 a backlog of requests, slowing it down. If you allow too many they
6877 will use RAM and other system resources noticably.
6878 The maximum this may be safely set to is 32.
6879
6880 The startup= and idle= options allow some measure of skew in your
6881 tuning.
6882
6883 startup=
6884
6885 Sets a minimum of how many processes are to be spawned when Squid
6886 starts or reconfigures. When set to zero the first request will
6887 cause spawning of the first child process to handle it.
6888
6889 Starting too few will cause an initial slowdown in traffic as Squid
6890 attempts to simultaneously spawn enough processes to cope.
6891
6892 idle=
6893
6894 Sets a minimum of how many processes Squid is to try and keep available
6895 at all times. When traffic begins to rise above what the existing
6896 processes can handle this many more will be spawned up to the maximum
6897 configured. A minimum setting of 1 is required.
6898DOC_END
6899
6900NAME: dns_retransmit_interval
6901TYPE: time_msec
6902DEFAULT: 5 seconds
6903LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_retransmit
6904IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
6905DOC_START
6906 Initial retransmit interval for DNS queries. The interval is
6907 doubled each time all configured DNS servers have been tried.
6908DOC_END
6909
6910NAME: dns_timeout
6911TYPE: time_msec
6912DEFAULT: 30 seconds
6913LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_query
6914IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
6915DOC_START
6916 DNS Query timeout. If no response is received to a DNS query
6917 within this time all DNS servers for the queried domain
6918 are assumed to be unavailable.
6919DOC_END
6920
6921NAME: dns_packet_max
6922TYPE: b_ssize_t
6923DEFAULT: none
6924LOC: Config.dns.packet_max
6925IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
6926DOC_START
6927 Maximum number of bytes packet size to advertise via EDNS.
6928 Set to "none" to disable EDNS large packet support.
6929
6930 For legacy reasons DNS UDP replies will default to 512 bytes which
6931 is too small for many responses. EDNS provides a means for Squid to
6932 negotiate receiving larger responses back immediately without having
6933 to failover with repeat requests. Responses larger than this limit
6934 will retain the old behaviour of failover to TCP DNS.
6935
6936 Squid has no real fixed limit internally, but allowing packet sizes
6937 over 1500 bytes requires network jumbogram support and is usually not
6938 necessary.
6939
6940 WARNING: The RFC also indicates that some older resolvers will reply
6941 with failure of the whole request if the extension is added. Some
6942 resolvers have already been identified which will reply with mangled
6943 EDNS response on occasion. Usually in response to many-KB jumbogram
6944 sizes being advertised by Squid.
6945 Squid will currently treat these both as an unable-to-resolve domain
6946 even if it would be resolvable without EDNS.
6947DOC_END
6948
6949NAME: dns_defnames
6950COMMENT: on|off
6951TYPE: onoff
6952DEFAULT: off
6953LOC: Config.onoff.res_defnames
6954DOC_START
6955 Normally the RES_DEFNAMES resolver option is disabled
6956 (see res_init(3)). This prevents caches in a hierarchy
6957 from interpreting single-component hostnames locally. To allow
6958 Squid to handle single-component names, enable this option.
6959DOC_END
6960
6961NAME: dns_nameservers
6962TYPE: wordlist
6963DEFAULT: none
6964LOC: Config.dns_nameservers
6965DOC_START
6966 Use this if you want to specify a list of DNS name servers
6967 (IP addresses) to use instead of those given in your
6968 /etc/resolv.conf file.
6969 On Windows platforms, if no value is specified here or in
6970 the /etc/resolv.conf file, the list of DNS name servers are
6971 taken from the Windows registry, both static and dynamic DHCP
6972 configurations are supported.
6973
6974 Example: dns_nameservers 10.0.0.1 192.172.0.4
6975DOC_END
6976
6977NAME: hosts_file
6978TYPE: string
6979DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_HOSTS@
6980LOC: Config.etcHostsPath
6981DOC_START
6982 Location of the host-local IP name-address associations
6983 database. Most Operating Systems have such a file on different
6984 default locations:
6985 - Un*X & Linux: /etc/hosts
6986 - Windows NT/2000: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
6987 (%SystemRoot% value install default is c:\winnt)
6988 - Windows XP/2003: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
6989 (%SystemRoot% value install default is c:\windows)
6990 - Windows 9x/Me: %windir%\hosts
6991 (%windir% value is usually c:\windows)
6992 - Cygwin: /etc/hosts
6993
6994 The file contains newline-separated definitions, in the
6995 form ip_address_in_dotted_form name [name ...] names are
6996 whitespace-separated. Lines beginning with an hash (#)
6997 character are comments.
6998
6999 The file is checked at startup and upon configuration.
7000 If set to 'none', it won't be checked.
7001 If append_domain is used, that domain will be added to
7002 domain-local (i.e. not containing any dot character) host
7003 definitions.
7004DOC_END
7005
7006NAME: append_domain
7007TYPE: string
7008LOC: Config.appendDomain
7009DEFAULT: none
7010DOC_START
7011 Appends local domain name to hostnames without any dots in
7012 them. append_domain must begin with a period.
7013
7014 Be warned there are now Internet names with no dots in
7015 them using only top-domain names, so setting this may
7016 cause some Internet sites to become unavailable.
7017
7018Example:
7019 append_domain .yourdomain.com
7020DOC_END
7021
7022NAME: ignore_unknown_nameservers
7023TYPE: onoff
7024LOC: Config.onoff.ignore_unknown_nameservers
7025DEFAULT: on
7026DOC_START
7027 By default Squid checks that DNS responses are received
7028 from the same IP addresses they are sent to. If they
7029 don't match, Squid ignores the response and writes a warning
7030 message to cache.log. You can allow responses from unknown
7031 nameservers by setting this option to 'off'.
7032DOC_END
7033
7034NAME: dns_v4_fallback
7035TYPE: onoff
7036DEFAULT: on
7037LOC: Config.onoff.dns_require_A
7038DOC_START
7039 Standard practice with DNS is to lookup either A or AAAA records
7040 and use the results if it succeeds. Only looking up the other if
7041 the first attempt fails or otherwise produces no results.
7042
7043 That policy however will cause squid to produce error pages for some
7044 servers that advertise AAAA but are unreachable over IPv6.
7045
7046 If this is ON squid will always lookup both AAAA and A, using both.
7047 If this is OFF squid will lookup AAAA and only try A if none found.
7048
7049 WARNING: There are some possibly unwanted side-effects with this on:
7050 *) Doubles the load placed by squid on the DNS network.
7051 *) May negatively impact connection delay times.
7052DOC_END
7053
7054NAME: ipcache_size
7055COMMENT: (number of entries)
7056TYPE: int
7057DEFAULT: 1024
7058LOC: Config.ipcache.size
7059DOC_NONE
7060
7061NAME: ipcache_low
7062COMMENT: (percent)
7063TYPE: int
7064DEFAULT: 90
7065LOC: Config.ipcache.low
7066DOC_NONE
7067
7068NAME: ipcache_high
7069COMMENT: (percent)
7070TYPE: int
7071DEFAULT: 95
7072LOC: Config.ipcache.high
7073DOC_START
7074 The size, low-, and high-water marks for the IP cache.
7075DOC_END
7076
7077NAME: fqdncache_size
7078COMMENT: (number of entries)
7079TYPE: int
7080DEFAULT: 1024
7081LOC: Config.fqdncache.size
7082DOC_START
7083 Maximum number of FQDN cache entries.
7084DOC_END
7085
7086COMMENT_START
7087 MISCELLANEOUS
7088 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
7089COMMENT_END
7090
7091NAME: memory_pools
7092COMMENT: on|off
7093TYPE: onoff
7094DEFAULT: on
7095LOC: Config.onoff.mem_pools
7096DOC_START
7097 If set, Squid will keep pools of allocated (but unused) memory
7098 available for future use. If memory is a premium on your
7099 system and you believe your malloc library outperforms Squid
7100 routines, disable this.
7101DOC_END
7102
7103NAME: memory_pools_limit
7104COMMENT: (bytes)
7105TYPE: b_int64_t
7106DEFAULT: 5 MB
7107LOC: Config.MemPools.limit
7108DOC_START
7109 Used only with memory_pools on:
7110 memory_pools_limit 50 MB
7111
7112 If set to a non-zero value, Squid will keep at most the specified
7113 limit of allocated (but unused) memory in memory pools. All free()
7114 requests that exceed this limit will be handled by your malloc
7115 library. Squid does not pre-allocate any memory, just safe-keeps
7116 objects that otherwise would be free()d. Thus, it is safe to set
7117 memory_pools_limit to a reasonably high value even if your
7118 configuration will use less memory.
7119
7120 If set to none, Squid will keep all memory it can. That is, there
7121 will be no limit on the total amount of memory used for safe-keeping.
7122
7123 To disable memory allocation optimization, do not set
7124 memory_pools_limit to 0 or none. Set memory_pools to "off" instead.
7125
7126 An overhead for maintaining memory pools is not taken into account
7127 when the limit is checked. This overhead is close to four bytes per
7128 object kept. However, pools may actually _save_ memory because of
7129 reduced memory thrashing in your malloc library.
7130DOC_END
7131
7132NAME: forwarded_for
7133COMMENT: on|off|transparent|truncate|delete
7134TYPE: string
7135DEFAULT: on
7136LOC: opt_forwarded_for
7137DOC_START
7138 If set to "on", Squid will append your client's IP address
7139 in the HTTP requests it forwards. By default it looks like:
7140
7141 X-Forwarded-For: 192.1.2.3
7142
7143 If set to "off", it will appear as
7144
7145 X-Forwarded-For: unknown
7146
7147 If set to "transparent", Squid will not alter the
7148 X-Forwarded-For header in any way.
7149
7150 If set to "delete", Squid will delete the entire
7151 X-Forwarded-For header.
7152
7153 If set to "truncate", Squid will remove all existing
7154 X-Forwarded-For entries, and place the client IP as the sole entry.
7155DOC_END
7156
7157NAME: cachemgr_passwd
7158TYPE: cachemgrpasswd
7159DEFAULT: none
7160LOC: Config.passwd_list
7161DOC_START
7162 Specify passwords for cachemgr operations.
7163
7164 Usage: cachemgr_passwd password action action ...
7165
7166 Some valid actions are (see cache manager menu for a full list):
7167 5min
7168 60min
7169 asndb
7170 authenticator
7171 cbdata
7172 client_list
7173 comm_incoming
7174 config *
7175 counters
7176 delay
7177 digest_stats
7178 dns
7179 events
7180 filedescriptors
7181 fqdncache
7182 histograms
7183 http_headers
7184 info
7185 io
7186 ipcache
7187 mem
7188 menu
7189 netdb
7190 non_peers
7191 objects
7192 offline_toggle *
7193 pconn
7194 peer_select
7195 reconfigure *
7196 redirector
7197 refresh
7198 server_list
7199 shutdown *
7200 store_digest
7201 storedir
7202 utilization
7203 via_headers
7204 vm_objects
7205
7206 * Indicates actions which will not be performed without a
7207 valid password, others can be performed if not listed here.
7208
7209 To disable an action, set the password to "disable".
7210 To allow performing an action without a password, set the
7211 password to "none".
7212
7213 Use the keyword "all" to set the same password for all actions.
7214
7215Example:
7216 cachemgr_passwd secret shutdown
7217 cachemgr_passwd lesssssssecret info stats/objects
7218 cachemgr_passwd disable all
7219DOC_END
7220
7221NAME: client_db
7222COMMENT: on|off
7223TYPE: onoff
7224DEFAULT: on
7225LOC: Config.onoff.client_db
7226DOC_START
7227 If you want to disable collecting per-client statistics,
7228 turn off client_db here.
7229DOC_END
7230
7231NAME: refresh_all_ims
7232COMMENT: on|off
7233TYPE: onoff
7234DEFAULT: off
7235LOC: Config.onoff.refresh_all_ims
7236DOC_START
7237 When you enable this option, squid will always check
7238 the origin server for an update when a client sends an
7239 If-Modified-Since request. Many browsers use IMS
7240 requests when the user requests a reload, and this
7241 ensures those clients receive the latest version.
7242
7243 By default (off), squid may return a Not Modified response
7244 based on the age of the cached version.
7245DOC_END
7246
7247NAME: reload_into_ims
7248IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
7249COMMENT: on|off
7250TYPE: onoff
7251DEFAULT: off
7252LOC: Config.onoff.reload_into_ims
7253DOC_START
7254 When you enable this option, client no-cache or ``reload''
7255 requests will be changed to If-Modified-Since requests.
7256 Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling this
7257 feature could make you liable for problems which it
7258 causes.
7259
7260 see also refresh_pattern for a more selective approach.
7261DOC_END
7262
7263NAME: maximum_single_addr_tries
7264TYPE: int
7265LOC: Config.retry.maxtries
7266DEFAULT: 1
7267DOC_START
7268 This sets the maximum number of connection attempts for a
7269 host that only has one address (for multiple-address hosts,
7270 each address is tried once).
7271
7272 The default value is one attempt, the (not recommended)
7273 maximum is 255 tries. A warning message will be generated
7274 if it is set to a value greater than ten.
7275
7276 Note: This is in addition to the request re-forwarding which
7277 takes place if Squid fails to get a satisfying response.
7278DOC_END
7279
7280NAME: retry_on_error
7281TYPE: onoff
7282LOC: Config.retry.onerror
7283DEFAULT: off
7284DOC_START
7285 If set to on Squid will automatically retry requests when
7286 receiving an error response. This is mainly useful if you
7287 are in a complex cache hierarchy to work around access
7288 control errors.
7289DOC_END
7290
7291NAME: as_whois_server
7292TYPE: string
7293LOC: Config.as_whois_server
7294DEFAULT: whois.ra.net
7295DOC_START
7296 WHOIS server to query for AS numbers. NOTE: AS numbers are
7297 queried only when Squid starts up, not for every request.
7298DOC_END
7299
7300NAME: offline_mode
7301TYPE: onoff
7302LOC: Config.onoff.offline
7303DEFAULT: off
7304DOC_START
7305 Enable this option and Squid will never try to validate cached
7306 objects.
7307DOC_END
7308
7309NAME: uri_whitespace
7310TYPE: uri_whitespace
7311LOC: Config.uri_whitespace
7312DEFAULT: strip
7313DOC_START
7314 What to do with requests that have whitespace characters in the
7315 URI. Options:
7316
7317 strip: The whitespace characters are stripped out of the URL.
7318 This is the behavior recommended by RFC2396.
7319 deny: The request is denied. The user receives an "Invalid
7320 Request" message.
7321 allow: The request is allowed and the URI is not changed. The
7322 whitespace characters remain in the URI. Note the
7323 whitespace is passed to redirector processes if they
7324 are in use.
7325 encode: The request is allowed and the whitespace characters are
7326 encoded according to RFC1738. This could be considered
7327 a violation of the HTTP/1.1
7328 RFC because proxies are not allowed to rewrite URI's.
7329 chop: The request is allowed and the URI is chopped at the
7330 first whitespace. This might also be considered a
7331 violation.
7332DOC_END
7333
7334NAME: chroot
7335TYPE: string
7336LOC: Config.chroot_dir
7337DEFAULT: none
7338DOC_START
7339 Specifies a directory where Squid should do a chroot() while
7340 initializing. This also causes Squid to fully drop root
7341 privileges after initializing. This means, for example, if you
7342 use a HTTP port less than 1024 and try to reconfigure, you may
7343 get an error saying that Squid can not open the port.
7344DOC_END
7345
7346NAME: balance_on_multiple_ip
7347TYPE: onoff
7348LOC: Config.onoff.balance_on_multiple_ip
7349DEFAULT: off
7350DOC_START
7351 Modern IP resolvers in squid sort lookup results by preferred access.
7352 By default squid will use these IP in order and only rotates to
7353 the next listed when the most preffered fails.
7354
7355 Some load balancing servers based on round robin DNS have been
7356 found not to preserve user session state across requests
7357 to different IP addresses.
7358
7359 Enabling this directive Squid rotates IP's per request.
7360DOC_END
7361
7362NAME: pipeline_prefetch
7363TYPE: onoff
7364LOC: Config.onoff.pipeline_prefetch
7365DEFAULT: off
7366DOC_START
7367 To boost the performance of pipelined requests to closer
7368 match that of a non-proxied environment Squid can try to fetch
7369 up to two requests in parallel from a pipeline.
7370
7371 Defaults to off for bandwidth management and access logging
7372 reasons.
7373
7374 WARNING: pipelining breaks NTLM and Negotiate/Kerberos authentication.
7375DOC_END
7376
7377NAME: high_response_time_warning
7378TYPE: int
7379COMMENT: (msec)
7380LOC: Config.warnings.high_rptm
7381DEFAULT: 0
7382DOC_START
7383 If the one-minute median response time exceeds this value,
7384 Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get the
7385 administrators attention. The value is in milliseconds.
7386DOC_END
7387
7388NAME: high_page_fault_warning
7389TYPE: int
7390LOC: Config.warnings.high_pf
7391DEFAULT: 0
7392DOC_START
7393 If the one-minute average page fault rate exceeds this
7394 value, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
7395 the administrators attention. The value is in page faults
7396 per second.
7397DOC_END
7398
7399NAME: high_memory_warning
7400TYPE: b_size_t
7401LOC: Config.warnings.high_memory
7402DEFAULT: 0 KB
7403DOC_START
7404 If the memory usage (as determined by mallinfo) exceeds
7405 this amount, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
7406 the administrators attention.
7407DOC_END
7408
7409NAME: sleep_after_fork
7410COMMENT: (microseconds)
7411TYPE: int
7412LOC: Config.sleep_after_fork
7413DEFAULT: 0
7414DOC_START
7415 When this is set to a non-zero value, the main Squid process
7416 sleeps the specified number of microseconds after a fork()
7417 system call. This sleep may help the situation where your
7418 system reports fork() failures due to lack of (virtual)
7419 memory. Note, however, if you have a lot of child
7420 processes, these sleep delays will add up and your
7421 Squid will not service requests for some amount of time
7422 until all the child processes have been started.
7423 On Windows value less then 1000 (1 milliseconds) are
7424 rounded to 1000.
7425DOC_END
7426
7427NAME: windows_ipaddrchangemonitor
7428IFDEF: _SQUID_MSWIN_
7429COMMENT: on|off
7430TYPE: onoff
7431DEFAULT: on
7432LOC: Config.onoff.WIN32_IpAddrChangeMonitor
7433DOC_START
7434 On Windows Squid by default will monitor IP address changes and will
7435 reconfigure itself after any detected event. This is very useful for
7436 proxies connected to internet with dial-up interfaces.
7437 In some cases (a Proxy server acting as VPN gateway is one) it could be
7438 desiderable to disable this behaviour setting this to 'off'.
7439 Note: after changing this, Squid service must be restarted.
7440DOC_END
7441
7442NAME: eui_lookup
7443TYPE: onoff
7444IFDEF: USE_SQUID_EUI
7445DEFAULT: on
7446LOC: Eui::TheConfig.euiLookup
7447DOC_START
7448 Whether to lookup the EUI or MAC address of a connected client.
7449DOC_END
7450
7451NAME: max_filedescriptors max_filedesc
7452TYPE: int
7453DEFAULT: 0
7454LOC: Config.max_filedescriptors
7455DOC_START
7456 The maximum number of filedescriptors supported.
7457
7458 The default "0" means Squid inherits the current ulimit setting.
7459
7460 Note: Changing this requires a restart of Squid. Also
7461 not all comm loops supports large values.
7462DOC_END
7463
7464NAME: workers
7465TYPE: int
7466LOC: Config.workers
7467DEFAULT: 1
7468DOC_START
7469 Number of main Squid processes or "workers" to fork and maintain.
7470 0: "no daemon" mode, like running "squid -N ..."
7471 1: "no SMP" mode, start one main Squid process daemon (default)
7472 N: start N main Squid process daemons (i.e., SMP mode)
7473
7474 In SMP mode, each worker does nearly all what a single Squid daemon
7475 does (e.g., listen on http_port and forward HTTP requests).
7476DOC_END
7477
7478NAME: cpu_affinity_map
7479TYPE: CpuAffinityMap
7480LOC: Config.cpuAffinityMap
7481DEFAULT: none
7482DOC_START
7483 Usage: cpu_affinity_map process_numbers=P1,P2,... cores=C1,C2,...
7484
7485 Sets 1:1 mapping between Squid processes and CPU cores. For example,
7486
7487 cpu_affinity_map process_numbers=1,2,3,4 cores=1,3,5,7
7488
7489 affects processes 1 through 4 only and places them on the first
7490 four even cores, starting with core #1.
7491
7492 CPU cores are numbered starting from 1. Requires support for
7493 sched_getaffinity(2) and sched_setaffinity(2) system calls.
7494
7495 Multiple cpu_affinity_map options are merged.
7496
7497 See also: workers
7498DOC_END
7499
7500EOF