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31
32 COMMENT_START
33 WELCOME TO SQUID @VERSION@
34 ----------------------------
35
36 This is the default Squid configuration file. You may wish
37 to look at the Squid home page (http://www.squid-cache.org/)
38 for the FAQ and other documentation.
39
40 The default Squid config file shows what the defaults for
41 various options happen to be. If you don't need to change the
42 default, you shouldn't uncomment the line. Doing so may cause
43 run-time problems. In some cases "none" refers to no default
44 setting at all, while in other cases it refers to a valid
45 option - the comments for that keyword indicate if this is the
46 case.
47
48 COMMENT_END
49
50 COMMENT_START
51 NETWORK OPTIONS
52 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
53 COMMENT_END
54
55 NAME: http_port ascii_port
56 TYPE: http_port_list
57 DEFAULT: none
58 LOC: Config.Sockaddr.http
59 DOC_START
60 Usage: port [options]
61 hostname:port [options]
62 1.2.3.4:port [options]
63
64 The socket addresses where Squid will listen for HTTP client
65 requests. You may specify multiple socket addresses.
66 There are three forms: port alone, hostname with port, and
67 IP address with port. If you specify a hostname or IP
68 address, Squid binds the socket to that specific
69 address. This replaces the old 'tcp_incoming_address'
70 option. Most likely, you do not need to bind to a specific
71 address, so you can use the port number alone.
72
73 If you are running Squid in accelerator mode, you
74 probably want to listen on port 80 also, or instead.
75
76 The -a command line option may be used to specify additional
77 port(s) where Squid listens for proxy request. Such ports will
78 be plain proxy ports with no options.
79
80 You may specify multiple socket addresses on multiple lines.
81
82 Options:
83
84 transparent Support for transparent interception of
85 outgoing requests without browser settings.
86
87 accel Accelerator mode. Also needs at least one of
88 vhost / vport / defaultsite.
89
90 vhost Accelerator mode using Host header for virtual
91 domain support. Implies accel.
92
93 vport Accelerator with IP based virtual host support.
94 Implies accel.
95
96 vport=NN As above, but uses specified port number rather
97 than the http_port number. Implies accel.
98
99 defaultsite=domainname
100 What to use for the Host: header if it is not present
101 in a request. Determines what site (not origin server)
102 accelerators should consider the default.
103 Implies accel.
104
105 protocol= Protocol to reconstruct accelerated requests with.
106 Defaults to http.
107
108 tproxy Support Linux TPROXY for spoofing outgoing
109 connections using the client IP address.
110
111 disable-pmtu-discovery=
112 Control Path-MTU discovery usage:
113 off lets OS decide on what to do (default).
114 transparent disable PMTU discovery when transparent
115 support is enabled.
116 always disable always PMTU discovery.
117
118 In many setups of transparently intercepting proxies
119 Path-MTU discovery can not work on traffic towards the
120 clients. This is the case when the intercepting device
121 does not fully track connections and fails to forward
122 ICMP must fragment messages to the cache server. If you
123 have such setup and experience that certain clients
124 sporadically hang or never complete requests set
125 disable-pmtu-discovery option to 'transparent'.
126
127 If you run Squid on a dual-homed machine with an internal
128 and an external interface we recommend you to specify the
129 internal address:port in http_port. This way Squid will only be
130 visible on the internal address.
131
132 NOCOMMENT_START
133 # Squid normally listens to port 3128
134 http_port @DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT@
135 NOCOMMENT_END
136 DOC_END
137
138 NAME: https_port
139 IFDEF: USE_SSL
140 TYPE: https_port_list
141 DEFAULT: none
142 LOC: Config.Sockaddr.https
143 DOC_START
144 Usage: [ip:]port cert=certificate.pem [key=key.pem] [options...]
145
146 The socket address where Squid will listen for HTTPS client
147 requests.
148
149 This is really only useful for situations where you are running
150 squid in accelerator mode and you want to do the SSL work at the
151 accelerator level.
152
153 You may specify multiple socket addresses on multiple lines,
154 each with their own SSL certificate and/or options.
155
156 Options:
157
158 accel Accelerator mode. Also needs at least one of
159 defaultsite or vhost.
160
161 defaultsite= The name of the https site presented on
162 this port. Implies accel.
163
164 vhost Accelerator mode using Host header for virtual
165 domain support. Requires a wildcard certificate
166 or other certificate valid for more than one domain.
167 Implies accel.
168
169 protocol= Protocol to reconstruct accelerated requests with.
170 Defaults to https.
171
172 cert= Path to SSL certificate (PEM format).
173
174 key= Path to SSL private key file (PEM format)
175 if not specified, the certificate file is
176 assumed to be a combined certificate and
177 key file.
178
179 version= The version of SSL/TLS supported
180 1 automatic (default)
181 2 SSLv2 only
182 3 SSLv3 only
183 4 TLSv1 only
184
185 cipher= Colon separated list of supported ciphers.
186
187 options= Various SSL engine options. The most important
188 being:
189 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
190 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
191 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
192 SINGLE_DH_USE Always create a new key when using
193 temporary/ephemeral DH key exchanges
194 See src/ssl_support.c or OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options
195 documentation for a complete list of options.
196
197 clientca= File containing the list of CAs to use when
198 requesting a client certificate.
199
200 cafile= File containing additional CA certificates to
201 use when verifying client certificates. If unset
202 clientca will be used.
203
204 capath= Directory containing additional CA certificates
205 and CRL lists to use when verifying client certificates.
206
207 crlfile= File of additional CRL lists to use when verifying
208 the client certificate, in addition to CRLs stored in
209 the capath. Implies VERIFY_CRL flag below.
210
211 dhparams= File containing DH parameters for temporary/ephemeral
212 DH key exchanges.
213
214 sslflags= Various flags modifying the use of SSL:
215 DELAYED_AUTH
216 Don't request client certificates
217 immediately, but wait until acl processing
218 requires a certificate (not yet implemented).
219 NO_DEFAULT_CA
220 Don't use the default CA lists built in
221 to OpenSSL.
222 NO_SESSION_REUSE
223 Don't allow for session reuse. Each connection
224 will result in a new SSL session.
225 VERIFY_CRL
226 Verify CRL lists when accepting client
227 certificates.
228 VERIFY_CRL_ALL
229 Verify CRL lists for all certificates in the
230 client certificate chain.
231
232 sslcontext= SSL session ID context identifier.
233
234 vport Accelerator with IP based virtual host support.
235
236 vport=NN As above, but uses specified port number rather
237 than the https_port number. Implies accel.
238
239 DOC_END
240
241 COMMENT_START
242 SSL OPTIONS
243 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
244 COMMENT_END
245
246 NAME: ssl_unclean_shutdown
247 IFDEF: USE_SSL
248 TYPE: onoff
249 DEFAULT: off
250 LOC: Config.SSL.unclean_shutdown
251 DOC_START
252 Some browsers (especially MSIE) bugs out on SSL shutdown
253 messages.
254 DOC_END
255
256 NAME: ssl_engine
257 IFDEF: USE_SSL
258 TYPE: string
259 LOC: Config.SSL.ssl_engine
260 DEFAULT: none
261 DOC_START
262 The OpenSSL engine to use. You will need to set this if you
263 would like to use hardware SSL acceleration for example.
264 DOC_END
265
266 NAME: sslproxy_client_certificate
267 IFDEF: USE_SSL
268 DEFAULT: none
269 LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert
270 TYPE: string
271 DOC_START
272 Client SSL Certificate to use when proxying https:// URLs
273 DOC_END
274
275 NAME: sslproxy_client_key
276 IFDEF: USE_SSL
277 DEFAULT: none
278 LOC: Config.ssl_client.key
279 TYPE: string
280 DOC_START
281 Client SSL Key to use when proxying https:// URLs
282 DOC_END
283
284 NAME: sslproxy_version
285 IFDEF: USE_SSL
286 DEFAULT: 1
287 LOC: Config.ssl_client.version
288 TYPE: int
289 DOC_START
290 SSL version level to use when proxying https:// URLs
291 DOC_END
292
293 NAME: sslproxy_options
294 IFDEF: USE_SSL
295 DEFAULT: none
296 LOC: Config.ssl_client.options
297 TYPE: string
298 DOC_START
299 SSL engine options to use when proxying https:// URLs
300 DOC_END
301
302 NAME: sslproxy_cipher
303 IFDEF: USE_SSL
304 DEFAULT: none
305 LOC: Config.ssl_client.cipher
306 TYPE: string
307 DOC_START
308 SSL cipher list to use when proxying https:// URLs
309 DOC_END
310
311 NAME: sslproxy_cafile
312 IFDEF: USE_SSL
313 DEFAULT: none
314 LOC: Config.ssl_client.cafile
315 TYPE: string
316 DOC_START
317 file containing CA certificates to use when verifying server
318 certificates while proxying https:// URLs
319 DOC_END
320
321 NAME: sslproxy_capath
322 IFDEF: USE_SSL
323 DEFAULT: none
324 LOC: Config.ssl_client.capath
325 TYPE: string
326 DOC_START
327 directory containing CA certificates to use when verifying
328 server certificates while proxying https:// URLs
329 DOC_END
330
331 NAME: sslproxy_flags
332 IFDEF: USE_SSL
333 DEFAULT: none
334 LOC: Config.ssl_client.flags
335 TYPE: string
336 DOC_START
337 Various flags modifying the use of SSL while proxying https:// URLs:
338 DONT_VERIFY_PEER Accept certificates even if they fail to
339 verify.
340 NO_DEFAULT_CA Don't use the default CA list built in
341 to OpenSSL.
342 DOC_END
343
344 NAME: sslpassword_program
345 IFDEF: USE_SSL
346 DEFAULT: none
347 LOC: Config.Program.ssl_password
348 TYPE: string
349 DOC_START
350 Specify a program used for entering SSL key passphrases
351 when using encrypted SSL certificate keys. If not specified
352 keys must either be unencrypted, or Squid started with the -N
353 option to allow it to query interactively for the passphrase.
354 DOC_END
355
356 COMMENT_START
357 OPTIONS WHICH AFFECT THE NEIGHBOR SELECTION ALGORITHM
358 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
359 COMMENT_END
360
361 NAME: cache_peer
362 TYPE: peer
363 DEFAULT: none
364 LOC: Config.peers
365 DOC_START
366 To specify other caches in a hierarchy, use the format:
367
368 cache_peer hostname type http-port icp-port [options]
369
370 For example,
371
372 # proxy icp
373 # hostname type port port options
374 # -------------------- -------- ----- ----- -----------
375 cache_peer parent.foo.net parent 3128 3130 proxy-only default
376 cache_peer sib1.foo.net sibling 3128 3130 proxy-only
377 cache_peer sib2.foo.net sibling 3128 3130 proxy-only
378
379 type: either 'parent', 'sibling', or 'multicast'.
380
381 proxy-port: The port number where the cache listens for proxy
382 requests.
383
384 icp-port: Used for querying neighbor caches about
385 objects. To have a non-ICP neighbor
386 specify '7' for the ICP port and make sure the
387 neighbor machine has the UDP echo port
388 enabled in its /etc/inetd.conf file.
389 NOTE: Also requires icp_port option enabled to send/receive
390 requests via this method.
391
392 options: proxy-only
393 weight=n
394 basetime=n
395 ttl=n
396 no-query
397 background-ping
398 default
399 round-robin
400 weighted-round-robin
401 carp
402 multicast-responder
403 closest-only
404 no-digest
405 no-netdb-exchange
406 no-delay
407 login=user:password | PASS | *:password
408 connect-timeout=nn
409 digest-url=url
410 allow-miss
411 max-conn=n
412 htcp
413 htcp-oldsquid
414 originserver
415 name=xxx
416 forceddomain=name
417 ssl
418 sslcert=/path/to/ssl/certificate
419 sslkey=/path/to/ssl/key
420 sslversion=1|2|3|4
421 sslcipher=...
422 ssloptions=...
423 front-end-https[=on|auto]
424
425 use 'proxy-only' to specify objects fetched
426 from this cache should not be saved locally.
427
428 use 'weight=n' to affect the selection of a peer
429 during any weighted peer-selection mechanisms.
430 The weight must be an integer; default is 1,
431 larger weights are favored more.
432 This option does not affect parent selection if a peering
433 protocol is not in use.
434
435 use 'basetime=n' to specify a base amount to
436 be subtracted from round trip times of parents.
437 It is subtracted before division by weight in calculating
438 which parent to fectch from. If the rtt is less than the
439 base time the rtt is set to a minimal value.
440
441 use 'ttl=n' to specify a IP multicast TTL to use
442 when sending an ICP queries to this address.
443 Only useful when sending to a multicast group.
444 Because we don't accept ICP replies from random
445 hosts, you must configure other group members as
446 peers with the 'multicast-responder' option below.
447
448 use 'no-query' to NOT send ICP queries to this
449 neighbor.
450
451 use 'background-ping' to only send ICP queries to this
452 neighbor infrequently. This is used to keep the neighbor
453 round trip time updated and is usually used in
454 conjunction with weighted-round-robin.
455
456 use 'default' if this is a parent cache which can
457 be used as a "last-resort" if a peer cannot be located
458 by any of the peer-selection mechanisms.
459 If specified more than once, only the first is used.
460
461 use 'round-robin' to define a set of parents which
462 should be used in a round-robin fashion in the
463 absence of any ICP queries.
464
465 use 'weighted-round-robin' to define a set of parents
466 which should be used in a round-robin fashion with the
467 frequency of each parent being based on the round trip
468 time. Closer parents are used more often.
469 Usually used for background-ping parents.
470
471 use 'carp' to define a set of parents which should
472 be used as a CARP array. The requests will be
473 distributed among the parents based on the CARP load
474 balancing hash function based on their weigth.
475
476 'multicast-responder' indicates the named peer
477 is a member of a multicast group. ICP queries will
478 not be sent directly to the peer, but ICP replies
479 will be accepted from it.
480
481 'closest-only' indicates that, for ICP_OP_MISS
482 replies, we'll only forward CLOSEST_PARENT_MISSes
483 and never FIRST_PARENT_MISSes.
484
485 use 'no-digest' to NOT request cache digests from
486 this neighbor.
487
488 'no-netdb-exchange' disables requesting ICMP
489 RTT database (NetDB) from the neighbor.
490
491 use 'no-delay' to prevent access to this neighbor
492 from influencing the delay pools.
493
494 use 'login=user:password' if this is a personal/workgroup
495 proxy and your parent requires proxy authentication.
496 Note: The string can include URL escapes (i.e. %20 for
497 spaces). This also means % must be written as %%.
498
499 use 'login=PASS' if users must authenticate against
500 the upstream proxy or in the case of a reverse proxy
501 configuration, the origin web server. This will pass
502 the users credentials as they are to the peer.
503 This only works for the Basic HTTP authentication scheme.
504 Note: To combine this with proxy_auth both proxies must
505 share the same user database as HTTP only allows for
506 one proxy login.
507 Also be warned this will expose your users proxy
508 password to the peer. USE WITH CAUTION
509
510 use 'login=*:password' to pass the username to the
511 upstream cache, but with a fixed password. This is meant
512 to be used when the peer is in another administrative
513 domain, but it is still needed to identify each user.
514 The star can optionally be followed by some extra
515 information which is added to the username. This can
516 be used to identify this proxy to the peer, similar to
517 the login=username:password option above.
518
519 use 'connect-timeout=nn' to specify a peer
520 specific connect timeout (also see the
521 peer_connect_timeout directive)
522
523 use 'digest-url=url' to tell Squid to fetch the cache
524 digest (if digests are enabled) for this host from
525 the specified URL rather than the Squid default
526 location.
527
528 use 'allow-miss' to disable Squid's use of only-if-cached
529 when forwarding requests to siblings. This is primarily
530 useful when icp_hit_stale is used by the sibling. To
531 extensive use of this option may result in forwarding
532 loops, and you should avoid having two-way peerings
533 with this option. (for example to deny peer usage on
534 requests from peer by denying cache_peer_access if the
535 source is a peer)
536
537 use 'max-conn=n' to limit the amount of connections Squid
538 may open to this peer.
539
540 use 'htcp' to send HTCP, instead of ICP, queries
541 to the neighbor. You probably also want to
542 set the "icp port" to 4827 instead of 3130.
543
544 use 'htcp-oldsquid' to send HTCP to old Squid versions
545
546 'originserver' causes this parent peer to be contacted as
547 a origin server. Meant to be used in accelerator setups.
548
549 use 'name=xxx' if you have multiple peers on the same
550 host but different ports. This name can be used to
551 differentiate the peers in cache_peer_access and similar
552 directives.
553
554 use 'forceddomain=name' to forcibly set the Host header
555 of requests forwarded to this peer. Useful in accelerator
556 setups where the server (peer) expects a certain domain
557 name and using redirectors to feed this domainname
558 is not feasible.
559
560 use 'ssl' to indicate connections to this peer should
561 bs SSL/TLS encrypted.
562
563 use 'sslcert=/path/to/ssl/certificate' to specify a client
564 SSL certificate to use when connecting to this peer.
565
566 use 'sslkey=/path/to/ssl/key' to specify the private SSL
567 key corresponding to sslcert above. If 'sslkey' is not
568 specified 'sslcert' is assumed to reference a
569 combined file containing both the certificate and the key.
570
571 use sslversion=1|2|3|4 to specify the SSL version to use
572 when connecting to this peer
573 1 = automatic (default)
574 2 = SSL v2 only
575 3 = SSL v3 only
576 4 = TLS v1 only
577
578 use sslcipher=... to specify the list of valid SSL ciphers
579 to use when connecting to this peer.
580
581 use ssloptions=... to specify various SSL engine options:
582 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
583 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
584 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
585 See src/ssl_support.c or the OpenSSL documentation for
586 a more complete list.
587
588 use sslcafile=... to specify a file containing additional
589 CA certificates to use when verifying the peer certificate
590
591 use sslcapath=... to specify a directory containing additional
592 CA certificates to use when verifying the peer certificate
593
594 use sslcrlfile=... to specify a certificate revocation
595 list file to use when verifying the peer certificate.
596
597 use sslflags=... to specify various flags modifying the
598 SSL implementation:
599 DONT_VERIFY_PEER
600 Accept certificates even if they fail to
601 verify.
602 NO_DEFAULT_CA
603 Don't use the default CA list built in
604 to OpenSSL.
605 DONT_VERIFY_DOMAIN
606 Don't verify the peer certificate
607 matches the server name
608
609 use ssldomain= to specify the peer name as advertised
610 in it's certificate. Used for verifying the correctness
611 of the received peer certificate. If not specified the
612 peer hostname will be used.
613
614 use front-end-https to enable the "Front-End-Https: On"
615 header needed when using Squid as a SSL frontend infront
616 of Microsoft OWA. See MS KB document Q307347 for details
617 on this header. If set to auto the header will
618 only be added if the request is forwarded as a https://
619 URL.
620 DOC_END
621
622 NAME: cache_peer_domain cache_host_domain
623 TYPE: hostdomain
624 DEFAULT: none
625 LOC: none
626 DOC_START
627 Use to limit the domains for which a neighbor cache will be
628 queried. Usage:
629
630 cache_peer_domain cache-host domain [domain ...]
631 cache_peer_domain cache-host !domain
632
633 For example, specifying
634
635 cache_peer_domain parent.foo.net .edu
636
637 has the effect such that UDP query packets are sent to
638 'bigserver' only when the requested object exists on a
639 server in the .edu domain. Prefixing the domainname
640 with '!' means the cache will be queried for objects
641 NOT in that domain.
642
643 NOTE: * Any number of domains may be given for a cache-host,
644 either on the same or separate lines.
645 * When multiple domains are given for a particular
646 cache-host, the first matched domain is applied.
647 * Cache hosts with no domain restrictions are queried
648 for all requests.
649 * There are no defaults.
650 * There is also a 'cache_peer_access' tag in the ACL
651 section.
652 DOC_END
653
654 NAME: neighbor_type_domain
655 TYPE: hostdomaintype
656 DEFAULT: none
657 LOC: none
658 DOC_START
659 usage: neighbor_type_domain neighbor parent|sibling domain domain ...
660
661 Modifying the neighbor type for specific domains is now
662 possible. You can treat some domains differently than the the
663 default neighbor type specified on the 'cache_peer' line.
664 Normally it should only be necessary to list domains which
665 should be treated differently because the default neighbor type
666 applies for hostnames which do not match domains listed here.
667
668 EXAMPLE:
669 cache_peer parent cache.foo.org 3128 3130
670 neighbor_type_domain cache.foo.org sibling .com .net
671 neighbor_type_domain cache.foo.org sibling .au .de
672 DOC_END
673
674 NAME: dead_peer_timeout
675 COMMENT: (seconds)
676 DEFAULT: 10 seconds
677 TYPE: time_t
678 LOC: Config.Timeout.deadPeer
679 DOC_START
680 This controls how long Squid waits to declare a peer cache
681 as "dead." If there are no ICP replies received in this
682 amount of time, Squid will declare the peer dead and not
683 expect to receive any further ICP replies. However, it
684 continues to send ICP queries, and will mark the peer as
685 alive upon receipt of the first subsequent ICP reply.
686
687 This timeout also affects when Squid expects to receive ICP
688 replies from peers. If more than 'dead_peer' seconds have
689 passed since the last ICP reply was received, Squid will not
690 expect to receive an ICP reply on the next query. Thus, if
691 your time between requests is greater than this timeout, you
692 will see a lot of requests sent DIRECT to origin servers
693 instead of to your parents.
694 DOC_END
695
696 NAME: hierarchy_stoplist
697 TYPE: wordlist
698 DEFAULT: none
699 LOC: Config.hierarchy_stoplist
700 DOC_START
701 A list of words which, if found in a URL, cause the object to
702 be handled directly by this cache. In other words, use this
703 to not query neighbor caches for certain objects. You may
704 list this option multiple times.
705 Note: never_direct overrides this option.
706 NOCOMMENT_START
707 #We recommend you to use at least the following line.
708 hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ?
709 NOCOMMENT_END
710 DOC_END
711
712 NAME: cache no_cache
713 TYPE: acl_access
714 DEFAULT: none
715 LOC: Config.accessList.noCache
716 DOC_START
717 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, cause the request to
718 not be satisfied from the cache and the reply to not be cached.
719 In other words, use this to force certain objects to never be cached.
720
721 You must use the word 'DENY' to indicate the ACL names which should
722 NOT be cached.
723
724 Default is to allow all to be cached
725 NOCOMMENT_START
726 #We recommend you to use the following two lines.
727 acl QUERY urlpath_regex cgi-bin \?
728 cache deny QUERY
729 NOCOMMENT_END
730 DOC_END
731
732 COMMENT_START
733 MEMORY CACHE OPTIONS
734 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
735 COMMENT_END
736
737 NAME: cache_mem
738 COMMENT: (bytes)
739 TYPE: b_size_t
740 DEFAULT: 8 MB
741 LOC: Config.memMaxSize
742 DOC_START
743 NOTE: THIS PARAMETER DOES NOT SPECIFY THE MAXIMUM PROCESS SIZE.
744 IT ONLY PLACES A LIMIT ON HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL MEMORY SQUID WILL
745 USE AS A MEMORY CACHE OF OBJECTS. SQUID USES MEMORY FOR OTHER
746 THINGS AS WELL. SEE THE SQUID FAQ SECTION 8 FOR DETAILS.
747
748 'cache_mem' specifies the ideal amount of memory to be used
749 for:
750 * In-Transit objects
751 * Hot Objects
752 * Negative-Cached objects
753
754 Data for these objects are stored in 4 KB blocks. This
755 parameter specifies the ideal upper limit on the total size of
756 4 KB blocks allocated. In-Transit objects take the highest
757 priority.
758
759 In-transit objects have priority over the others. When
760 additional space is needed for incoming data, negative-cached
761 and hot objects will be released. In other words, the
762 negative-cached and hot objects will fill up any unused space
763 not needed for in-transit objects.
764
765 If circumstances require, this limit will be exceeded.
766 Specifically, if your incoming request rate requires more than
767 'cache_mem' of memory to hold in-transit objects, Squid will
768 exceed this limit to satisfy the new requests. When the load
769 decreases, blocks will be freed until the high-water mark is
770 reached. Thereafter, blocks will be used to store hot
771 objects.
772 DOC_END
773
774 NAME: maximum_object_size_in_memory
775 COMMENT: (bytes)
776 TYPE: b_size_t
777 DEFAULT: 8 KB
778 LOC: Config.Store.maxInMemObjSize
779 DOC_START
780 Objects greater than this size will not be attempted to kept in
781 the memory cache. This should be set high enough to keep objects
782 accessed frequently in memory to improve performance whilst low
783 enough to keep larger objects from hoarding cache_mem .
784 DOC_END
785
786 NAME: ipcache_size
787 COMMENT: (number of entries)
788 TYPE: int
789 DEFAULT: 1024
790 LOC: Config.ipcache.size
791 DOC_NONE
792
793 NAME: ipcache_low
794 COMMENT: (percent)
795 TYPE: int
796 DEFAULT: 90
797 LOC: Config.ipcache.low
798 DOC_NONE
799
800 NAME: ipcache_high
801 COMMENT: (percent)
802 TYPE: int
803 DEFAULT: 95
804 LOC: Config.ipcache.high
805 DOC_START
806 The size, low-, and high-water marks for the IP cache.
807 DOC_END
808
809 NAME: fqdncache_size
810 COMMENT: (number of entries)
811 TYPE: int
812 DEFAULT: 1024
813 LOC: Config.fqdncache.size
814 DOC_START
815 Maximum number of FQDN cache entries.
816 DOC_END
817
818 NAME: memory_replacement_policy
819 TYPE: removalpolicy
820 LOC: Config.memPolicy
821 DEFAULT: lru
822 DOC_START
823 The memory replacement policy parameter determines which
824 objects are purged from memory when memory space is needed.
825
826 See cache_replacement_policy for details.
827 DOC_END
828
829 COMMENT_START
830 DISK CACHE OPTIONS
831 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
832 COMMENT_END
833
834 NAME: cache_dir
835 TYPE: cachedir
836 DEFAULT: none
837 DEFAULT_IF_NONE: ufs @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@ 100 16 256
838 LOC: Config.cacheSwap
839 DOC_START
840 Usage:
841
842 cache_dir Type Directory-Name Fs-specific-data [options]
843
844 You can specify multiple cache_dir lines to spread the
845 cache among different disk partitions.
846
847 Type specifies the kind of storage system to use. Only "ufs"
848 is built by default. To enable any of the other storage systems
849 see the --enable-storeio configure option.
850
851 'Directory' is a top-level directory where cache swap
852 files will be stored. If you want to use an entire disk
853 for caching, this can be the mount-point directory.
854 The directory must exist and be writable by the Squid
855 process. Squid will NOT create this directory for you.
856
857 The ufs store type:
858
859 "ufs" is the old well-known Squid storage format that has always
860 been there.
861
862 cache_dir ufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
863
864 'Mbytes' is the amount of disk space (MB) to use under this
865 directory. The default is 100 MB. Change this to suit your
866 configuration. Do NOT put the size of your disk drive here.
867 Instead, if you want Squid to use the entire disk drive,
868 subtract 20% and use that value.
869
870 'Level-1' is the number of first-level subdirectories which
871 will be created under the 'Directory'. The default is 16.
872
873 'Level-2' is the number of second-level subdirectories which
874 will be created under each first-level directory. The default
875 is 256.
876
877 The aufs store type:
878
879 "aufs" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing
880 POSIX-threads to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
881 disk-I/O. This was formerly known in Squid as async-io.
882
883 cache_dir aufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
884
885 see argument descriptions under ufs above
886
887 The diskd store type:
888
889 "diskd" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing a
890 separate process to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
891 disk-I/O.
892
893 cache_dir diskd Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options] [Q1=n] [Q2=n]
894
895 see argument descriptions under ufs above
896
897 Q1 specifies the number of unacknowledged I/O requests when Squid
898 stops opening new files. If this many messages are in the queues,
899 Squid won't open new files. Default is 64
900
901 Q2 specifies the number of unacknowledged messages when Squid
902 starts blocking. If this many messages are in the queues,
903 Squid blocks until it receives some replies. Default is 72
904
905 When Q1 < Q2 (the default), the cache directory is optimized
906 for lower response time at the expense of a decrease in hit
907 ratio. If Q1 > Q2, the cache directory is optimized for
908 higher hit ratio at the expense of an increase in response
909 time.
910
911 The coss store type:
912
913 block-size=n defines the "block size" for COSS cache_dir's.
914 Squid uses file numbers as block numbers. Since file numbers
915 are limited to 24 bits, the block size determines the maximum
916 size of the COSS partition. The default is 512 bytes, which
917 leads to a maximum cache_dir size of 512<<24, or 8 GB. Note
918 you should not change the coss block size after Squid
919 has written some objects to the cache_dir.
920
921 The coss file store has changed from 2.5. Now it uses a file
922 called 'stripe' in the directory names in the config - and
923 this will be created by squid -z.
924
925 The null store type:
926
927 no options are allowed or required
928
929 Common options:
930
931 no-store, no new objects should be stored to this cache_dir
932
933 max-size=n, refers to the max object size this storedir supports.
934 It is used to initially choose the storedir to dump the object.
935 Note: To make optimal use of the max-size limits you should order
936 the cache_dir lines with the smallest max-size value first and the
937 ones with no max-size specification last.
938
939 Note for coss, max-size must be less than COSS_MEMBUF_SZ,
940 which can be changed with the --with-coss-membuf-size=N configure
941 option.
942 DOC_END
943
944 NAME: store_dir_select_algorithm
945 TYPE: string
946 LOC: Config.store_dir_select_algorithm
947 DEFAULT: least-load
948 DOC_START
949 Set this to 'round-robin' as an alternative.
950 DOC_END
951
952 NAME: max_open_disk_fds
953 TYPE: int
954 LOC: Config.max_open_disk_fds
955 DEFAULT: 0
956 DOC_START
957 To avoid having disk as the I/O bottleneck Squid can optionally
958 bypass the on-disk cache if more than this amount of disk file
959 descriptors are open.
960
961 A value of 0 indicates no limit.
962 DOC_END
963
964 NAME: cache_replacement_policy
965 TYPE: removalpolicy
966 LOC: Config.replPolicy
967 DEFAULT: lru
968 DOC_START
969 The cache replacement policy parameter determines which
970 objects are evicted (replaced) when disk space is needed.
971
972 lru : Squid's original list based LRU policy
973 heap GDSF : Greedy-Dual Size Frequency
974 heap LFUDA: Least Frequently Used with Dynamic Aging
975 heap LRU : LRU policy implemented using a heap
976
977 Applies to any cache_dir lines listed below this.
978
979 The LRU policies keeps recently referenced objects.
980
981 The heap GDSF policy optimizes object hit rate by keeping smaller
982 popular objects in cache so it has a better chance of getting a
983 hit. It achieves a lower byte hit rate than LFUDA though since
984 it evicts larger (possibly popular) objects.
985
986 The heap LFUDA policy keeps popular objects in cache regardless of
987 their size and thus optimizes byte hit rate at the expense of
988 hit rate since one large, popular object will prevent many
989 smaller, slightly less popular objects from being cached.
990
991 Both policies utilize a dynamic aging mechanism that prevents
992 cache pollution that can otherwise occur with frequency-based
993 replacement policies.
994
995 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
996 the value of maximum_object_size above its default of 4096 KB to
997 to maximize the potential byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA.
998
999 For more information about the GDSF and LFUDA cache replacement
1000 policies see http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/1999/HPL-1999-69.html
1001 and http://fog.hpl.external.hp.com/techreports/98/HPL-98-173.html.
1002 DOC_END
1003
1004 NAME: minimum_object_size
1005 COMMENT: (bytes)
1006 TYPE: b_int64_t
1007 DEFAULT: 0 KB
1008 LOC: Config.Store.minObjectSize
1009 DOC_START
1010 Objects smaller than this size will NOT be saved on disk. The
1011 value is specified in kilobytes, and the default is 0 KB, which
1012 means there is no minimum.
1013 DOC_END
1014
1015 NAME: maximum_object_size
1016 COMMENT: (bytes)
1017 TYPE: b_int64_t
1018 DEFAULT: 4096 KB
1019 LOC: Config.Store.maxObjectSize
1020 DOC_START
1021 Objects larger than this size will NOT be saved on disk. The
1022 value is specified in kilobytes, and the default is 4MB. If
1023 you wish to get a high BYTES hit ratio, you should probably
1024 increase this (one 32 MB object hit counts for 3200 10KB
1025 hits). If you wish to increase speed more than your want to
1026 save bandwidth you should leave this low.
1027
1028 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
1029 this value to maximize the byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA!
1030 See replacement_policy below for a discussion of this policy.
1031 DOC_END
1032
1033 NAME: cache_swap_low
1034 COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
1035 TYPE: int
1036 DEFAULT: 90
1037 LOC: Config.Swap.lowWaterMark
1038 DOC_NONE
1039
1040 NAME: cache_swap_high
1041 COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
1042 TYPE: int
1043 DEFAULT: 95
1044 LOC: Config.Swap.highWaterMark
1045 DOC_START
1046
1047 The low- and high-water marks for cache object replacement.
1048 Replacement begins when the swap (disk) usage is above the
1049 low-water mark and attempts to maintain utilization near the
1050 low-water mark. As swap utilization gets close to high-water
1051 mark object eviction becomes more aggressive. If utilization is
1052 close to the low-water mark less replacement is done each time.
1053
1054 Defaults are 90% and 95%. If you have a large cache, 5% could be
1055 hundreds of MB. If this is the case you may wish to set these
1056 numbers closer together.
1057 DOC_END
1058
1059 COMMENT_START
1060 LOGFILE OPTIONS
1061 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1062 COMMENT_END
1063
1064 NAME: logformat
1065 TYPE: logformat
1066 LOC: Config.Log.logformats
1067 DEFAULT: none
1068 DOC_START
1069 Usage:
1070
1071 logformat <name> <format specification>
1072
1073 Defines an access log format.
1074
1075 The <format specification> is a string with embedded % format codes
1076
1077 % format codes all follow the same basic structure where all but
1078 the formatcode is optional. Output strings are automatically escaped
1079 as required according to their context and the output format
1080 modifiers are usually not needed, but can be specified if an explicit
1081 output format is desired.
1082
1083 % ["|[|'|#] [-] [[0]width] [{argument}] formatcode
1084
1085 " output in quoted string format
1086 [ output in squid text log format as used by log_mime_hdrs
1087 # output in URL quoted format
1088 ' output as-is
1089
1090 - left aligned
1091 width field width. If starting with 0 the
1092 output is zero padded
1093 {arg} argument such as header name etc
1094
1095 Format codes:
1096
1097 >a Client source IP address
1098 >A Client FQDN
1099 >p Client source port
1100 <A Server IP address or peer name
1101 la Local IP address (http_port)
1102 lp Local port number (http_port)
1103 ts Seconds since epoch
1104 tu subsecond time (milliseconds)
1105 tl Local time. Optional strftime format argument
1106 default %d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S %z
1107 tg GMT time. Optional strftime format argument
1108 default %d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S %z
1109 tr Response time (milliseconds)
1110 >h Request header. Optional header name argument
1111 on the format header[:[separator]element]
1112 <h Reply header. Optional header name argument
1113 as for >h
1114 un User name
1115 ul User name from authentication
1116 ui User name from ident
1117 us User name from SSL
1118 ue User name from external acl helper
1119 Hs HTTP status code
1120 Ss Squid request status (TCP_MISS etc)
1121 Sh Squid hierarchy status (DEFAULT_PARENT etc)
1122 mt MIME content type
1123 rm Request method (GET/POST etc)
1124 ru Request URL
1125 rp Request URL-Path excluding hostname
1126 rv Request protocol version
1127 et Tag returned by external acl
1128 ea Log string returned by external acl
1129 <st Reply size including HTTP headers
1130 <sH Reply high offset sent
1131 <sS Upstream object size
1132 % a literal % character
1133
1134 logformat squid %ts.%03tu %6tr %>a %Ss/%03Hs %<st %rm %ru %un %Sh/%<A %mt
1135 logformat squidmime %ts.%03tu %6tr %>a %Ss/%03Hs %<st %rm %ru %un %Sh/%<A %mt [%>h] [%<h]
1136 logformat common %>a %ui %un [%tl] "%rm %ru HTTP/%rv" %Hs %<st %Ss:%Sh
1137 logformat combined %>a %ui %un [%tl] "%rm %ru HTTP/%rv" %Hs %<st "%{Referer}>h" "%{User-Agent}>h" %Ss:%Sh
1138 DOC_END
1139
1140 NAME: access_log cache_access_log
1141 TYPE: access_log
1142 LOC: Config.Log.accesslogs
1143 DEFAULT: none
1144 DOC_START
1145 These files log client request activities. Has a line every HTTP or
1146 ICP request. The format is:
1147 access_log <filepath> [<logformat name> [acl acl ...]]
1148 access_log none [acl acl ...]]
1149
1150 Will log to the specified file using the specified format (which
1151 must be defined in a logformat directive) those entries which match
1152 ALL the acl's specified (which must be defined in acl clauses).
1153 If no acl is specified, all requests will be logged to this file.
1154
1155 To disable logging of a request use the filepath "none", in which case
1156 a logformat name should not be specified.
1157
1158 To log the request via syslog specify a filepath of "syslog":
1159
1160 access_log syslog[:facility|priority] [format [acl1 [acl2 ....]]]
1161 where facility could be any of:
1162 LOG_AUTHPRIV, LOG_DAEMON, LOG_LOCAL0 .. LOG_LOCAL7 or LOG_USER.
1163
1164 And priority could be any of:
1165 LOG_ERR, LOG_WARNING, LOG_NOTICE, LOG_INFO, LOG_DEBUG.
1166 NOCOMMENT_START
1167 access_log @DEFAULT_ACCESS_LOG@ squid
1168 NOCOMMENT_END
1169 DOC_END
1170
1171 NAME: cache_log
1172 TYPE: string
1173 DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_CACHE_LOG@
1174 LOC: Config.Log.log
1175 DOC_START
1176 Cache logging file. This is where general information about
1177 your cache's behavior goes. You can increase the amount of data
1178 logged to this file with the "debug_options" tag below.
1179 DOC_END
1180
1181 NAME: cache_store_log
1182 TYPE: string
1183 DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_STORE_LOG@
1184 LOC: Config.Log.store
1185 DOC_START
1186 Logs the activities of the storage manager. Shows which
1187 objects are ejected from the cache, and which objects are
1188 saved and for how long. To disable, enter "none". There are
1189 not really utilities to analyze this data, so you can safely
1190 disable it.
1191 DOC_END
1192
1193 NAME: cache_swap_state cache_swap_log
1194 TYPE: string
1195 LOC: Config.Log.swap
1196 DEFAULT: none
1197 DOC_START
1198 Location for the cache "swap.state" file. This index file holds
1199 the metadata of objects saved on disk. It is used to rebuild
1200 the cache during startup. Normally this file resides in each
1201 'cache_dir' directory, but you may specify an alternate
1202 pathname here. Note you must give a full filename, not just
1203 a directory. Since this is the index for the whole object
1204 list you CANNOT periodically rotate it!
1205
1206 If %s can be used in the file name it will be replaced with a
1207 a representation of the cache_dir name where each / is replaced
1208 with '.'. This is needed to allow adding/removing cache_dir
1209 lines when cache_swap_log is being used.
1210
1211 If have more than one 'cache_dir', and %s is not used in the name
1212 these swap logs will have names such as:
1213
1214 cache_swap_log.00
1215 cache_swap_log.01
1216 cache_swap_log.02
1217
1218 The numbered extension (which is added automatically)
1219 corresponds to the order of the 'cache_dir' lines in this
1220 configuration file. If you change the order of the 'cache_dir'
1221 lines in this file, these index files will NOT correspond to
1222 the correct 'cache_dir' entry (unless you manually rename
1223 them). We recommend you do NOT use this option. It is
1224 better to keep these index files in each 'cache_dir' directory.
1225 DOC_END
1226
1227 NAME: logfile_rotate
1228 TYPE: int
1229 DEFAULT: 10
1230 LOC: Config.Log.rotateNumber
1231 DOC_START
1232 Specifies the number of logfile rotations to make when you
1233 type 'squid -k rotate'. The default is 10, which will rotate
1234 with extensions 0 through 9. Setting logfile_rotate to 0 will
1235 disable the file name rotation, but the logfiles are still closed
1236 and re-opened. This will enable you to rename the logfiles
1237 yourself just before sending the rotate signal.
1238
1239 Note, the 'squid -k rotate' command normally sends a USR1
1240 signal to the running squid process. In certain situations
1241 (e.g. on Linux with Async I/O), USR1 is used for other
1242 purposes, so -k rotate uses another signal. It is best to get
1243 in the habit of using 'squid -k rotate' instead of 'kill -USR1
1244 <pid>'.
1245 DOC_END
1246
1247 NAME: emulate_httpd_log
1248 COMMENT: on|off
1249 TYPE: onoff
1250 DEFAULT: off
1251 LOC: Config.onoff.common_log
1252 DOC_START
1253 The Cache can emulate the log file format which many 'httpd'
1254 programs use. To disable/enable this emulation, set
1255 emulate_httpd_log to 'off' or 'on'. The default
1256 is to use the native log format since it includes useful
1257 information Squid-specific log analyzers use.
1258 DOC_END
1259
1260 NAME: log_ip_on_direct
1261 COMMENT: on|off
1262 TYPE: onoff
1263 DEFAULT: on
1264 LOC: Config.onoff.log_ip_on_direct
1265 DOC_START
1266 Log the destination IP address in the hierarchy log tag when going
1267 direct. Earlier Squid versions logged the hostname here. If you
1268 prefer the old way set this to off.
1269 DOC_END
1270
1271 NAME: mime_table
1272 TYPE: string
1273 DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_MIME_TABLE@
1274 LOC: Config.mimeTablePathname
1275 DOC_START
1276 Pathname to Squid's MIME table. You shouldn't need to change
1277 this, but the default file contains examples and formatting
1278 information if you do.
1279 DOC_END
1280
1281 NAME: log_mime_hdrs
1282 COMMENT: on|off
1283 TYPE: onoff
1284 LOC: Config.onoff.log_mime_hdrs
1285 DEFAULT: off
1286 DOC_START
1287 The Cache can record both the request and the response MIME
1288 headers for each HTTP transaction. The headers are encoded
1289 safely and will appear as two bracketed fields at the end of
1290 the access log (for either the native or httpd-emulated log
1291 formats). To enable this logging set log_mime_hdrs to 'on'.
1292 DOC_END
1293
1294 NAME: useragent_log
1295 TYPE: string
1296 LOC: Config.Log.useragent
1297 DEFAULT: none
1298 IFDEF: USE_USERAGENT_LOG
1299 DOC_START
1300 Squid will write the User-Agent field from HTTP requests
1301 to the filename specified here. By default useragent_log
1302 is disabled.
1303 DOC_END
1304
1305 NAME: referer_log referrer_log
1306 TYPE: string
1307 LOC: Config.Log.referer
1308 DEFAULT: none
1309 IFDEF: USE_REFERER_LOG
1310 DOC_START
1311 Squid will write the Referer field from HTTP requests to the
1312 filename specified here. By default referer_log is disabled.
1313 Note that "referer" is actually a misspelling of "referrer"
1314 however the misspelt version has been accepted into the HTTP RFCs
1315 and we accept both.
1316 DOC_END
1317
1318 NAME: pid_filename
1319 TYPE: string
1320 DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PID_FILE@
1321 LOC: Config.pidFilename
1322 DOC_START
1323 A filename to write the process-id to. To disable, enter "none".
1324 DOC_END
1325
1326 NAME: debug_options
1327 TYPE: debug
1328 DEFAULT: ALL,1
1329 LOC: Config.debugOptions
1330 DOC_START
1331 Logging options are set as section,level where each source file
1332 is assigned a unique section. Lower levels result in less
1333 output, Full debugging (level 9) can result in a very large
1334 log file, so be careful. The magic word "ALL" sets debugging
1335 levels for all sections. We recommend normally running with
1336 "ALL,1".
1337 DOC_END
1338
1339 NAME: log_fqdn
1340 COMMENT: on|off
1341 TYPE: onoff
1342 DEFAULT: off
1343 LOC: Config.onoff.log_fqdn
1344 DOC_START
1345 Turn this on if you wish to log fully qualified domain names
1346 in the access.log. To do this Squid does a DNS lookup of all
1347 IP's connecting to it. This can (in some situations) increase
1348 latency, which makes your cache seem slower for interactive
1349 browsing.
1350 DOC_END
1351
1352 NAME: client_netmask
1353 TYPE: address
1354 LOC: Config.Addrs.client_netmask
1355 DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
1356 DOC_START
1357 A netmask for client addresses in logfiles and cachemgr output.
1358 Change this to protect the privacy of your cache clients.
1359 A netmask of 255.255.255.0 will log all IP's in that range with
1360 the last digit set to '0'.
1361 DOC_END
1362
1363 NAME: forward_log
1364 IFDEF: WIP_FWD_LOG
1365 TYPE: string
1366 DEFAULT: none
1367 LOC: Config.Log.forward
1368 DOC_START
1369 Logs the server-side requests.
1370
1371 This is currently work in progress.
1372 DOC_END
1373
1374 NAME: strip_query_terms
1375 TYPE: onoff
1376 LOC: Config.onoff.strip_query_terms
1377 DEFAULT: on
1378 DOC_START
1379 By default, Squid strips query terms from requested URLs before
1380 logging. This protects your user's privacy.
1381 DOC_END
1382
1383 NAME: buffered_logs
1384 COMMENT: on|off
1385 TYPE: onoff
1386 DEFAULT: off
1387 LOC: Config.onoff.buffered_logs
1388 DOC_START
1389 cache.log log file is written with stdio functions, and as such
1390 it can be buffered or unbuffered. By default it will be unbuffered.
1391 Buffering it can speed up the writing slightly (though you are
1392 unlikely to need to worry unless you run with tons of debugging
1393 enabled in which case performance will suffer badly anyway..).
1394 DOC_END
1395
1396 COMMENT_START
1397 OPTIONS FOR EXTERNAL SUPPORT PROGRAMS
1398 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1399 COMMENT_END
1400
1401 NAME: ftp_user
1402 TYPE: string
1403 DEFAULT: Squid@
1404 LOC: Config.Ftp.anon_user
1405 DOC_START
1406 If you want the anonymous login password to be more informative
1407 (and enable the use of picky ftp servers), set this to something
1408 reasonable for your domain, like wwwuser@somewhere.net
1409
1410 The reason why this is domainless by default is the
1411 request can be made on the behalf of a user in any domain,
1412 depending on how the cache is used.
1413 Some ftp server also validate the email address is valid
1414 (for example perl.com).
1415 DOC_END
1416
1417 NAME: ftp_list_width
1418 TYPE: size_t
1419 DEFAULT: 32
1420 LOC: Config.Ftp.list_width
1421 DOC_START
1422 Sets the width of ftp listings. This should be set to fit in
1423 the width of a standard browser. Setting this too small
1424 can cut off long filenames when browsing ftp sites.
1425 DOC_END
1426
1427 NAME: ftp_passive
1428 TYPE: onoff
1429 DEFAULT: on
1430 LOC: Config.Ftp.passive
1431 DOC_START
1432 If your firewall does not allow Squid to use passive
1433 connections, turn off this option.
1434 DOC_END
1435
1436 NAME: ftp_sanitycheck
1437 TYPE: onoff
1438 DEFAULT: on
1439 LOC: Config.Ftp.sanitycheck
1440 DOC_START
1441 For security and data integrity reasons Squid by default performs
1442 sanity checks of the addresses of FTP data connections ensure the
1443 data connection is to the requested server. If you need to allow
1444 FTP connections to servers using another IP address for the data
1445 connection turn this off.
1446 DOC_END
1447
1448 NAME: ftp_telnet_protocol
1449 TYPE: onoff
1450 DEFAULT: on
1451 LOC: Config.Ftp.telnet
1452 DOC_START
1453 The FTP protocol is officially defined to use the telnet protocol
1454 as transport channel for the control connection. However, many
1455 implementations are broken and does not respect this aspect of
1456 the FTP protocol.
1457
1458 If you have trouble accessing files with ASCII code 255 in the
1459 path or similar problems involving this ASCII code you can
1460 try setting this directive to off. If that helps, report to the
1461 operator of the FTP server in question that their FTP server
1462 is broken and does not follow the FTP standard.
1463 DOC_END
1464
1465 NAME: diskd_program
1466 TYPE: string
1467 DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_DISKD@
1468 LOC: Config.Program.diskd
1469 DOC_START
1470 Specify the location of the diskd executable.
1471 Note this is only useful if you have compiled in
1472 diskd as one of the store io modules.
1473 DOC_END
1474
1475 NAME: unlinkd_program
1476 IFDEF: USE_UNLINKD
1477 TYPE: string
1478 DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_UNLINKD@
1479 LOC: Config.Program.unlinkd
1480 DOC_START
1481 Specify the location of the executable for file deletion process.
1482 DOC_END
1483
1484 NAME: pinger_program
1485 TYPE: string
1486 DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PINGER@
1487 LOC: Config.Program.pinger
1488 IFDEF: USE_ICMP
1489 DOC_START
1490 Specify the location of the executable for the pinger process.
1491 DOC_END
1492
1493 NAME: url_rewrite_program redirect_program
1494 TYPE: wordlist
1495 LOC: Config.Program.redirect
1496 DEFAULT: none
1497 DOC_START
1498 Specify the location of the executable for the URL rewriter.
1499 Since they can perform almost any function there isn't one included.
1500
1501 For each requested URL rewriter will receive on line with the format
1502
1503 URL <SP> client_ip "/" fqdn <SP> user <SP> method <NL>
1504
1505 And the rewriter may return a rewritten URL. The other components of
1506 the request line does not need to be returned (ignored if they are).
1507
1508 The rewriter can also indicate that a client-side redirect should
1509 be performed to the new URL. This is done by prefixing the returned
1510 URL with "301:" (moved permanently) or 302: (moved temporarily).
1511
1512 By default, a URL rewriter is not used.
1513 DOC_END
1514
1515 NAME: url_rewrite_children redirect_children
1516 TYPE: int
1517 DEFAULT: 5
1518 LOC: Config.redirectChildren
1519 DOC_START
1520 The number of redirector processes to spawn. If you start
1521 too few Squid will have to wait for them to process a backlog of
1522 URLs, slowing it down. If you start too many they will use RAM
1523 and other system resources.
1524 DOC_END
1525
1526 NAME: url_rewrite_concurrency redirect_concurrency
1527 TYPE: int
1528 DEFAULT: 0
1529 LOC: Config.redirectConcurrency
1530 DOC_START
1531 The number of requests each redirector helper can handle in
1532 parallel. Defaults to 0 which indicates the redirector
1533 is a old-style single threaded redirector.
1534 DOC_END
1535
1536 NAME: url_rewrite_host_header redirect_rewrites_host_header
1537 TYPE: onoff
1538 DEFAULT: on
1539 LOC: Config.onoff.redir_rewrites_host
1540 DOC_START
1541 By default Squid rewrites any Host: header in redirected
1542 requests. If you are running an accelerator this may
1543 not be a wanted effect of a redirector.
1544
1545 WARNING: Entries are cached on the result of the URL rewriting
1546 process, so be careful if you have domain-virtual hosts.
1547 DOC_END
1548
1549 NAME: url_rewrite_access redirector_access
1550 TYPE: acl_access
1551 DEFAULT: none
1552 LOC: Config.accessList.redirector
1553 DOC_START
1554 If defined, this access list specifies which requests are
1555 sent to the redirector processes. By default all requests
1556 are sent.
1557 DOC_END
1558
1559 NAME: auth_param
1560 TYPE: authparam
1561 LOC: Config.authConfiguration
1562 DEFAULT: none
1563 DOC_START
1564 This is used to define parameters for the various authentication
1565 schemes supported by Squid.
1566
1567 format: auth_param scheme parameter [setting]
1568
1569 The order in which authentication schemes are presented to the client is
1570 dependent on the order the scheme first appears in config file. IE
1571 has a bug (it's not RFC 2617 compliant) in that it will use the basic
1572 scheme if basic is the first entry presented, even if more secure
1573 schemes are presented. For now use the order in the recommended
1574 settings section below. If other browsers have difficulties (don't
1575 recognize the schemes offered even if you are using basic) either
1576 put basic first, or disable the other schemes (by commenting out their
1577 program entry).
1578
1579 Once an authentication scheme is fully configured, it can only be
1580 shutdown by shutting squid down and restarting. Changes can be made on
1581 the fly and activated with a reconfigure. I.E. You can change to a
1582 different helper, but not unconfigure the helper completely.
1583
1584 Please note that while this directive defines how Squid processes
1585 authentication it does not automatically activate authentication.
1586 To use authentication you must in addition make use of ACLs based
1587 on login name in http_access (proxy_auth, proxy_auth_regex or
1588 external with %LOGIN used in the format tag). The browser will be
1589 challenged for authentication on the first such acl encountered
1590 in http_access processing and will also be re-challenged for new
1591 login credentials if the request is being denied by a proxy_auth
1592 type acl.
1593
1594 WARNING: authentication can't be used in a transparently intercepting
1595 proxy as the client then thinks it is talking to an origin server and
1596 not the proxy. This is a limitation of bending the TCP/IP protocol to
1597 transparently intercepting port 80, not a limitation in Squid.
1598
1599 === Parameters for the basic scheme follow. ===
1600
1601 "program" cmdline
1602 Specify the command for the external authenticator. Such a program
1603 reads a line containing "username password" and replies "OK" or
1604 "ERR" in an endless loop. "ERR" responses may optionally be followed
1605 by a error description available as %m in the returned error page.
1606 If you use an authenticator, make sure you have 1 acl of type proxy_auth.
1607
1608 By default, the basic authentication scheme is not used unless a
1609 program is specified.
1610
1611 If you want to use the traditional NCSA proxy authentication, set
1612 this line to something like
1613
1614 auth_param basic program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/libexec/ncsa_auth @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/etc/passwd
1615
1616 "children" numberofchildren
1617 The number of authenticator processes to spawn. If you start too few
1618 Squid will have to wait for them to process a backlog of credential
1619 verifications, slowing it down. When password verifications are
1620 done via a (slow) network you are likely to need lots of
1621 authenticator processes.
1622 auth_param basic children 5
1623
1624 "concurrency" concurrency
1625 The number of concurrent requests the helper can process.
1626 The default of 0 is used for helpers who only supports
1627 one request at a time. Setting this changes the protocol used to
1628 include a channel number first on the request/response line, allowing
1629 multiple requests to be sent to the same helper in parallell without
1630 wating for the response.
1631 Must not be set unless it's known the helper supports this.
1632 auth_param basic concurrency 0
1633
1634 "realm" realmstring
1635 Specifies the realm name which is to be reported to the
1636 client for the basic proxy authentication scheme (part of
1637 the text the user will see when prompted their username and
1638 password). There is no default.
1639 auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
1640
1641 "credentialsttl" timetolive
1642 Specifies how long squid assumes an externally validated
1643 username:password pair is valid for - in other words how
1644 often the helper program is called for that user. Set this
1645 low to force revalidation with short lived passwords. Note
1646 setting this high does not impact your susceptibility
1647 to replay attacks unless you are using an one-time password
1648 system (such as SecureID). If you are using such a system,
1649 you will be vulnerable to replay attacks unless you also
1650 use the max_user_ip ACL in an http_access rule.
1651
1652 "casesensitive" on|off
1653 Specifies if usernames are case sensitive. Most user databases are
1654 case insensitive allowing the same username to be spelled using both
1655 lower and upper case letters, but some are case sensitive. This
1656 makes a big difference for user_max_ip ACL processing and similar.
1657 auth_param basic casesensitive off
1658
1659 === Parameters for the digest scheme follow ===
1660
1661 "program" cmdline
1662 Specify the command for the external authenticator. Such
1663 a program reads a line containing "username":"realm" and
1664 replies with the appropriate H(A1) value hex encoded or
1665 ERR if the user (or his H(A1) hash) does not exists.
1666 See rfc 2616 for the definition of H(A1).
1667 "ERR" responses may optionally be followed by a error description
1668 available as %m in the returned error page.
1669
1670 By default, the digest authentication scheme is not used unless a
1671 program is specified.
1672
1673 If you want to use a digest authenticator, set this line to
1674 something like
1675
1676 auth_param digest program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/digest_auth_pw @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/etc/digpass
1677
1678 "children" numberofchildren
1679 The number of authenticator processes to spawn (no default).
1680 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
1681 process a backlog of H(A1) calculations, slowing it down.
1682 When the H(A1) calculations are done via a (slow) network
1683 you are likely to need lots of authenticator processes.
1684 auth_param digest children 5
1685
1686 "realm" realmstring
1687 Specifies the realm name which is to be reported to the
1688 client for the digest proxy authentication scheme (part of
1689 the text the user will see when prompted their username and
1690 password). There is no default.
1691 auth_param digest realm Squid proxy-caching web server
1692
1693 "nonce_garbage_interval" timeinterval
1694 Specifies the interval that nonces that have been issued
1695 to client_agent's are checked for validity.
1696
1697 "nonce_max_duration" timeinterval
1698 Specifies the maximum length of time a given nonce will be
1699 valid for.
1700
1701 "nonce_max_count" number
1702 Specifies the maximum number of times a given nonce can be
1703 used.
1704
1705 "nonce_strictness" on|off
1706 Determines if squid requires strict increment-by-1 behavior
1707 for nonce counts, or just incrementing (off - for use when
1708 useragents generate nonce counts that occasionally miss 1
1709 (ie, 1,2,4,6)). Default off.
1710
1711 "check_nonce_count" on|off
1712 This directive if set to off can disable the nonce count check
1713 completely to work around buggy digest qop implementations in
1714 certain mainstream browser versions. Default on to check the
1715 nonce count to protect from authentication replay attacks.
1716
1717 "post_workaround" on|off
1718 This is a workaround to certain buggy browsers who sends
1719 an incorrect request digest in POST requests when reusing
1720 the same nonce as acquired earlier on a GET request.
1721
1722 === NTLM scheme options follow ===
1723
1724 "program" cmdline
1725 Specify the command for the external NTLM authenticator.
1726 Such a program reads exchanged NTLMSSP packets with
1727 the browser via Squid until authentication is completed.
1728 If you use an NTLM authenticator, make sure you have 1 acl
1729 of type proxy_auth. By default, the NTLM authenticator_program
1730 is not used.
1731
1732 auth_param ntlm program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/ntlm_auth
1733
1734 "children" numberofchildren
1735 The number of authenticator processes to spawn (no default).
1736 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
1737 process a backlog of credential verifications, slowing it
1738 down. When credential verifications are done via a (slow)
1739 network you are likely to need lots of authenticator
1740 processes.
1741
1742 auth_param ntlm children 5
1743
1744 "keep_alive" on|off
1745 If you experience problems with PUT/POST requests when using the
1746 Negotiate authentication scheme then you can try setting this to
1747 off. This will cause Squid to forcibly close the connection on
1748 the initial requests where the browser asks which schemes are
1749 supported by the proxy.
1750
1751 auth_param ntlm keep_alive on
1752
1753 === Options for configuring the NEGOTIATE auth-scheme follow ===
1754
1755 "program" cmdline
1756 Specify the command for the external Negotiate authenticator.
1757 This protocol is used in Microsoft Active-Directory enabled setups with
1758 the Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox browsers.
1759 Its main purpose is to exchange credentials with the Squid proxy
1760 using the Kerberos mechanisms.
1761 If you use a Negotiate authenticator, make sure you have at least one acl
1762 of type proxy_auth active. By default, the negotiate authenticator_program
1763 is not used.
1764 The only supported program for this role is the ntlm_auth
1765 program distributed as part of Samba, version 4 or later.
1766
1767 auth_param negotiate program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/ntlm_auth --helper-protocol=gss-spnego
1768
1769 "children" numberofchildren
1770 The number of authenticator processes to spawn (no default).
1771 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
1772 process a backlog of credential verifications, slowing it
1773 down. When crendential verifications are done via a (slow)
1774 network you are likely to need lots of authenticator
1775 processes.
1776 auth_param negotiate children 5
1777
1778 "keep_alive" on|off
1779 If you experience problems with PUT/POST requests when using the
1780 Negotiate authentication scheme then you can try setting this to
1781 off. This will cause Squid to forcibly close the connection on
1782 the initial requests where the browser asks which schemes are
1783 supported by the proxy.
1784
1785 auth_param negotiate keep_alive on
1786
1787 NOCOMMENT_START
1788 #Recommended minimum configuration per scheme:
1789 #auth_param negotiate program <uncomment and complete this line to activate>
1790 #auth_param negotiate children 5
1791 #auth_param negotiate keep_alive on
1792 #auth_param ntlm program <uncomment and complete this line to activate>
1793 #auth_param ntlm children 5
1794 #auth_param ntlm keep_alive on
1795 #auth_param digest program <uncomment and complete this line>
1796 #auth_param digest children 5
1797 #auth_param digest realm Squid proxy-caching web server
1798 #auth_param digest nonce_garbage_interval 5 minutes
1799 #auth_param digest nonce_max_duration 30 minutes
1800 #auth_param digest nonce_max_count 50
1801 #auth_param basic program <uncomment and complete this line>
1802 #auth_param basic children 5
1803 #auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
1804 #auth_param basic credentialsttl 2 hours
1805 NOCOMMENT_END
1806 DOC_END
1807
1808 NAME: authenticate_cache_garbage_interval
1809 TYPE: time_t
1810 DEFAULT: 1 hour
1811 LOC: Config.authenticateGCInterval
1812 DOC_START
1813 The time period between garbage collection across the username cache.
1814 This is a tradeoff between memory utilization (long intervals - say
1815 2 days) and CPU (short intervals - say 1 minute). Only change if you
1816 have good reason to.
1817 DOC_END
1818
1819 NAME: authenticate_ttl
1820 TYPE: time_t
1821 DEFAULT: 1 hour
1822 LOC: Config.authenticateTTL
1823 DOC_START
1824 The time a user & their credentials stay in the logged in
1825 user cache since their last request. When the garbage
1826 interval passes, all user credentials that have passed their
1827 TTL are removed from memory.
1828 DOC_END
1829
1830 NAME: authenticate_ip_ttl
1831 TYPE: time_t
1832 LOC: Config.authenticateIpTTL
1833 DEFAULT: 0 seconds
1834 DOC_START
1835 If you use proxy authentication and the 'max_user_ip' ACL,
1836 this directive controls how long Squid remembers the IP
1837 addresses associated with each user. Use a small value
1838 (e.g., 60 seconds) if your users might change addresses
1839 quickly, as is the case with dialups. You might be safe
1840 using a larger value (e.g., 2 hours) in a corporate LAN
1841 environment with relatively static address assignments.
1842 DOC_END
1843
1844 NAME: external_acl_type
1845 TYPE: externalAclHelper
1846 LOC: Config.externalAclHelperList
1847 DEFAULT: none
1848 DOC_START
1849 This option defines external acl classes using a helper program
1850 to look up the status
1851
1852 external_acl_type name [options] FORMAT.. /path/to/helper [helper arguments..]
1853
1854 Options:
1855
1856 ttl=n TTL in seconds for cached results (defaults to 3600
1857 for 1 hour)
1858 negative_ttl=n
1859 TTL for cached negative lookups (default same
1860 as ttl)
1861 children=n Number of acl helper processes spawn to service
1862 external acl lookups of this type. (default 5)
1863 concurrency=n concurrency level per process. Only used with helpers
1864 capable of processing more than one query at a time.
1865 cache=n result cache size, 0 is unbounded (default)
1866 grace=n Percentage remaining of TTL where a refresh of a
1867 cached entry should be initiated without needing to
1868 wait for a new reply. (default 0 for no grace period)
1869 protocol=2.5 Compatibility mode for Squid-2.5 external acl helpers
1870
1871 FORMAT specifications
1872
1873 %LOGIN Authenticated user login name
1874 %EXT_USER Username from external acl
1875 %IDENT Ident user name
1876 %SRC Client IP
1877 %SRCPORT Client source port
1878 %URI Requested URI
1879 %DST Requested host
1880 %PROTO Requested protocol
1881 %PORT Requested port
1882 %PATH Requested URL path
1883 %METHOD Request method
1884 %MYADDR Squid interface address
1885 %MYPORT Squid http_port number
1886 %PATH Requested URL-path (including query-string if any)
1887 %USER_CERT SSL User certificate in PEM format
1888 %USER_CERTCHAIN SSL User certificate chain in PEM format
1889 %USER_CERT_xx SSL User certificate subject attribute xx
1890 %USER_CA_xx SSL User certificate issuer attribute xx
1891 %{Header} HTTP request header
1892 %{Hdr:member} HTTP request header list member
1893 %{Hdr:;member}
1894 HTTP request header list member using ; as
1895 list separator. ; can be any non-alphanumeric
1896 character.
1897
1898 In addition to the above, any string specified in the referencing
1899 acl will also be included in the helper request line, after the
1900 specified formats (see the "acl external" directive)
1901
1902 The helper receives lines per the above format specification,
1903 and returns lines starting with OK or ERR indicating the validity
1904 of the request and optionally followed by additional keywords with
1905 more details.
1906
1907 General result syntax:
1908
1909 OK/ERR keyword=value ...
1910
1911 Defined keywords:
1912
1913 user= The users name (login)
1914 password= The users password (for login= cache_peer option)
1915 message= Message describing the reason. Available as %o
1916 in error pages
1917 tag= Apply a tag to a request (for both ERR and OK results)
1918 Only sets a tag, does not alter existing tags.
1919 log= String to be logged in access.log. Available as
1920 %ea in logformat specifications
1921
1922 If protocol=3.0 (the default) then URL escaping is used to protect
1923 each value in both requests and responses.
1924
1925 If using protocol=2.5 then all values need to be enclosed in quotes
1926 if they may contain whitespace, or the whitespace escaped using \.
1927 And quotes or \ characters within the keyword value must be \ escaped.
1928
1929 When using the concurrency= option the protocol is changed by
1930 introducing a query channel tag infront of the request/response.
1931 The query channel tag is a number between 0 and concurrency-1.
1932 DOC_END
1933
1934 COMMENT_START
1935 OPTIONS FOR TUNING THE CACHE
1936 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1937 COMMENT_END
1938
1939 NAME: request_header_max_size
1940 COMMENT: (KB)
1941 TYPE: b_size_t
1942 DEFAULT: 20 KB
1943 LOC: Config.maxRequestHeaderSize
1944 DOC_START
1945 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a request.
1946 Request headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
1947 Placing a limit on the request header size will catch certain
1948 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
1949 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
1950 DOC_END
1951
1952 NAME: request_body_max_size
1953 COMMENT: (bytes)
1954 TYPE: b_int64_t
1955 DEFAULT: 0 KB
1956 LOC: Config.maxRequestBodySize
1957 DOC_START
1958 This specifies the maximum size for an HTTP request body.
1959 In other words, the maximum size of a PUT/POST request.
1960 A user who attempts to send a request with a body larger
1961 than this limit receives an "Invalid Request" error message.
1962 If you set this parameter to a zero (the default), there will
1963 be no limit imposed.
1964 DOC_END
1965
1966 NAME: refresh_pattern
1967 TYPE: refreshpattern
1968 LOC: Config.Refresh
1969 DEFAULT: none
1970 DOC_START
1971 usage: refresh_pattern [-i] regex min percent max [options]
1972
1973 By default, regular expressions are CASE-SENSITIVE. To make
1974 them case-insensitive, use the -i option.
1975
1976 'Min' is the time (in minutes) an object without an explicit
1977 expiry time should be considered fresh. The recommended
1978 value is 0, any higher values may cause dynamic applications
1979 to be erroneously cached unless the application designer
1980 has taken the appropriate actions.
1981
1982 'Percent' is a percentage of the objects age (time since last
1983 modification age) an object without explicit expiry time
1984 will be considered fresh.
1985
1986 'Max' is an upper limit on how long objects without an explicit
1987 expiry time will be considered fresh.
1988
1989 options: override-expire
1990 override-lastmod
1991 reload-into-ims
1992 ignore-reload
1993 ignore-no-cache
1994 ignore-no-store
1995 ignore-private
1996 ignore-auth
1997 refresh-ims
1998
1999 override-expire enforces min age even if the server
2000 sent a Expires: header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP
2001 standard. Enabling this feature could make you liable
2002 for problems which it causes.
2003
2004 override-lastmod enforces min age even on objects
2005 that were modified recently.
2006
2007 reload-into-ims changes client no-cache or ``reload''
2008 to If-Modified-Since requests. Doing this VIOLATES the
2009 HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
2010 liable for problems which it causes.
2011
2012 ignore-reload ignores a client no-cache or ``reload''
2013 header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
2014 this feature could make you liable for problems which
2015 it causes.
2016
2017 ignore-no-cache ignores any ``Pragma: no-cache'' and
2018 ``Cache-control: no-cache'' headers received from a server.
2019 The HTTP RFC never allows the use of this (Pragma) header
2020 from a server, only a client, though plenty of servers
2021 send it anyway.
2022
2023 ignore-no-store ignores any ``Cache-control: no-store''
2024 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
2025 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
2026 liable for problems which it causes.
2027
2028 ignore-private ignores any ``Cache-control: private''
2029 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
2030 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
2031 liable for problems which it causes.
2032
2033 ignore-auth caches responses to requests with authorization,
2034 as if the originserver had sent ``Cache-control: public''
2035 in the response header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard.
2036 Enabling this feature could make you liable for problems which
2037 it causes.
2038
2039 refresh-ims causes squid to contact the origin server
2040 when a client issues an If-Modified-Since request. This
2041 ensures that the client will receive an updated version
2042 if one is available.
2043
2044 Basically a cached object is:
2045
2046 FRESH if expires < now, else STALE
2047 STALE if age > max
2048 FRESH if lm-factor < percent, else STALE
2049 FRESH if age < min
2050 else STALE
2051
2052 The refresh_pattern lines are checked in the order listed here.
2053 The first entry which matches is used. If none of the entries
2054 match the default will be used.
2055
2056 Note, you must uncomment all the default lines if you want
2057 to change one. The default setting is only active if none is
2058 used.
2059
2060 Suggested default:
2061 NOCOMMENT_START
2062 refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080
2063 refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440
2064 refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320
2065 NOCOMMENT_END
2066 DOC_END
2067
2068 NAME: quick_abort_min
2069 COMMENT: (KB)
2070 TYPE: kb_int64_t
2071 DEFAULT: 16 KB
2072 LOC: Config.quickAbort.min
2073 DOC_NONE
2074
2075 NAME: quick_abort_max
2076 COMMENT: (KB)
2077 TYPE: kb_int64_t
2078 DEFAULT: 16 KB
2079 LOC: Config.quickAbort.max
2080 DOC_NONE
2081
2082 NAME: quick_abort_pct
2083 COMMENT: (percent)
2084 TYPE: int
2085 DEFAULT: 95
2086 LOC: Config.quickAbort.pct
2087 DOC_START
2088 The cache by default continues downloading aborted requests
2089 which are almost completed (less than 16 KB remaining). This
2090 may be undesirable on slow (e.g. SLIP) links and/or very busy
2091 caches. Impatient users may tie up file descriptors and
2092 bandwidth by repeatedly requesting and immediately aborting
2093 downloads.
2094
2095 When the user aborts a request, Squid will check the
2096 quick_abort values to the amount of data transfered until
2097 then.
2098
2099 If the transfer has less than 'quick_abort_min' KB remaining,
2100 it will finish the retrieval.
2101
2102 If the transfer has more than 'quick_abort_max' KB remaining,
2103 it will abort the retrieval.
2104
2105 If more than 'quick_abort_pct' of the transfer has completed,
2106 it will finish the retrieval.
2107
2108 If you do not want any retrieval to continue after the client
2109 has aborted, set both 'quick_abort_min' and 'quick_abort_max'
2110 to '0 KB'.
2111
2112 If you want retrievals to always continue if they are being
2113 cached set 'quick_abort_min' to '-1 KB'.
2114 DOC_END
2115
2116 NAME: read_ahead_gap
2117 COMMENT: buffer-size
2118 TYPE: b_int64_t
2119 LOC: Config.readAheadGap
2120 DEFAULT: 16 KB
2121 DOC_START
2122 The amount of data the cache will buffer ahead of what has been
2123 sent to the client when retrieving an object from another server.
2124 DOC_END
2125
2126 NAME: negative_ttl
2127 COMMENT: time-units
2128 TYPE: time_t
2129 LOC: Config.negativeTtl
2130 DEFAULT: 5 minutes
2131 DOC_START
2132 Time-to-Live (TTL) for failed requests. Certain types of
2133 failures (such as "connection refused" and "404 Not Found") are
2134 negatively-cached for a configurable amount of time. The
2135 default is 5 minutes. Note that this is different from
2136 negative caching of DNS lookups.
2137 DOC_END
2138
2139 NAME: positive_dns_ttl
2140 COMMENT: time-units
2141 TYPE: time_t
2142 LOC: Config.positiveDnsTtl
2143 DEFAULT: 6 hours
2144 DOC_START
2145 Upper limit on how long Squid will cache positive DNS responses.
2146 Default is 6 hours (360 minutes). This directive must be set
2147 larger than negative_dns_ttl.
2148 DOC_END
2149
2150 NAME: negative_dns_ttl
2151 COMMENT: time-units
2152 TYPE: time_t
2153 LOC: Config.negativeDnsTtl
2154 DEFAULT: 1 minutes
2155 DOC_START
2156 Time-to-Live (TTL) for negative caching of failed DNS lookups.
2157 This also sets the lower cache limit on positive lookups.
2158 Minimum value is 1 second, and it is not recommendable to go
2159 much below 10 seconds.
2160 DOC_END
2161
2162 NAME: range_offset_limit
2163 COMMENT: (bytes)
2164 TYPE: b_int64_t
2165 LOC: Config.rangeOffsetLimit
2166 DEFAULT: 0 KB
2167 DOC_START
2168 Sets a upper limit on how far into the the file a Range request
2169 may be to cause Squid to prefetch the whole file. If beyond this
2170 limit Squid forwards the Range request as it is and the result
2171 is NOT cached.
2172
2173 This is to stop a far ahead range request (lets say start at 17MB)
2174 from making Squid fetch the whole object up to that point before
2175 sending anything to the client.
2176
2177 A value of -1 causes Squid to always fetch the object from the
2178 beginning so it may cache the result. (2.0 style)
2179
2180 A value of 0 causes Squid to never fetch more than the
2181 client requested. (default)
2182 DOC_END
2183
2184 NAME: minimum_expiry_time
2185 COMMENT: (seconds)
2186 TYPE: time_t
2187 LOC: Config.minimum_expiry_time
2188 DEFAULT: 60 seconds
2189 DOC_START
2190 The minimum caching time according to (Expires - Date)
2191 Headers Squid honors if the object can't be revalidated
2192 defaults to 60 seconds. In reverse proxy enorinments it
2193 might be desirable to honor shorter object lifetimes. It
2194 is most likely better to make your server return a
2195 meaningful Last-Modified header however. In ESI environments
2196 where page fragments often have short lifetimes, this will
2197 often be best set to 0.
2198 DOC_END
2199
2200 NAME: store_avg_object_size
2201 COMMENT: (kbytes)
2202 TYPE: kb_size_t
2203 DEFAULT: 13 KB
2204 LOC: Config.Store.avgObjectSize
2205 DOC_START
2206 Average object size, used to estimate number of objects your
2207 cache can hold. The default is 13 KB.
2208 DOC_END
2209
2210 NAME: store_objects_per_bucket
2211 TYPE: int
2212 DEFAULT: 20
2213 LOC: Config.Store.objectsPerBucket
2214 DOC_START
2215 Target number of objects per bucket in the store hash table.
2216 Lowering this value increases the total number of buckets and
2217 also the storage maintenance rate. The default is 20.
2218 DOC_END
2219
2220 COMMENT_START
2221 HTTP OPTIONS
2222 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2223 COMMENT_END
2224
2225 NAME: broken_posts
2226 TYPE: acl_access
2227 DEFAULT: none
2228 LOC: Config.accessList.brokenPosts
2229 DOC_START
2230 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, causes Squid to send
2231 an extra CRLF pair after the body of a PUT/POST request.
2232
2233 Some HTTP servers has broken implementations of PUT/POST,
2234 and rely on an extra CRLF pair sent by some WWW clients.
2235
2236 Quote from RFC2616 section 4.1 on this matter:
2237
2238 Note: certain buggy HTTP/1.0 client implementations generate an
2239 extra CRLF's after a POST request. To restate what is explicitly
2240 forbidden by the BNF, an HTTP/1.1 client must not preface or follow
2241 a request with an extra CRLF.
2242
2243 Example:
2244 acl buggy_server url_regex ^http://....
2245 broken_posts allow buggy_server
2246 DOC_END
2247
2248 NAME: via
2249 IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
2250 COMMENT: on|off
2251 TYPE: onoff
2252 DEFAULT: on
2253 LOC: Config.onoff.via
2254 DOC_START
2255 If set (default), Squid will include a Via header in requests and
2256 replies as required by RFC2616.
2257 DOC_END
2258
2259 NAME: ie_refresh
2260 COMMENT: on|off
2261 TYPE: onoff
2262 LOC: Config.onoff.ie_refresh
2263 DEFAULT: off
2264 DOC_START
2265 Microsoft Internet Explorer up until version 5.5 Service
2266 Pack 1 has an issue with transparent proxies, wherein it
2267 is impossible to force a refresh. Turning this on provides
2268 a partial fix to the problem, by causing all IMS-REFRESH
2269 requests from older IE versions to check the origin server
2270 for fresh content. This reduces hit ratio by some amount
2271 (~10% in my experience), but allows users to actually get
2272 fresh content when they want it. Note because Squid
2273 cannot tell if the user is using 5.5 or 5.5SP1, the behavior
2274 of 5.5 is unchanged from old versions of Squid (i.e. a
2275 forced refresh is impossible). Newer versions of IE will,
2276 hopefully, continue to have the new behavior and will be
2277 handled based on that assumption. This option defaults to
2278 the old Squid behavior, which is better for hit ratios but
2279 worse for clients using IE, if they need to be able to
2280 force fresh content.
2281 DOC_END
2282
2283 NAME: vary_ignore_expire
2284 COMMENT: on|off
2285 TYPE: onoff
2286 LOC: Config.onoff.vary_ignore_expire
2287 DEFAULT: off
2288 DOC_START
2289 Many HTTP servers supporting Vary gives such objects
2290 immediate expiry time with no cache-control header
2291 when requested by a HTTP/1.0 client. This option
2292 enables Squid to ignore such expiry times until
2293 HTTP/1.1 is fully implemented.
2294 WARNING: This may eventually cause some varying
2295 objects not intended for caching to get cached.
2296 DOC_END
2297
2298 NAME: extension_methods
2299 TYPE: wordlist
2300 LOC: Config.ext_methods
2301 DEFAULT: none
2302 DOC_START
2303 Squid only knows about standardized HTTP request methods.
2304 You can add up to 20 additional "extension" methods here.
2305 DOC_END
2306
2307 NAME: request_entities
2308 TYPE: onoff
2309 LOC: Config.onoff.request_entities
2310 DEFAULT: off
2311 DOC_START
2312 Squid defaults to deny GET and HEAD requests with request entities,
2313 as the meaning of such requests are undefined in the HTTP standard
2314 even if not explicitly forbidden.
2315
2316 Set this directive to on if you have clients which insists
2317 on sending request entities in GET or HEAD requests. But be warned
2318 that there is server software (both proxies and web servers) which
2319 can fail to properly process this kind of request which may make you
2320 vulnerable to cache pollution attacks if enabled.
2321 DOC_END
2322
2323 NAME: request_header_access
2324 IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
2325 TYPE: http_header_access[]
2326 LOC: Config.request_header_access
2327 DEFAULT: none
2328 DOC_START
2329 Usage: request_header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
2330
2331 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
2332 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
2333 causes.
2334
2335 This option replaces the old 'anonymize_headers' and the
2336 older 'http_anonymizer' option with something that is much
2337 more configurable. This new method creates a list of ACLs
2338 for each header, allowing you very fine-tuned header
2339 mangling.
2340
2341 This option only applies to request headers, i.e., from the
2342 client to the server.
2343
2344 You can only specify known headers for the header name.
2345 Other headers are reclassified as 'Other'. You can also
2346 refer to all the headers with 'All'.
2347
2348 For example, to achieve the same behavior as the old
2349 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
2350
2351 request_header_access From deny all
2352 request_header_access Referer deny all
2353 request_header_access Server deny all
2354 request_header_access User-Agent deny all
2355 request_header_access WWW-Authenticate deny all
2356 request_header_access Link deny all
2357
2358 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
2359 you should use:
2360
2361 request_header_access Allow allow all
2362 request_header_access Authorization allow all
2363 request_header_access WWW-Authenticate allow all
2364 request_header_access Proxy-Authorization allow all
2365 request_header_access Proxy-Authenticate allow all
2366 request_header_access Cache-Control allow all
2367 request_header_access Content-Encoding allow all
2368 request_header_access Content-Length allow all
2369 request_header_access Content-Type allow all
2370 request_header_access Date allow all
2371 request_header_access Expires allow all
2372 request_header_access Host allow all
2373 request_header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
2374 request_header_access Last-Modified allow all
2375 request_header_access Location allow all
2376 request_header_access Pragma allow all
2377 request_header_access Accept allow all
2378 request_header_access Accept-Charset allow all
2379 request_header_access Accept-Encoding allow all
2380 request_header_access Accept-Language allow all
2381 request_header_access Content-Language allow all
2382 request_header_access Mime-Version allow all
2383 request_header_access Retry-After allow all
2384 request_header_access Title allow all
2385 request_header_access Connection allow all
2386 request_header_access Proxy-Connection allow all
2387 request_header_access All deny all
2388
2389 although many of those are HTTP reply headers, and so should be
2390 controlled with the reply_header_access directive.
2391
2392 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is
2393 performed).
2394 DOC_END
2395
2396 NAME: reply_header_access
2397 IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
2398 TYPE: http_header_access[]
2399 LOC: Config.reply_header_access
2400 DEFAULT: none
2401 DOC_START
2402 Usage: reply_header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
2403
2404 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
2405 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
2406 causes.
2407
2408 This option only applies to reply headers, i.e., from the
2409 server to the client.
2410
2411 This is the same as request_header_access, but in the other
2412 direction.
2413
2414 This option replaces the old 'anonymize_headers' and the
2415 older 'http_anonymizer' option with something that is much
2416 more configurable. This new method creates a list of ACLs
2417 for each header, allowing you very fine-tuned header
2418 mangling.
2419
2420 You can only specify known headers for the header name.
2421 Other headers are reclassified as 'Other'. You can also
2422 refer to all the headers with 'All'.
2423
2424 For example, to achieve the same behavior as the old
2425 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
2426
2427 reply_header_access From deny all
2428 reply_header_access Referer deny all
2429 reply_header_access Server deny all
2430 reply_header_access User-Agent deny all
2431 reply_header_access WWW-Authenticate deny all
2432 reply_header_access Link deny all
2433
2434 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
2435 you should use:
2436
2437 reply_header_access Allow allow all
2438 reply_header_access Authorization allow all
2439 reply_header_access WWW-Authenticate allow all
2440 reply_header_access Proxy-Authorization allow all
2441 reply_header_access Proxy-Authenticate allow all
2442 reply_header_access Cache-Control allow all
2443 reply_header_access Content-Encoding allow all
2444 reply_header_access Content-Length allow all
2445 reply_header_access Content-Type allow all
2446 reply_header_access Date allow all
2447 reply_header_access Expires allow all
2448 reply_header_access Host allow all
2449 reply_header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
2450 reply_header_access Last-Modified allow all
2451 reply_header_access Location allow all
2452 reply_header_access Pragma allow all
2453 reply_header_access Accept allow all
2454 reply_header_access Accept-Charset allow all
2455 reply_header_access Accept-Encoding allow all
2456 reply_header_access Accept-Language allow all
2457 reply_header_access Content-Language allow all
2458 reply_header_access Mime-Version allow all
2459 reply_header_access Retry-After allow all
2460 reply_header_access Title allow all
2461 reply_header_access Connection allow all
2462 reply_header_access Proxy-Connection allow all
2463 reply_header_access All deny all
2464
2465 although the HTTP request headers won't be usefully controlled
2466 by this directive -- see request_header_access for details.
2467
2468 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is
2469 performed).
2470 DOC_END
2471
2472 NAME: header_replace
2473 IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
2474 TYPE: http_header_replace[]
2475 LOC: Config.request_header_access
2476 DEFAULT: none
2477 DOC_START
2478 Usage: header_replace header_name message
2479 Example: header_replace User-Agent Nutscrape/1.0 (CP/M; 8-bit)
2480
2481 This option allows you to change the contents of headers
2482 denied with header_access above, by replacing them with
2483 some fixed string. This replaces the old fake_user_agent
2484 option.
2485
2486 This only applies to request headers, not reply headers.
2487
2488 By default, headers are removed if denied.
2489 DOC_END
2490
2491 NAME: relaxed_header_parser
2492 COMMENT: on|off|warn
2493 TYPE: tristate
2494 LOC: Config.onoff.relaxed_header_parser
2495 DEFAULT: on
2496 DOC_START
2497 In the default "on" setting Squid accepts certain forms
2498 of non-compliant HTTP messages where it is unambiguous
2499 what the sending application intended even if the message
2500 is not correctly formatted. The messages is then normalized
2501 to the correct form when forwarded by Squid.
2502
2503 If set to "warn" then a warning will be emitted in cache.log
2504 each time such HTTP error is encountered.
2505
2506 If set to "off" then such HTTP errors will cause the request
2507 or response to be rejected.
2508 DOC_END
2509
2510 COMMENT_START
2511 TIMEOUTS
2512 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2513 COMMENT_END
2514
2515 NAME: forward_timeout
2516 COMMENT: time-units
2517 TYPE: time_t
2518 LOC: Config.Timeout.forward
2519 DEFAULT: 4 minutes
2520 DOC_START
2521 This parameter specifies how long Squid should at most attempt in
2522 finding a forwarding path for the request before giving up.
2523 DOC_END
2524
2525 NAME: connect_timeout
2526 COMMENT: time-units
2527 TYPE: time_t
2528 LOC: Config.Timeout.connect
2529 DEFAULT: 1 minute
2530 DOC_START
2531 This parameter specifies how long to wait for the TCP connect to
2532 the requested server or peer to complete before Squid should
2533 attempt to find another path where to forward the request.
2534 DOC_END
2535
2536 NAME: peer_connect_timeout
2537 COMMENT: time-units
2538 TYPE: time_t
2539 LOC: Config.Timeout.peer_connect
2540 DEFAULT: 30 seconds
2541 DOC_START
2542 This parameter specifies how long to wait for a pending TCP
2543 connection to a peer cache. The default is 30 seconds. You
2544 may also set different timeout values for individual neighbors
2545 with the 'connect-timeout' option on a 'cache_peer' line.
2546 DOC_END
2547
2548 NAME: read_timeout
2549 COMMENT: time-units
2550 TYPE: time_t
2551 LOC: Config.Timeout.read
2552 DEFAULT: 15 minutes
2553 DOC_START
2554 The read_timeout is applied on server-side connections. After
2555 each successful read(), the timeout will be extended by this
2556 amount. If no data is read again after this amount of time,
2557 the request is aborted and logged with ERR_READ_TIMEOUT. The
2558 default is 15 minutes.
2559 DOC_END
2560
2561 NAME: request_timeout
2562 TYPE: time_t
2563 LOC: Config.Timeout.request
2564 DEFAULT: 5 minutes
2565 DOC_START
2566 How long to wait for an HTTP request after initial
2567 connection establishment.
2568 DOC_END
2569
2570 NAME: persistent_request_timeout
2571 TYPE: time_t
2572 LOC: Config.Timeout.persistent_request
2573 DEFAULT: 1 minute
2574 DOC_START
2575 How long to wait for the next HTTP request on a persistent
2576 connection after the previous request completes.
2577 DOC_END
2578
2579 NAME: client_lifetime
2580 COMMENT: time-units
2581 TYPE: time_t
2582 LOC: Config.Timeout.lifetime
2583 DEFAULT: 1 day
2584 DOC_START
2585 The maximum amount of time a client (browser) is allowed to
2586 remain connected to the cache process. This protects the Cache
2587 from having a lot of sockets (and hence file descriptors) tied up
2588 in a CLOSE_WAIT state from remote clients that go away without
2589 properly shutting down (either because of a network failure or
2590 because of a poor client implementation). The default is one
2591 day, 1440 minutes.
2592
2593 NOTE: The default value is intended to be much larger than any
2594 client would ever need to be connected to your cache. You
2595 should probably change client_lifetime only as a last resort.
2596 If you seem to have many client connections tying up
2597 filedescriptors, we recommend first tuning the read_timeout,
2598 request_timeout, persistent_request_timeout and quick_abort values.
2599 DOC_END
2600
2601 NAME: half_closed_clients
2602 TYPE: onoff
2603 LOC: Config.onoff.half_closed_clients
2604 DEFAULT: on
2605 DOC_START
2606 Some clients may shutdown the sending side of their TCP
2607 connections, while leaving their receiving sides open. Sometimes,
2608 Squid can not tell the difference between a half-closed and a
2609 fully-closed TCP connection. By default, half-closed client
2610 connections are kept open until a read(2) or write(2) on the
2611 socket returns an error. Change this option to 'off' and Squid
2612 will immediately close client connections when read(2) returns
2613 "no more data to read."
2614 DOC_END
2615
2616 NAME: pconn_timeout
2617 TYPE: time_t
2618 LOC: Config.Timeout.pconn
2619 DEFAULT: 120 seconds
2620 DOC_START
2621 Timeout for idle persistent connections to servers and other
2622 proxies.
2623 DOC_END
2624
2625 NAME: ident_timeout
2626 TYPE: time_t
2627 IFDEF: USE_IDENT
2628 LOC: Config.Timeout.ident
2629 DEFAULT: 10 seconds
2630 DOC_START
2631 Maximum time to wait for IDENT lookups to complete.
2632
2633 If this is too high, and you enabled IDENT lookups from untrusted
2634 users, you might be susceptible to denial-of-service by having
2635 many ident requests going at once.
2636 DOC_END
2637
2638 NAME: shutdown_lifetime
2639 COMMENT: time-units
2640 TYPE: time_t
2641 LOC: Config.shutdownLifetime
2642 DEFAULT: 30 seconds
2643 DOC_START
2644 When SIGTERM or SIGHUP is received, the cache is put into
2645 "shutdown pending" mode until all active sockets are closed.
2646 This value is the lifetime to set for all open descriptors
2647 during shutdown mode. Any active clients after this many
2648 seconds will receive a 'timeout' message.
2649 DOC_END
2650
2651 COMMENT_START
2652 ACCESS CONTROLS
2653 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2654 COMMENT_END
2655
2656 NAME: acl
2657 TYPE: acl
2658 LOC: Config.aclList
2659 DEFAULT: none
2660 DOC_START
2661 Defining an Access List
2662
2663 acl aclname acltype string1 ...
2664 acl aclname acltype "file" ...
2665
2666 when using "file", the file should contain one item per line
2667
2668 acltype is one of the types described below
2669
2670 By default, regular expressions are CASE-SENSITIVE. To make
2671 them case-insensitive, use the -i option.
2672
2673 acl aclname src ip-address/netmask ... (clients IP address)
2674 acl aclname src addr1-addr2/netmask ... (range of addresses)
2675 acl aclname dst ip-address/netmask ... (URL host's IP address)
2676 acl aclname myip ip-address/netmask ... (local socket IP address)
2677
2678 acl aclname arp mac-address ... (xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx notation)
2679 # The arp ACL requires the special configure option --enable-arp-acl.
2680 # Furthermore, the ARP ACL code is not portable to all operating systems.
2681 # It works on Linux, Solaris, Windows, FreeBSD, and some other *BSD variants.
2682 #
2683 # NOTE: Squid can only determine the MAC address for clients that are on
2684 # the same subnet. If the client is on a different subnet, then Squid cannot
2685 # find out its MAC address.
2686
2687 acl aclname srcdomain .foo.com ... # reverse lookup, client IP
2688 acl aclname dstdomain .foo.com ... # Destination server from URL
2689 acl aclname srcdom_regex [-i] xxx ... # regex matching client name
2690 acl aclname dstdom_regex [-i] xxx ... # regex matching server
2691 # For dstdomain and dstdom_regex a reverse lookup is tried if a IP
2692 # based URL is used and no match is found. The name "none" is used
2693 # if the reverse lookup fails.
2694
2695 acl aclname http_status 200 301 500- 400-403 ... # status code in reply
2696
2697 acl aclname time [day-abbrevs] [h1:m1-h2:m2]
2698 day-abbrevs:
2699 S - Sunday
2700 M - Monday
2701 T - Tuesday
2702 W - Wednesday
2703 H - Thursday
2704 F - Friday
2705 A - Saturday
2706 h1:m1 must be less than h2:m2
2707 acl aclname url_regex [-i] ^http:// ... # regex matching on whole URL
2708 acl aclname urlpath_regex [-i] \.gif$ ... # regex matching on URL path
2709 acl aclname port 80 70 21 ...
2710 acl aclname port 0-1024 ... # ranges allowed
2711 acl aclname myport 3128 ... # (local socket TCP port)
2712 acl aclname proto HTTP FTP ...
2713 acl aclname method GET POST ...
2714 acl aclname browser [-i] regexp ...
2715 # pattern match on User-Agent header (see also req_header below)
2716 acl aclname referer_regex [-i] regexp ...
2717 # pattern match on Referer header
2718 # Referer is highly unreliable, so use with care
2719 acl aclname ident username ...
2720 acl aclname ident_regex [-i] pattern ...
2721 # string match on ident output.
2722 # use REQUIRED to accept any non-null ident.
2723 acl aclname src_as number ...
2724 acl aclname dst_as number ...
2725 # Except for access control, AS numbers can be used for
2726 # routing of requests to specific caches. Here's an
2727 # example for routing all requests for AS#1241 and only
2728 # those to mycache.mydomain.net:
2729 # acl asexample dst_as 1241
2730 # cache_peer_access mycache.mydomain.net allow asexample
2731 # cache_peer_access mycache_mydomain.net deny all
2732
2733 acl aclname proxy_auth [-i] username ...
2734 acl aclname proxy_auth_regex [-i] pattern ...
2735 # list of valid usernames
2736 # use REQUIRED to accept any valid username.
2737 #
2738 # NOTE: when a Proxy-Authentication header is sent but it is not
2739 # needed during ACL checking the username is NOT logged
2740 # in access.log.
2741 #
2742 # NOTE: proxy_auth requires a EXTERNAL authentication program
2743 # to check username/password combinations (see
2744 # auth_param directive).
2745 #
2746 # NOTE: proxy_auth can't be used in a transparent proxy as
2747 # the browser needs to be configured for using a proxy in order
2748 # to respond to proxy authentication.
2749
2750 acl aclname snmp_community string ...
2751 # A community string to limit access to your SNMP Agent
2752 # Example:
2753 #
2754 # acl snmppublic snmp_community public
2755
2756 acl aclname maxconn number
2757 # This will be matched when the client's IP address has
2758 # more than <number> HTTP connections established.
2759
2760 acl aclname max_user_ip [-s] number
2761 # This will be matched when the user attempts to log in from more
2762 # than <number> different ip addresses. The authenticate_ip_ttl
2763 # parameter controls the timeout on the ip entries.
2764 # If -s is specified the limit is strict, denying browsing
2765 # from any further IP addresses until the ttl has expired. Without
2766 # -s Squid will just annoy the user by "randomly" denying requests.
2767 # (the counter is reset each time the limit is reached and a
2768 # request is denied)
2769 # NOTE: in acceleration mode or where there is mesh of child proxies,
2770 # clients may appear to come from multiple addresses if they are
2771 # going through proxy farms, so a limit of 1 may cause user problems.
2772
2773 acl aclname rep_mime_type mime-type1 ...
2774 # regex match against the mime type of the reply received by
2775 # squid. Can be used to detect file download or some
2776 # types HTTP tunneling requests.
2777 # NOTE: This has no effect in http_access rules. It only has
2778 # effect in rules that affect the reply data stream such as
2779 # http_reply_access.
2780
2781 acl aclname rep_header header-name [-i] any\.regex\.here
2782 # regex match against any of the known reply headers. May be
2783 # thought of as a superset of "browser", "referer" and "mime-type"
2784 # ACLs.
2785
2786 acl aclname req_mime_type mime-type1 ...
2787 # regex match against the mime type of the request generated
2788 # by the client. Can be used to detect file upload or some
2789 # types HTTP tunneling requests.
2790 # NOTE: This does NOT match the reply. You cannot use this
2791 # to match the returned file type.
2792
2793 acl aclname req_header header-name [-i] any\.regex\.here
2794 # regex match against any of the known request headers. May be
2795 # thought of as a superset of "browser", "referer" and "mime-type"
2796 # ACLs.
2797
2798 acl acl_name external class_name [arguments...]
2799 # external ACL lookup via a helper class defined by the
2800 # external_acl_type directive.
2801
2802 acl aclname user_cert attribute values...
2803 # match against attributes in a user SSL certificate
2804 # attribute is one of DN/C/O/CN/L/ST
2805
2806 acl aclname ca_cert attribute values...
2807 # match against attributes a users issuing CA SSL certificate
2808 # attribute is one of DN/C/O/CN/L/ST
2809
2810 acl aclname ext_user username ...
2811 acl aclname ext_user_regex [-i] pattern ...
2812 # string match on username returned by external acl helper
2813 # use REQUIRED to accept any non-null user name.
2814
2815 Examples:
2816 acl macaddress arp 09:00:2b:23:45:67
2817 acl myexample dst_as 1241
2818 acl password proxy_auth REQUIRED
2819 acl fileupload req_mime_type -i ^multipart/form-data$
2820 acl javascript rep_mime_type -i ^application/x-javascript$
2821
2822 NOCOMMENT_START
2823 #Recommended minimum configuration:
2824 acl all src 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0
2825 acl manager proto cache_object
2826 acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/255.255.255.255
2827 acl to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8
2828 acl SSL_ports port 443
2829 acl Safe_ports port 80 # http
2830 acl Safe_ports port 21 # ftp
2831 acl Safe_ports port 443 # https
2832 acl Safe_ports port 70 # gopher
2833 acl Safe_ports port 210 # wais
2834 acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535 # unregistered ports
2835 acl Safe_ports port 280 # http-mgmt
2836 acl Safe_ports port 488 # gss-http
2837 acl Safe_ports port 591 # filemaker
2838 acl Safe_ports port 777 # multiling http
2839 acl CONNECT method CONNECT
2840 NOCOMMENT_END
2841 DOC_END
2842
2843 NAME: http_access
2844 TYPE: acl_access
2845 LOC: Config.accessList.http
2846 DEFAULT: none
2847 DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
2848 DOC_START
2849 Allowing or Denying access based on defined access lists
2850
2851 Access to the HTTP port:
2852 http_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
2853
2854 NOTE on default values:
2855
2856 If there are no "access" lines present, the default is to deny
2857 the request.
2858
2859 If none of the "access" lines cause a match, the default is the
2860 opposite of the last line in the list. If the last line was
2861 deny, the default is allow. Conversely, if the last line
2862 is allow, the default will be deny. For these reasons, it is a
2863 good idea to have an "deny all" or "allow all" entry at the end
2864 of your access lists to avoid potential confusion.
2865
2866 NOCOMMENT_START
2867 #Recommended minimum configuration:
2868 #
2869 # Only allow cachemgr access from localhost
2870 http_access allow manager localhost
2871 http_access deny manager
2872 # Deny requests to unknown ports
2873 http_access deny !Safe_ports
2874 # Deny CONNECT to other than SSL ports
2875 http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports
2876 #
2877 # We strongly recommend the following be uncommented to protect innocent
2878 # web applications running on the proxy server who think the only
2879 # one who can access services on "localhost" is a local user
2880 #http_access deny to_localhost
2881 #
2882 # INSERT YOUR OWN RULE(S) HERE TO ALLOW ACCESS FROM YOUR CLIENTS
2883
2884 # Example rule allowing access from your local networks. Adapt
2885 # to list your (internal) IP networks from where browsing should
2886 # be allowed
2887 #acl our_networks src 192.168.1.0/24 192.168.2.0/24
2888 #http_access allow our_networks
2889
2890 # And finally deny all other access to this proxy
2891 http_access deny all
2892 NOCOMMENT_END
2893 DOC_END
2894
2895 NAME: http_reply_access
2896 TYPE: acl_access
2897 LOC: Config.accessList.reply
2898 DEFAULT: none
2899 DEFAULT_IF_NONE: allow all
2900 DOC_START
2901 Allow replies to client requests. This is complementary to http_access.
2902
2903 http_reply_access allow|deny [!] aclname ...
2904
2905 NOTE: if there are no access lines present, the default is to allow
2906 all replies
2907
2908 If none of the access lines cause a match the opposite of the
2909 last line will apply. Thus it is good practice to end the rules
2910 with an "allow all" or "deny all" entry.
2911 DOC_END
2912
2913 NAME: icp_access
2914 TYPE: acl_access
2915 LOC: Config.accessList.icp
2916 DEFAULT: none
2917 DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
2918 DOC_START
2919 Allowing or Denying access to the ICP port based on defined
2920 access lists
2921
2922 icp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
2923
2924 See http_access for details
2925
2926 NOCOMMENT_START
2927 #Allow ICP queries from everyone
2928 icp_access allow all
2929 NOCOMMENT_END
2930 DOC_END
2931
2932 NAME: htcp_access
2933 IFDEF: USE_HTCP
2934 TYPE: acl_access
2935 LOC: Config.accessList.htcp
2936 DEFAULT: none
2937 DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
2938 DOC_START
2939 Allowing or Denying access to the HTCP port based on defined
2940 access lists
2941
2942 htcp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
2943
2944 See http_access for details
2945
2946 #Allow HTCP queries from everyone
2947 htcp_access allow all
2948 DOC_END
2949
2950 NAME: htcp_clr_access
2951 IFDEF: USE_HTCP
2952 TYPE: acl_access
2953 LOC: Config.accessList.htcp_clr
2954 DEFAULT: none
2955 DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
2956 DOC_START
2957 Allowing or Denying access to purge content using HTCP based
2958 on defined access lists
2959
2960 htcp_clr_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
2961
2962 See http_access for details
2963
2964 #Allow HTCP CLR requests from trusted peers
2965 acl htcp_clr_peer src 172.16.1.2
2966 htcp_clr_access allow htcp_clr_peer
2967 DOC_END
2968
2969 NAME: miss_access
2970 TYPE: acl_access
2971 LOC: Config.accessList.miss
2972 DEFAULT: none
2973 DOC_START
2974 Use to force your neighbors to use you as a sibling instead of
2975 a parent. For example:
2976
2977 acl localclients src 172.16.0.0/16
2978 miss_access allow localclients
2979 miss_access deny !localclients
2980
2981 This means only your local clients are allowed to fetch
2982 MISSES and all other clients can only fetch HITS.
2983
2984 By default, allow all clients who passed the http_access rules
2985 to fetch MISSES from us.
2986
2987 NOCOMMENT_START
2988 #Default setting:
2989 # miss_access allow all
2990 NOCOMMENT_END
2991 DOC_END
2992
2993 NAME: cache_peer_access
2994 TYPE: peer_access
2995 DEFAULT: none
2996 LOC: none
2997 DOC_START
2998 Similar to 'cache_peer_domain' but provides more flexibility by
2999 using ACL elements.
3000
3001 cache_peer_access cache-host allow|deny [!]aclname ...
3002
3003 The syntax is identical to 'http_access' and the other lists of
3004 ACL elements. See the comments for 'http_access' below, or
3005 the Squid FAQ (http://www.squid-cache.org/FAQ/FAQ-10.html).
3006 DOC_END
3007
3008 NAME: ident_lookup_access
3009 TYPE: acl_access
3010 IFDEF: USE_IDENT
3011 DEFAULT: none
3012 DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
3013 LOC: Config.accessList.identLookup
3014 DOC_START
3015 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, cause an ident
3016 (RFC 931) lookup to be performed for this request. For
3017 example, you might choose to always perform ident lookups
3018 for your main multi-user Unix boxes, but not for your Macs
3019 and PCs. By default, ident lookups are not performed for
3020 any requests.
3021
3022 To enable ident lookups for specific client addresses, you
3023 can follow this example:
3024
3025 acl ident_aware_hosts src 198.168.1.0/255.255.255.0
3026 ident_lookup_access allow ident_aware_hosts
3027 ident_lookup_access deny all
3028
3029 Only src type ACL checks are fully supported. A src_domain
3030 ACL might work at times, but it will not always provide
3031 the correct result.
3032 DOC_END
3033
3034 NAME: tcp_outgoing_tos tcp_outgoing_ds tcp_outgoing_dscp
3035 TYPE: acl_tos
3036 DEFAULT: none
3037 LOC: Config.accessList.outgoing_tos
3038 DOC_START
3039 Allows you to select a TOS/Diffserv value to mark outgoing
3040 connections with, based on the username or source address
3041 making the request.
3042
3043 tcp_outgoing_tos ds-field [!]aclname ...
3044
3045 Example where normal_service_net uses the TOS value 0x00
3046 and normal_service_net uses 0x20
3047
3048 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/255.255.255.0
3049 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/255.255.255.0
3050 tcp_outgoing_tos 0x00 normal_service_net 0x00
3051 tcp_outgoing_tos 0x20 good_service_net
3052
3053 TOS/DSCP values really only have local significance - so you should
3054 know what you're specifying. For more information, see RFC2474 and
3055 RFC3260.
3056
3057 The TOS/DSCP byte must be exactly that - a octet value 0 - 255, or
3058 "default" to use whatever default your host has. Note that in
3059 practice often only values 0 - 63 is usable as the two highest bits
3060 have been redefined for use by ECN (RFC3168).
3061
3062 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
3063 matching line.
3064
3065 Note: The use of this directive using client dependent ACLs is
3066 incompatible with the use of server side persistent connections. To
3067 ensure correct results it is best to set server_persisten_connections
3068 to off when using this directive in such configurations.
3069 DOC_END
3070
3071 NAME: clientside_tos
3072 TYPE: acl_tos
3073 DEFAULT: none
3074 LOC: Config.accessList.clientside_tos
3075 DOC_START
3076 Allows you to select a TOS/Diffserv value to mark client-side
3077 connections with, based on the username or source address
3078 making the request.
3079 DOC_END
3080
3081 NAME: tcp_outgoing_address
3082 TYPE: acl_address
3083 DEFAULT: none
3084 LOC: Config.accessList.outgoing_address
3085 DOC_START
3086 Allows you to map requests to different outgoing IP addresses
3087 based on the username or source address of the user making
3088 the request.
3089
3090 tcp_outgoing_address ipaddr [[!]aclname] ...
3091
3092 Example where requests from 10.0.0.0/24 will be forwarded
3093 with source address 10.1.0.1, 10.0.2.0/24 forwarded with
3094 source address 10.1.0.2 and the rest will be forwarded with
3095 source address 10.1.0.3.
3096
3097 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/255.255.255.0
3098 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/255.255.255.0
3099 tcp_outgoing_address 10.0.0.1 normal_service_net
3100 tcp_outgoing_address 10.0.0.2 good_service_net
3101 tcp_outgoing_address 10.0.0.3
3102
3103 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
3104 matching line.
3105
3106 Note: The use of this directive using client dependent ACLs is
3107 incompatible with the use of server side persistent connections. To
3108 ensure correct results it is best to set server_persistent_connections
3109 to off when using this directive in such configurations.
3110 DOC_END
3111
3112 NAME: reply_header_max_size
3113 COMMENT: (KB)
3114 TYPE: b_size_t
3115 DEFAULT: 20 KB
3116 LOC: Config.maxReplyHeaderSize
3117 DOC_START
3118 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a reply.
3119 Reply headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
3120 Placing a limit on the reply header size will catch certain
3121 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
3122 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
3123 DOC_END
3124
3125 NAME: reply_body_max_size
3126 COMMENT: size [acl acl...]
3127 TYPE: acl_b_size_t
3128 DEFAULT: none
3129 LOC: Config.ReplyBodySize
3130 DOC_START
3131 This option specifies the maximum size of a reply body. It can be
3132 used to prevent users from downloading very large files, such as
3133 MP3's and movies. When the reply headers are received, the
3134 reply_body_max_size lines are processed, and the first line where
3135 all (if any) listed ACLs are true is used as the maximum body size
3136 for this reply.
3137
3138 This size is checked twice. First when we get the reply headers,
3139 we check the content-length value. If the content length value exists
3140 and is larger than the allowed size, the request is denied and the
3141 user receives an error message that says "the request or reply
3142 is too large." If there is no content-length, and the reply
3143 size exceeds this limit, the client's connection is just closed
3144 and they will receive a partial reply.
3145
3146 WARNING: downstream caches probably can not detect a partial reply
3147 if there is no content-length header, so they will cache
3148 partial responses and give them out as hits. You should NOT
3149 use this option if you have downstream caches.
3150
3151 WARNING: A maximum size smaller than the size of squid's error messages
3152 will cause an infinite loop and crash squid. Ensure that the smallest
3153 non-zero value you use is greater that the maximum header size plus
3154 the size of your largest error page.
3155
3156 If you set this parameter none (the default), there will be
3157 no limit imposed.
3158 DOC_END
3159
3160 NAME: log_access
3161 TYPE: acl_access
3162 LOC: Config.accessList.log
3163 DEFAULT: none
3164 COMMENT: allow|deny acl acl...
3165 DOC_START
3166 This options allows you to control which requests gets logged
3167 to access.log (see access_log directive). Requests denied for
3168 logging will also not be accounted for in performance counters.
3169 DOC_END
3170
3171 COMMENT_START
3172 ADMINISTRATIVE PARAMETERS
3173 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3174 COMMENT_END
3175
3176 NAME: cache_mgr
3177 TYPE: string
3178 DEFAULT: webmaster
3179 LOC: Config.adminEmail
3180 DOC_START
3181 Email-address of local cache manager who will receive
3182 mail if the cache dies. The default is "webmaster."
3183 DOC_END
3184
3185 NAME: mail_from
3186 TYPE: string
3187 DEFAULT: none
3188 LOC: Config.EmailFrom
3189 DOC_START
3190 From: email-address for mail sent when the cache dies.
3191 The default is to use 'appname@unique_hostname'.
3192 Default appname value is "squid", can be changed into
3193 src/globals.h before building squid.
3194 DOC_END
3195
3196 NAME: mail_program
3197 TYPE: eol
3198 DEFAULT: mail
3199 LOC: Config.EmailProgram
3200 DOC_START
3201 Email program used to send mail if the cache dies.
3202 The default is "mail". The specified program must complain
3203 with the standard Unix mail syntax:
3204 mail_program recipient < mailfile
3205 Optional command line options can be specified.
3206 DOC_END
3207
3208 NAME: cache_effective_user
3209 TYPE: string
3210 DEFAULT: nobody
3211 LOC: Config.effectiveUser
3212 DOC_START
3213 If you start Squid as root, it will change its effective/real
3214 UID/GID to the user specified below. The default is to change
3215 to UID to nobody. If you define cache_effective_user, but not
3216 cache_effective_group, Squid sets the GID to the effective
3217 user's default group ID (taken from the password file) and
3218 supplementary group list from the from groups membership of
3219 cache_effective_user.
3220 DOC_END
3221
3222 NAME: cache_effective_group
3223 TYPE: string
3224 DEFAULT: none
3225 LOC: Config.effectiveGroup
3226 DOC_START
3227 If you want Squid to run with a specific GID regardless of
3228 the group memberships of the effective user then set this
3229 to the group (or GID) you want Squid to run as. When set
3230 all other group privileges of the effective user is ignored
3231 and only this GID is effective. If Squid is not started as
3232 root the user starting Squid must be member of the specified
3233 group.
3234 DOC_END
3235
3236 NAME: httpd_suppress_version_string
3237 COMMENT: on|off
3238 TYPE: onoff
3239 DEFAULT: off
3240 LOC: Config.onoff.httpd_suppress_version_string
3241 DOC_START
3242 Suppress Squid version string info in HTTP headers and HTML error pages.
3243 DOC_END
3244
3245 NAME: visible_hostname
3246 TYPE: string
3247 LOC: Config.visibleHostname
3248 DEFAULT: none
3249 DOC_START
3250 If you want to present a special hostname in error messages, etc,
3251 define this. Otherwise, the return value of gethostname()
3252 will be used. If you have multiple caches in a cluster and
3253 get errors about IP-forwarding you must set them to have individual
3254 names with this setting.
3255 DOC_END
3256
3257 NAME: unique_hostname
3258 TYPE: string
3259 LOC: Config.uniqueHostname
3260 DEFAULT: none
3261 DOC_START
3262 If you want to have multiple machines with the same
3263 'visible_hostname' you must give each machine a different
3264 'unique_hostname' so forwarding loops can be detected.
3265 DOC_END
3266
3267 NAME: hostname_aliases
3268 TYPE: wordlist
3269 LOC: Config.hostnameAliases
3270 DEFAULT: none
3271 DOC_START
3272 A list of other DNS names your cache has.
3273 DOC_END
3274
3275 COMMENT_START
3276 OPTIONS FOR THE CACHE REGISTRATION SERVICE
3277 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3278
3279 This section contains parameters for the (optional) cache
3280 announcement service. This service is provided to help
3281 cache administrators locate one another in order to join or
3282 create cache hierarchies.
3283
3284 An 'announcement' message is sent (via UDP) to the registration
3285 service by Squid. By default, the announcement message is NOT
3286 SENT unless you enable it with 'announce_period' below.
3287
3288 The announcement message includes your hostname, plus the
3289 following information from this configuration file:
3290
3291 http_port
3292 icp_port
3293 cache_mgr
3294
3295 All current information is processed regularly and made
3296 available on the Web at http://www.ircache.net/Cache/Tracker/.
3297 COMMENT_END
3298
3299 NAME: announce_period
3300 TYPE: time_t
3301 LOC: Config.Announce.period
3302 DEFAULT: 0
3303 DOC_START
3304 This is how frequently to send cache announcements. The
3305 default is `0' which disables sending the announcement
3306 messages.
3307
3308 To enable announcing your cache, just uncomment the line
3309 below.
3310
3311 NOCOMMENT_START
3312 #To enable announcing your cache, just uncomment the line below.
3313 #announce_period 1 day
3314 NOCOMMENT_END
3315 DOC_END
3316
3317 NAME: announce_host
3318 TYPE: string
3319 DEFAULT: tracker.ircache.net
3320 LOC: Config.Announce.host
3321 DOC_NONE
3322
3323 NAME: announce_file
3324 TYPE: string
3325 DEFAULT: none
3326 LOC: Config.Announce.file
3327 DOC_NONE
3328
3329 NAME: announce_port
3330 TYPE: ushort
3331 DEFAULT: 3131
3332 LOC: Config.Announce.port
3333 DOC_START
3334 announce_host and announce_port set the hostname and port
3335 number where the registration message will be sent.
3336
3337 Hostname will default to 'tracker.ircache.net' and port will
3338 default default to 3131. If the 'filename' argument is given,
3339 the contents of that file will be included in the announce
3340 message.
3341 DOC_END
3342
3343 COMMENT_START
3344 HTTPD-ACCELERATOR OPTIONS
3345 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3346 COMMENT_END
3347
3348 NAME: httpd_accel_surrogate_id
3349 IFDEF: ESI
3350 TYPE: string
3351 LOC: Config.Accel.surrogate_id
3352 DEFAULT: unset-id
3353 DOC_START
3354 Surrogates (http://www.esi.org/architecture_spec_1.0.html)
3355 need an identification token to allow control targeting. Because
3356 a farm of surrogates may all perform the same tasks, they may share
3357 an identification token.
3358 DOC_END
3359
3360 NAME: http_accel_surrogate_remote
3361 IFDEF: ESI
3362 COMMENT: on|off
3363 TYPE: onoff
3364 DEFAULT: off
3365 LOC: Config.onoff.surrogate_is_remote
3366 DOC_START
3367 Remote surrogates (such as those in a CDN) honour Surrogate-Control: no-store-remote.
3368 Set this to on to have squid behave as a remote surrogate.
3369 DOC_END
3370
3371 NAME: esi_parser
3372 IFDEF: ESI
3373 COMMENT: libxml2|expat|custom
3374 TYPE: string
3375 LOC: ESIParser::Type
3376 DEFAULT: custom
3377 DOC_START
3378 ESI markup is not strictly XML compatible. The custom ESI parser
3379 will give higher performance, but cannot handle non ASCII character
3380 encodings.
3381 DOC_END
3382
3383 COMMENT_START
3384 DELAY POOL PARAMETERS
3385 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3386 COMMENT_END
3387
3388 NAME: delay_pools
3389 TYPE: delay_pool_count
3390 DEFAULT: 0
3391 IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
3392 LOC: Config.Delay
3393 DOC_START
3394 This represents the number of delay pools to be used. For example,
3395 if you have one class 2 delay pool and one class 3 delays pool, you
3396 have a total of 2 delay pools.
3397 DOC_END
3398
3399 NAME: delay_class
3400 TYPE: delay_pool_class
3401 DEFAULT: none
3402 IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
3403 LOC: Config.Delay
3404 DOC_START
3405 This defines the class of each delay pool. There must be exactly one
3406 delay_class line for each delay pool. For example, to define two
3407 delay pools, one of class 2 and one of class 3, the settings above
3408 and here would be:
3409
3410 Example:
3411 delay_pools 4 # 4 delay pools
3412 delay_class 1 2 # pool 1 is a class 2 pool
3413 delay_class 2 3 # pool 2 is a class 3 pool
3414 delay_class 3 4 # pool 3 is a class 4 pool
3415 delay_class 4 5 # pool 4 is a class 5 pool
3416
3417 The delay pool classes are:
3418
3419 class 1 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
3420 bucket.
3421
3422 class 2 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
3423 bucket as well as an "individual" bucket chosen
3424 from bits 25 through 32 of the IP address.
3425
3426 class 3 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
3427 bucket as well as a "network" bucket chosen
3428 from bits 17 through 24 of the IP address and a
3429 "individual" bucket chosen from bits 17 through
3430 32 of the IP address.
3431
3432 class 4 Everything in a class 3 delay pool, with an
3433 additional limit on a per user basis. This
3434 only takes effect if the username is established
3435 in advance - by forcing authentication in your
3436 http_access rules.
3437
3438 class 5 Requests are grouped according their tag (see
3439 external_acl's tag= reply).
3440
3441 NOTE: If an IP address is a.b.c.d
3442 -> bits 25 through 32 are "d"
3443 -> bits 17 through 24 are "c"
3444 -> bits 17 through 32 are "c * 256 + d"
3445 DOC_END
3446
3447 NAME: delay_access
3448 TYPE: delay_pool_access
3449 DEFAULT: none
3450 IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
3451 LOC: Config.Delay
3452 DOC_START
3453 This is used to determine which delay pool a request falls into.
3454
3455 delay_access is sorted per pool and the matching starts with pool 1,
3456 then pool 2, ..., and finally pool N. The first delay pool where the
3457 request is allowed is selected for the request. If it does not allow
3458 the request to any pool then the request is not delayed (default).
3459
3460 For example, if you want some_big_clients in delay
3461 pool 1 and lotsa_little_clients in delay pool 2:
3462
3463 Example:
3464 delay_access 1 allow some_big_clients
3465 delay_access 1 deny all
3466 delay_access 2 allow lotsa_little_clients
3467 delay_access 2 deny all
3468 delay_access 3 allow authenticated_clients
3469 DOC_END
3470
3471 NAME: delay_parameters
3472 TYPE: delay_pool_rates
3473 DEFAULT: none
3474 IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
3475 LOC: Config.Delay
3476 DOC_START
3477 This defines the parameters for a delay pool. Each delay pool has
3478 a number of "buckets" associated with it, as explained in the
3479 description of delay_class. For a class 1 delay pool, the syntax is:
3480
3481 delay_parameters pool aggregate
3482
3483 For a class 2 delay pool:
3484
3485 delay_parameters pool aggregate individual
3486
3487 For a class 3 delay pool:
3488
3489 delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual
3490
3491 For a class 4 delay pool:
3492
3493 delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual user
3494
3495 For a class 5 delay pool:
3496
3497 delay_parameters pool tag
3498
3499 The variables here are:
3500
3501 pool a pool number - ie, a number between 1 and the
3502 number specified in delay_pools as used in
3503 delay_class lines.
3504
3505 aggregate the "delay parameters" for the aggregate bucket
3506 (class 1, 2, 3).
3507
3508 individual the "delay parameters" for the individual
3509 buckets (class 2, 3).
3510
3511 network the "delay parameters" for the network buckets
3512 (class 3).
3513
3514 user the delay parameters for the user buckets
3515 (class 4).
3516
3517 tag the delay parameters for the tag buckets
3518 (class 5).
3519
3520 A pair of delay parameters is written restore/maximum, where restore is
3521 the number of bytes (not bits - modem and network speeds are usually
3522 quoted in bits) per second placed into the bucket, and maximum is the
3523 maximum number of bytes which can be in the bucket at any time.
3524
3525 For example, if delay pool number 1 is a class 2 delay pool as in the
3526 above example, and is being used to strictly limit each host to 64kbps
3527 (plus overheads), with no overall limit, the line is:
3528
3529 delay_parameters 1 -1/-1 8000/8000
3530
3531 Note that the figure -1 is used to represent "unlimited".
3532
3533 And, if delay pool number 2 is a class 3 delay pool as in the above
3534 example, and you want to limit it to a total of 256kbps (strict limit)
3535 with each 8-bit network permitted 64kbps (strict limit) and each
3536 individual host permitted 4800bps with a bucket maximum size of 64kb
3537 to permit a decent web page to be downloaded at a decent speed
3538 (if the network is not being limited due to overuse) but slow down
3539 large downloads more significantly:
3540
3541 delay_parameters 2 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/8000
3542
3543 There must be one delay_parameters line for each delay pool.
3544
3545 Finally, for a class 4 delay pool as in the example - each user will
3546 be limited to 128Kb no matter how many workstations they are logged into.:
3547
3548 delay_parameters 4 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/64000 16000/16000
3549 DOC_END
3550
3551 NAME: delay_initial_bucket_level
3552 COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
3553 TYPE: ushort
3554 DEFAULT: 50
3555 IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
3556 LOC: Config.Delay.initial
3557 DOC_START
3558 The initial bucket percentage is used to determine how much is put
3559 in each bucket when squid starts, is reconfigured, or first notices
3560 a host accessing it (in class 2 and class 3, individual hosts and
3561 networks only have buckets associated with them once they have been
3562 "seen" by squid).
3563 DOC_END
3564
3565 COMMENT_START
3566 WCCPv1 AND WCCPv2 CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
3567 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3568 COMMENT_END
3569
3570 NAME: wccp_router
3571 TYPE: address
3572 LOC: Config.Wccp.router
3573 DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
3574 IFDEF: USE_WCCP
3575 DOC_NONE
3576 NAME: wccp2_router
3577 TYPE: sockaddr_in_list
3578 LOC: Config.Wccp2.router
3579 DEFAULT: none
3580 IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
3581 DOC_START
3582 Use this option to define your WCCP ``home'' router for
3583 Squid.
3584
3585 wccp_router supports a single WCCP(v1) router
3586
3587 wccp2_router supports multiple WCCPv2 routers
3588
3589 only one of the two may be used at the same time and defines
3590 which version of WCCP to use.
3591 DOC_END
3592
3593 NAME: wccp_version
3594 TYPE: int
3595 LOC: Config.Wccp.version
3596 DEFAULT: 4
3597 IFDEF: USE_WCCP
3598 DOC_START
3599 This directive is only relevant if you need to set up WCCP(v1)
3600 to some very old and end-of-life Cisco routers. In all other
3601 setups it must be left unset or at the default setting.
3602 It defines an internal version in the WCCP(v1) protocol,
3603 with version 4 being the officially documented protocol.
3604
3605 According to some users, Cisco IOS 11.2 and earlier only
3606 support WCCP version 3. If you're using that or an earlier
3607 version of IOS, you may need to change this value to 3, otherwise
3608 do not specify this parameter.
3609 DOC_END
3610
3611 NAME: wccp2_rebuild_wait
3612 TYPE: onoff
3613 LOC: Config.Wccp2.rebuildwait
3614 DEFAULT: on
3615 IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
3616 DOC_START
3617 If this is enabled Squid will wait for the cache dir rebuild to finish
3618 before sending the first wccp2 HereIAm packet
3619 DOC_END
3620
3621 NAME: wccp2_forwarding_method
3622 TYPE: int
3623 LOC: Config.Wccp2.forwarding_method
3624 DEFAULT: 1
3625 IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
3626 DOC_START
3627 WCCP2 allows the setting of forwarding methods between the
3628 router/switch and the cache. Valid values are as follows:
3629
3630 1 - GRE encapsulation (forward the packet in a GRE/WCCP tunnel)
3631 2 - L2 redirect (forward the packet using Layer 2/MAC rewriting)
3632
3633 Currently (as of IOS 12.4) cisco routers only support GRE.
3634 Cisco switches only support the L2 redirect assignment method.
3635 DOC_END
3636
3637 NAME: wccp2_return_method
3638 TYPE: int
3639 LOC: Config.Wccp2.return_method
3640 DEFAULT: 1
3641 IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
3642 DOC_START
3643 WCCP2 allows the setting of return methods between the
3644 router/switch and the cache for packets that the cache
3645 decides not to handle. Valid values are as follows:
3646
3647 1 - GRE encapsulation (forward the packet in a GRE/WCCP tunnel)
3648 2 - L2 redirect (forward the packet using Layer 2/MAC rewriting)
3649
3650 Currently (as of IOS 12.4) cisco routers only support GRE.
3651 Cisco switches only support the L2 redirect assignment.
3652
3653 If the "ip wccp redirect exclude in" command has been
3654 enabled on the cache interface, then it is still safe for
3655 the proxy server to use a l2 redirect method even if this
3656 option is set to GRE.
3657 DOC_END
3658
3659 NAME: wccp2_assignment_method
3660 TYPE: int
3661 LOC: Config.Wccp2.assignment_method
3662 DEFAULT: 1
3663 IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
3664 DOC_START
3665 WCCP2 allows the setting of methods to assign the WCCP hash
3666 Valid values are as follows:
3667
3668 1 - Hash assignment
3669 2 - Mask assignment
3670
3671 As a general rule, cisco routers support the hash assignment method
3672 and cisco switches support the mask assignment method.
3673 DOC_END
3674
3675 NAME: wccp2_service
3676 TYPE: wccp2_service
3677 LOC: Config.Wccp2.info
3678 DEFAULT: none
3679 DEFAULT_IF_NONE: standard 0
3680 IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
3681 DOC_START
3682 WCCP2 allows for multiple traffic services. There are two
3683 types: "standard" and "dynamic". The standard type defines
3684 one service id - http (id 0). The dynamic service ids can be from
3685 51 to 255 inclusive. In order to use a dynamic service id
3686 one must define the type of traffic to be redirected; this is done
3687 using the wccp2_service_info option.
3688
3689 The "standard" type does not require a wccp2_service_info option,
3690 just specifying the service id will suffice.
3691
3692 MD5 service authentication can be enabled by adding
3693 "password=<password>" to the end of this service declaration.
3694
3695 Examples:
3696
3697 wccp2_service standard 0 # for the 'web-cache' standard service
3698 wccp2_service dynamic 80 # a dynamic service type which will be
3699 # fleshed out with subsequent options.
3700 wccp2_service standard 0 password=foo
3701
3702 DOC_END
3703
3704 NAME: wccp2_service_info
3705 TYPE: wccp2_service_info
3706 LOC: Config.Wccp2.info
3707 DEFAULT: none
3708 IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
3709 DOC_START
3710 Dynamic WCCPv2 services require further information to define the
3711 traffic you wish to have diverted.
3712
3713 The format is:
3714
3715 wccp2_service_info <id> protocol=<protocol> flags=<flag>,<flag>..
3716 priority=<priority> ports=<port>,<port>..
3717
3718 The relevant WCCPv2 flags:
3719 + src_ip_hash, dst_ip_hash
3720 + source_port_hash, dest_port_hash
3721 + src_ip_alt_hash, dst_ip_alt_hash
3722 + src_port_alt_hash, dst_port_alt_hash
3723 + ports_source
3724
3725 The port list can be one to eight entries.
3726
3727 Example:
3728
3729 wccp2_service_info 80 protocol=tcp flags=src_ip_hash,ports_source
3730 priority=240 ports=80
3731
3732 Note: the service id must have been defined by a previous
3733 'wccp2_service dynamic <id>' entry.
3734 DOC_END
3735
3736 NAME: wccp2_weight
3737 TYPE: int
3738 LOC: Config.Wccp2.weight
3739 DEFAULT: 10000
3740 IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
3741 DOC_START
3742 Each cache server gets assigned a set of the destination
3743 hash proportional to their weight.
3744 DOC_END
3745
3746 NAME: wccp_address
3747 TYPE: address
3748 LOC: Config.Wccp.address
3749 DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
3750 IFDEF: USE_WCCP
3751 DOC_NONE
3752 NAME: wccp2_address
3753 TYPE: address
3754 LOC: Config.Wccp2.address
3755 DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
3756 IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
3757 DOC_START
3758 Use this option if you require WCCP to use a specific
3759 interface address.
3760
3761 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
3762 DOC_END
3763
3764 COMMENT_START
3765 PERSISTENT CONNECTION HANDLING
3766 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3767
3768 Also see "pconn_timeout" in the TIMEOUTS section
3769 COMMENT_END
3770
3771 NAME: client_persistent_connections
3772 TYPE: onoff
3773 LOC: Config.onoff.client_pconns
3774 DEFAULT: on
3775 DOC_NONE
3776
3777 NAME: server_persistent_connections
3778 TYPE: onoff
3779 LOC: Config.onoff.server_pconns
3780 DEFAULT: on
3781 DOC_START
3782 Persistent connection support for clients and servers. By
3783 default, Squid uses persistent connections (when allowed)
3784 with its clients and servers. You can use these options to
3785 disable persistent connections with clients and/or servers.
3786 DOC_END
3787
3788 NAME: persistent_connection_after_error
3789 TYPE: onoff
3790 LOC: Config.onoff.error_pconns
3791 DEFAULT: off
3792 DOC_START
3793 With this directive the use of persistent connections after
3794 HTTP errors can be disabled. Useful if you have clients
3795 who fail to handle errors on persistent connections proper.
3796 DOC_END
3797
3798 NAME: detect_broken_pconn
3799 TYPE: onoff
3800 LOC: Config.onoff.detect_broken_server_pconns
3801 DEFAULT: off
3802 DOC_START
3803 Some servers have been found to incorrectly signal the use
3804 of HTTP/1.0 persistent connections even on replies not
3805 compatible, causing significant delays. This server problem
3806 has mostly been seen on redirects.
3807
3808 By enabling this directive Squid attempts to detect such
3809 broken replies and automatically assume the reply is finished
3810 after 10 seconds timeout.
3811 DOC_END
3812
3813 COMMENT_START
3814 CACHE DIGEST OPTIONS
3815 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3816 COMMENT_END
3817
3818 NAME: digest_generation
3819 IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
3820 TYPE: onoff
3821 LOC: Config.onoff.digest_generation
3822 DEFAULT: on
3823 DOC_START
3824 This controls whether the server will generate a Cache Digest
3825 of its contents. By default, Cache Digest generation is
3826 enabled if Squid is compiled with USE_CACHE_DIGESTS defined.
3827 DOC_END
3828
3829 NAME: digest_bits_per_entry
3830 IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
3831 TYPE: int
3832 LOC: Config.digest.bits_per_entry
3833 DEFAULT: 5
3834 DOC_START
3835 This is the number of bits of the server's Cache Digest which
3836 will be associated with the Digest entry for a given HTTP
3837 Method and URL (public key) combination. The default is 5.
3838 DOC_END
3839
3840 NAME: digest_rebuild_period
3841 IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
3842 COMMENT: (seconds)
3843 TYPE: time_t
3844 LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_period
3845 DEFAULT: 1 hour
3846 DOC_START
3847 This is the number of seconds between Cache Digest rebuilds.
3848 DOC_END
3849
3850 NAME: digest_rewrite_period
3851 COMMENT: (seconds)
3852 IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
3853 TYPE: time_t
3854 LOC: Config.digest.rewrite_period
3855 DEFAULT: 1 hour
3856 DOC_START
3857 This is the number of seconds between Cache Digest writes to
3858 disk.
3859 DOC_END
3860
3861 NAME: digest_swapout_chunk_size
3862 COMMENT: (bytes)
3863 TYPE: b_size_t
3864 IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
3865 LOC: Config.digest.swapout_chunk_size
3866 DEFAULT: 4096 bytes
3867 DOC_START
3868 This is the number of bytes of the Cache Digest to write to
3869 disk at a time. It defaults to 4096 bytes (4KB), the Squid
3870 default swap page.
3871 DOC_END
3872
3873 NAME: digest_rebuild_chunk_percentage
3874 COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
3875 IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
3876 TYPE: int
3877 LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_chunk_percentage
3878 DEFAULT: 10
3879 DOC_START
3880 This is the percentage of the Cache Digest to be scanned at a
3881 time. By default it is set to 10% of the Cache Digest.
3882 DOC_END
3883
3884 COMMENT_START
3885 SNMP OPTIONS
3886 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3887 COMMENT_END
3888
3889 NAME: snmp_port
3890 TYPE: ushort
3891 LOC: Config.Port.snmp
3892 DEFAULT: 3401
3893 IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
3894 DOC_START
3895 Squid can now serve statistics and status information via SNMP.
3896 By default it listens to port 3401 on the machine. If you don't
3897 wish to use SNMP, set this to "0".
3898 DOC_END
3899
3900 NAME: snmp_access
3901 TYPE: acl_access
3902 LOC: Config.accessList.snmp
3903 DEFAULT: none
3904 DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
3905 IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
3906 DOC_START
3907 Allowing or denying access to the SNMP port.
3908
3909 All access to the agent is denied by default.
3910 usage:
3911
3912 snmp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
3913
3914 Example:
3915 snmp_access allow snmppublic localhost
3916 snmp_access deny all
3917 DOC_END
3918
3919 NAME: snmp_incoming_address
3920 TYPE: address
3921 LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_incoming
3922 DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
3923 IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
3924 DOC_NONE
3925 NAME: snmp_outgoing_address
3926 TYPE: address
3927 LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_outgoing
3928 DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
3929 IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
3930 DOC_START
3931 Just like 'udp_incoming_address' above, but for the SNMP port.
3932
3933 snmp_incoming_address is used for the SNMP socket receiving
3934 messages from SNMP agents.
3935 snmp_outgoing_address is used for SNMP packets returned to SNMP
3936 agents.
3937
3938 The default snmp_incoming_address (0.0.0.0) is to listen on all
3939 available network interfaces.
3940
3941 If snmp_outgoing_address is set to 255.255.255.255 (the default)
3942 it will use the same socket as snmp_incoming_address. Only
3943 change this if you want to have SNMP replies sent using another
3944 address than where this Squid listens for SNMP queries.
3945
3946 NOTE, snmp_incoming_address and snmp_outgoing_address can not have
3947 the same value since they both use port 3401.
3948 DOC_END
3949
3950 COMMENT_START
3951 ICP OPTIONS
3952 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3953 COMMENT_END
3954
3955 NAME: icp_port udp_port
3956 TYPE: ushort
3957 DEFAULT: 0
3958 LOC: Config.Port.icp
3959 DOC_START
3960 The port number where Squid sends and receives ICP queries to
3961 and from neighbor caches. The standard UDP port for ICP is 3130.
3962 Default is disabled (0).
3963 NOCOMMENT_START
3964 icp_port @DEFAULT_ICP_PORT@
3965 NOCOMMENT_END
3966 DOC_END
3967
3968 NAME: htcp_port
3969 IFDEF: USE_HTCP
3970 TYPE: ushort
3971 DEFAULT: 4827
3972 LOC: Config.Port.htcp
3973 DOC_START
3974 The port number where Squid sends and receives HTCP queries to
3975 and from neighbor caches. Default is 4827. To disable use
3976 "0".
3977 DOC_END
3978
3979 NAME: log_icp_queries
3980 COMMENT: on|off
3981 TYPE: onoff
3982 DEFAULT: on
3983 LOC: Config.onoff.log_udp
3984 DOC_START
3985 If set, ICP queries are logged to access.log. You may wish
3986 do disable this if your ICP load is VERY high to speed things
3987 up or to simplify log analysis.
3988 DOC_END
3989
3990 NAME: udp_incoming_address
3991 TYPE: address
3992 LOC:Config.Addrs.udp_incoming
3993 DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
3994 DOC_NONE
3995
3996 NAME: udp_outgoing_address
3997 TYPE: address
3998 LOC: Config.Addrs.udp_outgoing
3999 DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
4000 DOC_START
4001 udp_incoming_address is used for the ICP socket receiving packets
4002 from other caches.
4003 udp_outgoing_address is used for ICP packets sent out to other
4004 caches.
4005
4006 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
4007
4008 A udp_incoming_address value of 0.0.0.0 indicates Squid
4009 should listen for UDP messages on all available interfaces.
4010
4011 If udp_outgoing_address is set to 255.255.255.255 (the default)
4012 it will use the same socket as udp_incoming_address. Only
4013 change this if you want to have ICP queries sent using another
4014 address than where this Squid listens for ICP queries from other
4015 caches.
4016
4017 NOTE, udp_incoming_address and udp_outgoing_address can not
4018 have the same value since they both use port 3130.
4019 DOC_END
4020
4021 NAME: minimum_direct_hops
4022 TYPE: int
4023 DEFAULT: 4
4024 LOC: Config.minDirectHops
4025 DOC_START
4026 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
4027 which are no more than this many hops away.
4028 DOC_END
4029
4030 NAME: minimum_direct_rtt
4031 TYPE: int
4032 DEFAULT: 400
4033 LOC: Config.minDirectRtt
4034 DOC_START
4035 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
4036 which are no more than this many rtt milliseconds away.
4037 DOC_END
4038
4039 NAME: netdb_low
4040 TYPE: int
4041 DEFAULT: 900
4042 LOC: Config.Netdb.low
4043 DOC_NONE
4044
4045 NAME: netdb_high
4046 TYPE: int
4047 DEFAULT: 1000
4048 LOC: Config.Netdb.high
4049 DOC_START
4050 The low and high water marks for the ICMP measurement
4051 database. These are counts, not percents. The defaults are
4052 900 and 1000. When the high water mark is reached, database
4053 entries will be deleted until the low mark is reached.
4054 DOC_END
4055
4056 NAME: netdb_ping_period
4057 TYPE: time_t
4058 LOC: Config.Netdb.period
4059 DEFAULT: 5 minutes
4060 DOC_START
4061 The minimum period for measuring a site. There will be at
4062 least this much delay between successive pings to the same
4063 network. The default is five minutes.
4064 DOC_END
4065
4066 NAME: query_icmp
4067 COMMENT: on|off
4068 TYPE: onoff
4069 DEFAULT: off
4070 LOC: Config.onoff.query_icmp
4071 DOC_START
4072 If you want to ask your peers to include ICMP data in their ICP
4073 replies, enable this option.
4074
4075 If your peer has configured Squid (during compilation) with
4076 '--enable-icmp' that peer will send ICMP pings to origin server
4077 sites of the URLs it receives. If you enable this option the
4078 ICP replies from that peer will include the ICMP data (if available).
4079 Then, when choosing a parent cache, Squid will choose the parent with
4080 the minimal RTT to the origin server. When this happens, the
4081 hierarchy field of the access.log will be
4082 "CLOSEST_PARENT_MISS". This option is off by default.
4083 DOC_END
4084
4085 NAME: test_reachability
4086 COMMENT: on|off
4087 TYPE: onoff
4088 DEFAULT: off
4089 LOC: Config.onoff.test_reachability
4090 DOC_START
4091 When this is 'on', ICP MISS replies will be ICP_MISS_NOFETCH
4092 instead of ICP_MISS if the target host is NOT in the ICMP
4093 database, or has a zero RTT.
4094 DOC_END
4095
4096 NAME: icp_query_timeout
4097 COMMENT: (msec)
4098 DEFAULT: 0
4099 TYPE: int
4100 LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query
4101 DOC_START
4102 Normally Squid will automatically determine an optimal ICP
4103 query timeout value based on the round-trip-time of recent ICP
4104 queries. If you want to override the value determined by
4105 Squid, set this 'icp_query_timeout' to a non-zero value. This
4106 value is specified in MILLISECONDS, so, to use a 2-second
4107 timeout (the old default), you would write:
4108
4109 icp_query_timeout 2000
4110 DOC_END
4111
4112 NAME: maximum_icp_query_timeout
4113 COMMENT: (msec)
4114 DEFAULT: 2000
4115 TYPE: int
4116 LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query_max
4117 DOC_START
4118 Normally the ICP query timeout is determined dynamically. But
4119 sometimes it can lead to very large values (say 5 seconds).
4120 Use this option to put an upper limit on the dynamic timeout
4121 value. Do NOT use this option to always use a fixed (instead
4122 of a dynamic) timeout value. To set a fixed timeout see the
4123 'icp_query_timeout' directive.
4124 DOC_END
4125
4126 NAME: minimum_icp_query_timeout
4127 COMMENT: (msec)
4128 DEFAULT: 5
4129 TYPE: int
4130 LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query_min
4131 DOC_START
4132 Normally the ICP query timeout is determined dynamically. But
4133 sometimes it can lead to very small timeouts, even lower than
4134 the normal latency variance on your link due to traffic.
4135 Use this option to put an lower limit on the dynamic timeout
4136 value. Do NOT use this option to always use a fixed (instead
4137 of a dynamic) timeout value. To set a fixed timeout see the
4138 'icp_query_timeout' directive.
4139 DOC_END
4140
4141 NAME: background_ping_rate
4142 COMMENT: time-units
4143 TYPE: time_t
4144 DEFAULT: 10 seconds
4145 LOC: Config.backgroundPingRate
4146 DOC_START
4147 Controls how often the ICP pings are sent to siblings that
4148 have background-ping set.
4149 DOC_END
4150
4151 NAME: icp_hit_stale
4152 COMMENT: on|off
4153 TYPE: onoff
4154 DEFAULT: off
4155 LOC: Config.onoff.icp_hit_stale
4156 DOC_START
4157 If you want to return ICP_HIT for stale cache objects, set this
4158 option to 'on'. If you have sibling relationships with caches
4159 in other administrative domains, this should be 'off'. If you only
4160 have sibling relationships with caches under your control,
4161 it is probably okay to set this to 'on'.
4162 If set to 'on', your siblings should use the option "allow-miss"
4163 on their cache_peer lines for connecting to you.
4164 DOC_END
4165
4166 COMMENT_START
4167 MULTICAST ICP OPTIONS
4168 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4169 COMMENT_END
4170
4171 NAME: mcast_groups
4172 TYPE: wordlist
4173 LOC: Config.mcast_group_list
4174 DEFAULT: none
4175 DOC_START
4176 This tag specifies a list of multicast groups which your server
4177 should join to receive multicasted ICP queries.
4178
4179 NOTE! Be very careful what you put here! Be sure you
4180 understand the difference between an ICP _query_ and an ICP
4181 _reply_. This option is to be set only if you want to RECEIVE
4182 multicast queries. Do NOT set this option to SEND multicast
4183 ICP (use cache_peer for that). ICP replies are always sent via
4184 unicast, so this option does not affect whether or not you will
4185 receive replies from multicast group members.
4186
4187 You must be very careful to NOT use a multicast address which
4188 is already in use by another group of caches.
4189
4190 If you are unsure about multicast, please read the Multicast
4191 chapter in the Squid FAQ (http://www.squid-cache.org/FAQ/).
4192
4193 Usage: mcast_groups 239.128.16.128 224.0.1.20
4194
4195 By default, Squid doesn't listen on any multicast groups.
4196 DOC_END
4197
4198 NAME: mcast_miss_addr
4199 IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
4200 TYPE: address
4201 LOC: Config.mcast_miss.addr
4202 DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
4203 DOC_START
4204 If you enable this option, every "cache miss" URL will
4205 be sent out on the specified multicast address.
4206
4207 Do not enable this option unless you are are absolutely
4208 certain you understand what you are doing.
4209 DOC_END
4210
4211 NAME: mcast_miss_ttl
4212 IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
4213 TYPE: ushort
4214 LOC: Config.mcast_miss.ttl
4215 DEFAULT: 16
4216 DOC_START
4217 This is the time-to-live value for packets multicasted
4218 when multicasting off cache miss URLs is enabled. By
4219 default this is set to 'site scope', i.e. 16.
4220 DOC_END
4221
4222 NAME: mcast_miss_port
4223 IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
4224 TYPE: ushort
4225 LOC: Config.mcast_miss.port
4226 DEFAULT: 3135
4227 DOC_START
4228 This is the port number to be used in conjunction with
4229 'mcast_miss_addr'.
4230 DOC_END
4231
4232 NAME: mcast_miss_encode_key
4233 IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
4234 TYPE: string
4235 LOC: Config.mcast_miss.encode_key
4236 DEFAULT: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
4237 DOC_START
4238 The URLs that are sent in the multicast miss stream are
4239 encrypted. This is the encryption key.
4240 DOC_END
4241
4242 NAME: mcast_icp_query_timeout
4243 COMMENT: (msec)
4244 DEFAULT: 2000
4245 TYPE: int
4246 LOC: Config.Timeout.mcast_icp_query
4247 DOC_START
4248 For multicast peers, Squid regularly sends out ICP "probes" to
4249 count how many other peers are listening on the given multicast
4250 address. This value specifies how long Squid should wait to
4251 count all the replies. The default is 2000 msec, or 2
4252 seconds.
4253 DOC_END
4254
4255 COMMENT_START
4256 INTERNAL ICON OPTIONS
4257 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4258 COMMENT_END
4259
4260 NAME: icon_directory
4261 TYPE: string
4262 LOC: Config.icons.directory
4263 DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
4264 DOC_START
4265 Where the icons are stored. These are normally kept in
4266 @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
4267 DOC_END
4268
4269 NAME: global_internal_static
4270 TYPE: onoff
4271 LOC: Config.onoff.global_internal_static
4272 DEFAULT: on
4273 DOC_START
4274 This directive controls is Squid should intercept all requests for
4275 /squid-internal-static/ no matter which host the URL is requesting
4276 (default on setting), or if nothing special should be done for
4277 such URLs (off setting). The purpose of this directive is to make
4278 icons etc work better in complex cache hierarchies where it may
4279 not always be possible for all corners in the cache mesh to reach
4280 the server generating a directory listing.
4281 DOC_END
4282
4283 NAME: short_icon_urls
4284 TYPE: onoff
4285 LOC: Config.icons.use_short_names
4286 DEFAULT: on
4287 DOC_START
4288 If this is enabled Squid will use short URLs for icons.
4289 If disabled it will revert to the old behavior of including
4290 it's own name and port in the URL.
4291
4292 If you run a complex cache hierarchy with a mix of Squid and
4293 other proxies you may need to disable this directive.
4294 DOC_END
4295
4296 COMMENT_START
4297 ERROR PAGE OPTIONS
4298 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4299 COMMENT_END
4300
4301 NAME: error_directory
4302 TYPE: string
4303 LOC: Config.errorDirectory
4304 DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_ERROR_DIR@
4305 DOC_START
4306 If you wish to create your own versions of the default
4307 (English) error files, either to customize them to suit your
4308 language or company copy the template English files to another
4309 directory and point this tag at them.
4310
4311 The squid developers are interested in making squid available in
4312 a wide variety of languages. If you are making translations for a
4313 langauge that Squid does not currently provide please consider
4314 contributing your translation back to the project.
4315 DOC_END
4316
4317 NAME: err_html_text
4318 TYPE: eol
4319 LOC: Config.errHtmlText
4320 DEFAULT: none
4321 DOC_START
4322 HTML text to include in error messages. Make this a "mailto"
4323 URL to your admin address, or maybe just a link to your
4324 organizations Web page.
4325
4326 To include this in your error messages, you must rewrite
4327 the error template files (found in the "errors" directory).
4328 Wherever you want the 'err_html_text' line to appear,
4329 insert a %L tag in the error template file.
4330 DOC_END
4331
4332 NAME: email_err_data
4333 COMMENT: on|off
4334 TYPE: onoff
4335 LOC: Config.onoff.emailErrData
4336 DEFAULT: on
4337 DOC_START
4338 If enabled, information about the occurred error will be
4339 included in the mailto links of the ERR pages (if %W is set)
4340 so that the email body contains the data.
4341 Syntax is <A HREF="mailto:%w%W">%w</A>
4342 DOC_END
4343
4344 NAME: deny_info
4345 TYPE: denyinfo
4346 LOC: Config.denyInfoList
4347 DEFAULT: none
4348 DOC_START
4349 Usage: deny_info err_page_name acl
4350 or deny_info http://... acl
4351 Example: deny_info ERR_CUSTOM_ACCESS_DENIED bad_guys
4352
4353 This can be used to return a ERR_ page for requests which
4354 do not pass the 'http_access' rules. Squid remembers the last
4355 acl it evaluated in http_access, and if a 'deny_info' line exists
4356 for that ACL Squid returns a corresponding error page.
4357
4358 The acl is typically the last acl on the http_access deny line which
4359 denied access. The exceptions to this rule are:
4360 - When Squid needs to request authentication credentials. It's then
4361 the first authentication related acl encountered
4362 - When none of the http_access lines matches. It's then the last
4363 acl processed on the last http_access line.
4364
4365 You may use ERR_ pages that come with Squid or create your own pages
4366 and put them into the configured errors/ directory.
4367
4368 Alternatively you can specify an error URL. The browsers will
4369 get redirected (302) to the specified URL. %s in the redirection
4370 URL will be replaced by the requested URL.
4371
4372 Alternatively you can tell Squid to reset the TCP connection
4373 by specifying TCP_RESET.
4374 DOC_END
4375
4376 COMMENT_START
4377 OPTIONS INFLUENCING REQUEST FORWARDING
4378 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4379 COMMENT_END
4380
4381 NAME: nonhierarchical_direct
4382 TYPE: onoff
4383 LOC: Config.onoff.nonhierarchical_direct
4384 DEFAULT: on
4385 DOC_START
4386 By default, Squid will send any non-hierarchical requests
4387 (matching hierarchy_stoplist or not cacheable request type) direct
4388 to origin servers.
4389
4390 If you set this to off, Squid will prefer to send these
4391 requests to parents.
4392
4393 Note that in most configurations, by turning this off you will only
4394 add latency to these request without any improvement in global hit
4395 ratio.
4396
4397 If you are inside an firewall see never_direct instead of
4398 this directive.
4399 DOC_END
4400
4401 NAME: prefer_direct
4402 TYPE: onoff
4403 LOC: Config.onoff.prefer_direct
4404 DEFAULT: off
4405 DOC_START
4406 Normally Squid tries to use parents for most requests. If you for some
4407 reason like it to first try going direct and only use a parent if
4408 going direct fails set this to on.
4409
4410 By combining nonhierarchical_direct off and prefer_direct on you
4411 can set up Squid to use a parent as a backup path if going direct
4412 fails.
4413
4414 Note: If you want Squid to use parents for all requests see
4415 the never_direct directive. prefer_direct only modifies how Squid
4416 acts on cacheable requests.
4417 DOC_END
4418
4419 NAME: always_direct
4420 TYPE: acl_access
4421 LOC: Config.accessList.AlwaysDirect
4422 DEFAULT: none
4423 DOC_START
4424 Usage: always_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
4425
4426 Here you can use ACL elements to specify requests which should
4427 ALWAYS be forwarded by Squid to the origin servers without using
4428 any peers. For example, to always directly forward requests for
4429 local servers ignoring any parents or siblings you may have use
4430 something like:
4431
4432 acl local-servers dstdomain my.domain.net
4433 always_direct allow local-servers
4434
4435 To always forward FTP requests directly, use
4436
4437 acl FTP proto FTP
4438 always_direct allow FTP
4439
4440 NOTE: There is a similar, but opposite option named
4441 'never_direct'. You need to be aware that "always_direct deny
4442 foo" is NOT the same thing as "never_direct allow foo". You
4443 may need to use a deny rule to exclude a more-specific case of
4444 some other rule. Example:
4445
4446 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
4447 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
4448 always_direct deny local-external
4449 always_direct allow local-servers
4450
4451 NOTE: If your goal is to make the client forward the request
4452 directly to the origin server bypassing Squid then this needs
4453 to be done in the client configuration. Squid configuration
4454 can only tell Squid how Squid should fetch the object.
4455
4456 NOTE: This directive is not related to caching. The replies
4457 is cached as usual even if you use always_direct. To not cache
4458 the replies see no_cache.
4459
4460 This option replaces some v1.1 options such as local_domain
4461 and local_ip.
4462 DOC_END
4463
4464 NAME: never_direct
4465 TYPE: acl_access
4466 LOC: Config.accessList.NeverDirect
4467 DEFAULT: none
4468 DOC_START
4469 Usage: never_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
4470
4471 never_direct is the opposite of always_direct. Please read
4472 the description for always_direct if you have not already.
4473
4474 With 'never_direct' you can use ACL elements to specify
4475 requests which should NEVER be forwarded directly to origin
4476 servers. For example, to force the use of a proxy for all
4477 requests, except those in your local domain use something like:
4478
4479 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
4480 acl all src 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0
4481 never_direct deny local-servers
4482 never_direct allow all
4483
4484 or if Squid is inside a firewall and there are local intranet
4485 servers inside the firewall use something like:
4486
4487 acl local-intranet dstdomain .foo.net
4488 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
4489 always_direct deny local-external
4490 always_direct allow local-intranet
4491 never_direct allow all
4492
4493 This option replaces some v1.1 options such as inside_firewall
4494 and firewall_ip.
4495 DOC_END
4496
4497 COMMENT_START
4498 ADVANCED NETWORKING OPTIONS
4499 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4500 COMMENT_END
4501
4502 NAME: incoming_icp_average
4503 TYPE: int
4504 DEFAULT: 6
4505 LOC: Config.comm_incoming.icp_average
4506 DOC_NONE
4507
4508 NAME: incoming_http_average
4509 TYPE: int
4510 DEFAULT: 4
4511 LOC: Config.comm_incoming.http_average
4512 DOC_NONE
4513
4514 NAME: incoming_dns_average
4515 TYPE: int
4516 DEFAULT: 4
4517 LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns_average
4518 DOC_NONE
4519
4520 NAME: min_icp_poll_cnt
4521 TYPE: int
4522 DEFAULT: 8
4523 LOC: Config.comm_incoming.icp_min_poll
4524 DOC_NONE
4525
4526 NAME: min_dns_poll_cnt
4527 TYPE: int
4528 DEFAULT: 8
4529 LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns_min_poll
4530 DOC_NONE
4531
4532 NAME: min_http_poll_cnt
4533 TYPE: int
4534 DEFAULT: 8
4535 LOC: Config.comm_incoming.http_min_poll
4536 DOC_START
4537 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
4538 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
4539 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
4540 DOC_END
4541
4542 NAME: accept_filter
4543 IFDEF: SO_ACCEPTFILTER
4544 TYPE: string
4545 DEFAULT: none
4546 LOC: Config.accept_filter
4547 DOC_START
4548 The name of an accept(2) filter to install on Squid's
4549 listen socket(s). This feature is perhaps specific to
4550 FreeBSD and requires support in the kernel.
4551
4552 The 'httpready' filter delays delivering new connections
4553 to Squid until a full HTTP request has been recieved.
4554 See the accf_http(9) man page.
4555
4556 EXAMPLE:
4557 accept_filter httpready
4558 DOC_END
4559
4560 NAME: tcp_recv_bufsize
4561 COMMENT: (bytes)
4562 TYPE: b_size_t
4563 DEFAULT: 0 bytes
4564 LOC: Config.tcpRcvBufsz
4565 DOC_START
4566 Size of receive buffer to set for TCP sockets. Probably just
4567 as easy to change your kernel's default. Set to zero to use
4568 the default buffer size.
4569 DOC_END
4570
4571 COMMENT_START
4572 ICAP OPTIONS
4573 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4574 COMMENT_END
4575
4576 NAME: icap_enable
4577 TYPE: onoff
4578 IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4579 COMMENT: on|off
4580 LOC: TheICAPConfig.onoff
4581 DEFAULT: off
4582 DOC_START
4583 If you want to enable the ICAP module support, set this to on.
4584 DOC_END
4585
4586 NAME: icap_connect_timeout
4587 TYPE: time_t
4588 DEFAULT: none
4589 LOC: TheICAPConfig.connect_timeout_raw
4590 IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4591 DOC_START
4592 This parameter specifies how long to wait for the TCP connect to
4593 the requested ICAP server to complete before giving up and either
4594 terminating the HTTP transaction or bypassing the failure.
4595
4596 The default for optional services is peer_connect_timeout.
4597 The default for essential services is connect_timeout.
4598 If this option is explicitly set, its value applies to all services.
4599 DOC_END
4600
4601 NAME: icap_io_timeout
4602 COMMENT: time-units
4603 TYPE: time_t
4604 DEFAULT: none
4605 LOC: TheICAPConfig.io_timeout_raw
4606 IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4607 DOC_START
4608 This parameter specifies how long to wait for an I/O activity on
4609 an established, active ICAP connection before giving up and
4610 either terminating the HTTP transaction or bypassing the
4611 failure.
4612
4613 The default is read_timeout.
4614 DOC_END
4615
4616 NAME: icap_service_failure_limit
4617 TYPE: int
4618 IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4619 LOC: TheICAPConfig.service_failure_limit
4620 DEFAULT: 10
4621 DOC_START
4622 The limit specifies the number of failures that Squid tolerates
4623 when establishing a new TCP connection with an ICAP service. If
4624 the number of failures exceeds the limit, the ICAP service is
4625 not used for new ICAP requests until it is time to refresh its
4626 OPTIONS. The per-service failure counter is reset to zero each
4627 time Squid fetches new service OPTIONS.
4628
4629 A negative value disables the limit. Without the limit, an ICAP
4630 service will not be considered down due to connectivity failures
4631 between ICAP OPTIONS requests.
4632 DOC_END
4633
4634 NAME: icap_service_revival_delay
4635 TYPE: int
4636 IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4637 LOC: TheICAPConfig.service_revival_delay
4638 DEFAULT: 180
4639 DOC_START
4640 The delay specifies the number of seconds to wait after an ICAP
4641 OPTIONS request failure before requesting the options again. The
4642 failed ICAP service is considered "down" until fresh OPTIONS are
4643 fetched.
4644
4645 The actual delay cannot be smaller than the hardcoded minimum
4646 delay of 30 seconds.
4647 DOC_END
4648
4649 NAME: icap_preview_enable
4650 TYPE: onoff
4651 IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4652 COMMENT: on|off
4653 LOC: TheICAPConfig.preview_enable
4654 DEFAULT: off
4655 DOC_START
4656 Set this to 'on' if you want to enable the ICAP preview
4657 feature in Squid.
4658 DOC_END
4659
4660 NAME: icap_preview_size
4661 TYPE: int
4662 IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4663 LOC: TheICAPConfig.preview_size
4664 DEFAULT: -1
4665 DOC_START
4666 The default size of preview data to be sent to the ICAP server.
4667 -1 means no preview. This value might be overwritten on a per server
4668 basis by OPTIONS requests.
4669 DOC_END
4670
4671 NAME: icap_default_options_ttl
4672 TYPE: int
4673 IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4674 LOC: TheICAPConfig.default_options_ttl
4675 DEFAULT: 60
4676 DOC_START
4677 The default TTL value for ICAP OPTIONS responses that don't have
4678 an Options-TTL header.
4679 DOC_END
4680
4681 NAME: icap_persistent_connections
4682 TYPE: onoff
4683 IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4684 COMMENT: on|off
4685 LOC: TheICAPConfig.reuse_connections
4686 DEFAULT: on
4687 DOC_START
4688 Whether or not Squid should use persistent connections to
4689 an ICAP server.
4690 DOC_END
4691
4692 NAME: icap_send_client_ip
4693 TYPE: onoff
4694 IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4695 COMMENT: on|off
4696 LOC: TheICAPConfig.send_client_ip
4697 DEFAULT: off
4698 DOC_START
4699 This adds the header "X-Client-IP" to ICAP requests.
4700 DOC_END
4701
4702 NAME: icap_send_client_username
4703 TYPE: onoff
4704 IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4705 COMMENT: on|off
4706 LOC: TheICAPConfig.send_client_username
4707 DEFAULT: off
4708 DOC_START
4709 This sends authenticated HTTP client username (if available) to
4710 the ICAP service. The username value is encoded based on the
4711 icap_client_username_encode option and is sent using the header
4712 specified by the icap_client_username_header option.
4713 DOC_END
4714
4715 NAME: icap_client_username_header
4716 TYPE: string
4717 IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4718 LOC: TheICAPConfig.client_username_header
4719 DEFAULT: X-Client-Username
4720 DOC_START
4721 ICAP request header name to use for send_client_username.
4722 DOC_END
4723
4724 NAME: icap_client_username_encode
4725 TYPE: onoff
4726 IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4727 COMMENT: on|off
4728 LOC: TheICAPConfig.client_username_encode
4729 DEFAULT: off
4730 DOC_START
4731 Whether to base64 encode the authenticated client username.
4732 DOC_END
4733
4734 NAME: icap_service
4735 TYPE: icap_service_type
4736 IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4737 LOC: TheICAPConfig
4738 DEFAULT: none
4739 DOC_START
4740 Defines a single ICAP service
4741
4742 icap_service servicename vectoring_point bypass service_url
4743
4744 vectoring_point = reqmod_precache|reqmod_postcache|respmod_precache|respmod_postcache
4745 This specifies at which point of request processing the ICAP
4746 service should be plugged in.
4747 bypass = 1|0
4748 If set to 1 and the ICAP server cannot be reached, the request will go
4749 through without being processed by an ICAP server
4750 service_url = icap://servername:port/service
4751
4752 Note: reqmod_precache and respmod_postcache is not yet implemented
4753
4754 Example:
4755 icap_service service_1 reqmod_precache 0 icap://icap1.mydomain.net:1344/reqmod
4756 icap_service service_2 respmod_precache 0 icap://icap2.mydomain.net:1344/respmod
4757 DOC_END
4758
4759 NAME: icap_class
4760 TYPE: icap_class_type
4761 IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4762 LOC: TheICAPConfig
4763 DEFAULT: none
4764 DOC_START
4765 Defines an ICAP service chain. If there are multiple services per
4766 vectoring point, they are processed in the specified order.
4767
4768 icap_class classname servicename...
4769
4770 Example:
4771 icap_class class_1 service_1 service_2
4772 icap class class_2 service_1 service_3
4773 DOC_END
4774
4775 NAME: icap_access
4776 TYPE: icap_access_type
4777 IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4778 LOC: TheICAPConfig
4779 DEFAULT: none
4780 DOC_START
4781 Redirects a request through an ICAP service class, depending
4782 on given acls
4783
4784 icap_access classname allow|deny [!]aclname...
4785
4786 The icap_access statements are processed in the order they appear in
4787 this configuration file. If an access list matches, the processing stops.
4788 For an "allow" rule, the specified class is used for the request. A "deny"
4789 rule simply stops processing without using the class. You can also use the
4790 special classname "None".
4791
4792 For backward compatibility, it is also possible to use services
4793 directly here.
4794 Example:
4795 icap_access class_1 allow all
4796 DOC_END
4797
4798 COMMENT_START
4799 DNS OPTIONS
4800 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4801 COMMENT_END
4802
4803 NAME: check_hostnames
4804 TYPE: onoff
4805 DEFAULT: off
4806 LOC: Config.onoff.check_hostnames
4807 DOC_START
4808 For security and stability reasons Squid can check
4809 hostnames for Internet standard RFC compliance. If you want
4810 Squid to perform these checks turn this directive on.
4811 DOC_END
4812
4813 NAME: allow_underscore
4814 TYPE: onoff
4815 DEFAULT: on
4816 LOC: Config.onoff.allow_underscore
4817 DOC_START
4818 Underscore characters is not strictly allowed in Internet hostnames
4819 but nevertheless used by many sites. Set this to off if you want
4820 Squid to be strict about the standard.
4821 This check is performed only when check_hostnames is set to on.
4822 DOC_END
4823
4824 NAME: cache_dns_program
4825 TYPE: string
4826 IFDEF: USE_DNSSERVERS
4827 DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_DNSSERVER@
4828 LOC: Config.Program.dnsserver
4829 DOC_START
4830 Specify the location of the executable for dnslookup process.
4831 DOC_END
4832
4833 NAME: dns_children
4834 TYPE: int
4835 IFDEF: USE_DNSSERVERS
4836 DEFAULT: 5
4837 LOC: Config.dnsChildren
4838 DOC_START
4839 The number of processes spawn to service DNS name lookups.
4840 For heavily loaded caches on large servers, you should
4841 probably increase this value to at least 10. The maximum
4842 is 32. The default is 5.
4843
4844 You must have at least one dnsserver process.
4845 DOC_END
4846
4847 NAME: dns_retransmit_interval
4848 TYPE: time_t
4849 DEFAULT: 5 seconds
4850 LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_retransmit
4851 IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
4852 DOC_START
4853 Initial retransmit interval for DNS queries. The interval is
4854 doubled each time all configured DNS servers have been tried.
4855
4856 DOC_END
4857
4858 NAME: dns_timeout
4859 TYPE: time_t
4860 DEFAULT: 2 minutes
4861 LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_query
4862 IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
4863 DOC_START
4864 DNS Query timeout. If no response is received to a DNS query
4865 within this time all DNS servers for the queried domain
4866 are assumed to be unavailable.
4867 DOC_END
4868
4869 NAME: dns_defnames
4870 COMMENT: on|off
4871 TYPE: onoff
4872 DEFAULT: off
4873 LOC: Config.onoff.res_defnames
4874 DOC_START
4875 Normally the RES_DEFNAMES resolver option is disabled
4876 (see res_init(3)). This prevents caches in a hierarchy
4877 from interpreting single-component hostnames locally. To allow
4878 Squid to handle single-component names, enable this option.
4879 DOC_END
4880
4881 NAME: dns_nameservers
4882 TYPE: wordlist
4883 DEFAULT: none
4884 LOC: Config.dns_nameservers
4885 DOC_START
4886 Use this if you want to specify a list of DNS name servers
4887 (IP addresses) to use instead of those given in your
4888 /etc/resolv.conf file.
4889 On Windows platforms, if no value is specified here or in
4890 the /etc/resolv.conf file, the list of DNS name servers are
4891 taken from the Windows registry, both static and dynamic DHCP
4892 configurations are supported.
4893
4894 Example: dns_nameservers 10.0.0.1 192.172.0.4
4895 DOC_END
4896
4897 NAME: hosts_file
4898 TYPE: string
4899 DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_HOSTS@
4900 LOC: Config.etcHostsPath
4901 DOC_START
4902 Location of the host-local IP name-address associations
4903 database. Most Operating Systems have such a file on different
4904 default locations:
4905 - Un*X & Linux: /etc/hosts
4906 - Windows NT/2000: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
4907 (%SystemRoot% value install default is c:\winnt)
4908 - Windows XP/2003: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
4909 (%SystemRoot% value install default is c:\windows)
4910 - Windows 9x/Me: %windir%\hosts
4911 (%windir% value is usually c:\windows)
4912 - Cygwin: /etc/hosts
4913
4914 The file contains newline-separated definitions, in the
4915 form ip_address_in_dotted_form name [name ...] names are
4916 whitespace-separated. Lines beginning with an hash (#)
4917 character are comments.
4918
4919 The file is checked at startup and upon configuration.
4920 If set to 'none', it won't be checked.
4921 If append_domain is used, that domain will be added to
4922 domain-local (i.e. not containing any dot character) host
4923 definitions.
4924 DOC_END
4925
4926 NAME: dns_testnames
4927 TYPE: wordlist
4928 LOC: Config.dns_testname_list
4929 DEFAULT: none
4930 DEFAULT_IF_NONE: netscape.com internic.net nlanr.net microsoft.com
4931 DOC_START
4932 The DNS tests exit as soon as the first site is successfully looked up
4933
4934 This test can be disabled with the -D command line option.
4935 DOC_END
4936
4937 NAME: append_domain
4938 TYPE: string
4939 LOC: Config.appendDomain
4940 DEFAULT: none
4941 DOC_START
4942 Appends local domain name to hostnames without any dots in
4943 them. append_domain must begin with a period.
4944
4945 Be warned there are now Internet names with no dots in
4946 them using only top-domain names, so setting this may
4947 cause some Internet sites to become unavailable.
4948
4949 Example:
4950 append_domain .yourdomain.com
4951 DOC_END
4952
4953 NAME: ignore_unknown_nameservers
4954 TYPE: onoff
4955 LOC: Config.onoff.ignore_unknown_nameservers
4956 DEFAULT: on
4957 DOC_START
4958 By default Squid checks that DNS responses are received
4959 from the same IP addresses they are sent to. If they
4960 don't match, Squid ignores the response and writes a warning
4961 message to cache.log. You can allow responses from unknown
4962 nameservers by setting this option to 'off'.
4963 DOC_END
4964
4965 COMMENT_START
4966 MISCELLANEOUS
4967 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4968 COMMENT_END
4969
4970 NAME: memory_pools
4971 COMMENT: on|off
4972 TYPE: onoff
4973 DEFAULT: on
4974 LOC: Config.onoff.mem_pools
4975 DOC_START
4976 If set, Squid will keep pools of allocated (but unused) memory
4977 available for future use. If memory is a premium on your
4978 system and you believe your malloc library outperforms Squid
4979 routines, disable this.
4980 DOC_END
4981
4982 NAME: memory_pools_limit
4983 COMMENT: (bytes)
4984 TYPE: b_size_t
4985 DEFAULT: 5 MB
4986 LOC: Config.MemPools.limit
4987 DOC_START
4988 Used only with memory_pools on:
4989 memory_pools_limit 50 MB
4990
4991 If set to a non-zero value, Squid will keep at most the specified
4992 limit of allocated (but unused) memory in memory pools. All free()
4993 requests that exceed this limit will be handled by your malloc
4994 library. Squid does not pre-allocate any memory, just safe-keeps
4995 objects that otherwise would be free()d. Thus, it is safe to set
4996 memory_pools_limit to a reasonably high value even if your
4997 configuration will use less memory.
4998
4999 If set to zero, Squid will keep all memory it can. That is, there
5000 will be no limit on the total amount of memory used for safe-keeping.
5001
5002 To disable memory allocation optimization, do not set
5003 memory_pools_limit to 0. Set memory_pools to "off" instead.
5004
5005 An overhead for maintaining memory pools is not taken into account
5006 when the limit is checked. This overhead is close to four bytes per
5007 object kept. However, pools may actually _save_ memory because of
5008 reduced memory thrashing in your malloc library.
5009 DOC_END
5010
5011 NAME: forwarded_for
5012 COMMENT: on|off
5013 TYPE: onoff
5014 DEFAULT: on
5015 LOC: opt_forwarded_for
5016 DOC_START
5017 If set, Squid will include your system's IP address or name
5018 in the HTTP requests it forwards. By default it looks like
5019 this:
5020
5021 X-Forwarded-For: 192.1.2.3
5022
5023 If you disable this, it will appear as
5024
5025 X-Forwarded-For: unknown
5026 DOC_END
5027
5028 NAME: cachemgr_passwd
5029 TYPE: cachemgrpasswd
5030 DEFAULT: none
5031 LOC: Config.passwd_list
5032 DOC_START
5033 Specify passwords for cachemgr operations.
5034
5035 Usage: cachemgr_passwd password action action ...
5036
5037 Some valid actions are (see cache manager menu for a full list):
5038 5min
5039 60min
5040 asndb
5041 authenticator
5042 cbdata
5043 client_list
5044 comm_incoming
5045 config *
5046 counters
5047 delay
5048 digest_stats
5049 dns
5050 events
5051 filedescriptors
5052 fqdncache
5053 histograms
5054 http_headers
5055 info
5056 io
5057 ipcache
5058 mem
5059 menu
5060 netdb
5061 non_peers
5062 objects
5063 offline_toggle *
5064 pconn
5065 peer_select
5066 redirector
5067 refresh
5068 server_list
5069 shutdown *
5070 store_digest
5071 storedir
5072 utilization
5073 via_headers
5074 vm_objects
5075
5076 * Indicates actions which will not be performed without a
5077 valid password, others can be performed if not listed here.
5078
5079 To disable an action, set the password to "disable".
5080 To allow performing an action without a password, set the
5081 password to "none".
5082
5083 Use the keyword "all" to set the same password for all actions.
5084
5085 Example:
5086 cachemgr_passwd secret shutdown
5087 cachemgr_passwd lesssssssecret info stats/objects
5088 cachemgr_passwd disable all
5089 DOC_END
5090
5091 NAME: client_db
5092 COMMENT: on|off
5093 TYPE: onoff
5094 DEFAULT: on
5095 LOC: Config.onoff.client_db
5096 DOC_START
5097 If you want to disable collecting per-client statistics,
5098 turn off client_db here.
5099 DOC_END
5100
5101 NAME: refresh_all_ims
5102 COMMENT: on|off
5103 TYPE: onoff
5104 DEFAULT: off
5105 LOC: Config.onoff.refresh_all_ims
5106 DOC_START
5107 When you enable this option, squid will always check
5108 the origin server for an update when a client sends an
5109 If-Modified-Since request. Many browsers use IMS
5110 requests when the user requests a reload, and this
5111 ensures those clients receive the latest version.
5112
5113 By default (off), squid may return a Not Modified response
5114 based on the age of the cached version.
5115 DOC_END
5116
5117 NAME: reload_into_ims
5118 IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
5119 COMMENT: on|off
5120 TYPE: onoff
5121 DEFAULT: off
5122 LOC: Config.onoff.reload_into_ims
5123 DOC_START
5124 When you enable this option, client no-cache or ``reload''
5125 requests will be changed to If-Modified-Since requests.
5126 Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling this
5127 feature could make you liable for problems which it
5128 causes.
5129
5130 see also refresh_pattern for a more selective approach.
5131 DOC_END
5132
5133 NAME: maximum_single_addr_tries
5134 TYPE: int
5135 LOC: Config.retry.maxtries
5136 DEFAULT: 1
5137 DOC_START
5138 This sets the maximum number of connection attempts for a
5139 host that only has one address (for multiple-address hosts,
5140 each address is tried once).
5141
5142 The default value is one attempt, the (not recommended)
5143 maximum is 255 tries. A warning message will be generated
5144 if it is set to a value greater than ten.
5145
5146 Note: This is in addition to the request re-forwarding which
5147 takes place if Squid fails to get a satisfying response.
5148 DOC_END
5149
5150 NAME: retry_on_error
5151 TYPE: onoff
5152 LOC: Config.retry.onerror
5153 DEFAULT: off
5154 DOC_START
5155 If set to on Squid will automatically retry requests when
5156 receiving an error response. This is mainly useful if you
5157 are in a complex cache hierarchy to work around access
5158 control errors.
5159 DOC_END
5160
5161 NAME: as_whois_server
5162 TYPE: string
5163 LOC: Config.as_whois_server
5164 DEFAULT: whois.ra.net
5165 DEFAULT_IF_NONE: whois.ra.net
5166 DOC_START
5167 WHOIS server to query for AS numbers. NOTE: AS numbers are
5168 queried only when Squid starts up, not for every request.
5169 DOC_END
5170
5171 NAME: offline_mode
5172 TYPE: onoff
5173 LOC: Config.onoff.offline
5174 DEFAULT: off
5175 DOC_START
5176 Enable this option and Squid will never try to validate cached
5177 objects.
5178 DOC_END
5179
5180 NAME: uri_whitespace
5181 TYPE: uri_whitespace
5182 LOC: Config.uri_whitespace
5183 DEFAULT: strip
5184 DOC_START
5185 What to do with requests that have whitespace characters in the
5186 URI. Options:
5187
5188 strip: The whitespace characters are stripped out of the URL.
5189 This is the behavior recommended by RFC2396.
5190 deny: The request is denied. The user receives an "Invalid
5191 Request" message.
5192 allow: The request is allowed and the URI is not changed. The
5193 whitespace characters remain in the URI. Note the
5194 whitespace is passed to redirector processes if they
5195 are in use.
5196 encode: The request is allowed and the whitespace characters are
5197 encoded according to RFC1738. This could be considered
5198 a violation of the HTTP/1.1
5199 RFC because proxies are not allowed to rewrite URI's.
5200 chop: The request is allowed and the URI is chopped at the
5201 first whitespace. This might also be considered a
5202 violation.
5203 DOC_END
5204
5205 NAME: coredump_dir
5206 TYPE: string
5207 LOC: Config.coredump_dir
5208 DEFAULT: none
5209 DEFAULT_IF_NONE: none
5210 DOC_START
5211 By default Squid leaves core files in the directory from where
5212 it was started. If you set 'coredump_dir' to a directory
5213 that exists, Squid will chdir() to that directory at startup
5214 and coredump files will be left there.
5215
5216 NOCOMMENT_START
5217 # Leave coredumps in the first cache dir
5218 coredump_dir @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@
5219 NOCOMMENT_END
5220 DOC_END
5221
5222 NAME: redirector_bypass
5223 TYPE: onoff
5224 LOC: Config.onoff.redirector_bypass
5225 DEFAULT: off
5226 DOC_START
5227 When this is 'on', a request will not go through the
5228 redirector if all redirectors are busy. If this is 'off'
5229 and the redirector queue grows too large, Squid will exit
5230 with a FATAL error and ask you to increase the number of
5231 redirectors. You should only enable this if the redirectors
5232 are not critical to your caching system. If you use
5233 redirectors for access control, and you enable this option,
5234 users may have access to pages they should not
5235 be allowed to request.
5236 DOC_END
5237
5238 NAME: chroot
5239 TYPE: string
5240 LOC: Config.chroot_dir
5241 DEFAULT: none
5242 DOC_START
5243 Use this to have Squid do a chroot() while initializing. This
5244 also causes Squid to fully drop root privileges after
5245 initializing. This means, for example, if you use a HTTP
5246 port less than 1024 and try to reconfigure, you will may get an
5247 error saying that Squid can not open the port.
5248 DOC_END
5249
5250 NAME: balance_on_multiple_ip
5251 TYPE: onoff
5252 LOC: Config.onoff.balance_on_multiple_ip
5253 DEFAULT: on
5254 DOC_START
5255 Some load balancing servers based on round robin DNS have been
5256 found not to preserve user session state across requests
5257 to different IP addresses.
5258
5259 By default Squid rotates IP's per request. By disabling
5260 this directive only connection failure triggers rotation.
5261 DOC_END
5262
5263 NAME: pipeline_prefetch
5264 TYPE: onoff
5265 LOC: Config.onoff.pipeline_prefetch
5266 DEFAULT: off
5267 DOC_START
5268 To boost the performance of pipelined requests to closer
5269 match that of a non-proxied environment Squid can try to fetch
5270 up to two requests in parallel from a pipeline.
5271
5272 Defaults to off for bandwidth management and access logging
5273 reasons.
5274 DOC_END
5275
5276 NAME: high_response_time_warning
5277 TYPE: int
5278 COMMENT: (msec)
5279 LOC: Config.warnings.high_rptm
5280 DEFAULT: 0
5281 DOC_START
5282 If the one-minute median response time exceeds this value,
5283 Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get the
5284 administrators attention. The value is in milliseconds.
5285 DOC_END
5286
5287 NAME: high_page_fault_warning
5288 TYPE: int
5289 LOC: Config.warnings.high_pf
5290 DEFAULT: 0
5291 DOC_START
5292 If the one-minute average page fault rate exceeds this
5293 value, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
5294 the administrators attention. The value is in page faults
5295 per second.
5296 DOC_END
5297
5298 NAME: high_memory_warning
5299 TYPE: b_size_t
5300 LOC: Config.warnings.high_memory
5301 DEFAULT: 0
5302 DOC_START
5303 If the memory usage (as determined by mallinfo) exceeds
5304 value, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
5305 the administrators attention.
5306 DOC_END
5307
5308 NAME: sleep_after_fork
5309 COMMENT: (microseconds)
5310 TYPE: int
5311 LOC: Config.sleep_after_fork
5312 DEFAULT: 0
5313 DOC_START
5314 When this is set to a non-zero value, the main Squid process
5315 sleeps the specified number of microseconds after a fork()
5316 system call. This sleep may help the situation where your
5317 system reports fork() failures due to lack of (virtual)
5318 memory. Note, however, if you have a lot of child
5319 processes, these sleep delays will add up and your
5320 Squid will not service requests for some amount of time
5321 until all the child processes have been started.
5322 On Windows value less then 1000 (1 milliseconds) are
5323 rounded to 1000.
5324 DOC_END
5325
5326 EOF