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