Squid configuration manual

Reference manual for squid's configuraiton directives

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Option Name:

delay_class

Suggested Config:


Details:

This defines the class of each delay pool.  There must be exactly one
delay_class line for each delay pool.  For example, to define two
delay pools, one of class 2 and one of class 3, the settings above
and here would be:

Example:
    delay_pools 4      # 4 delay pools
    delay_class 1 2    # pool 1 is a class 2 pool
    delay_class 2 3    # pool 2 is a class 3 pool
    delay_class 3 4    # pool 3 is a class 4 pool
    delay_class 4 5    # pool 4 is a class 5 pool

The delay pool classes are:

	class 1		Everything is limited by a single aggregate
			bucket.

	class 2 	Everything is limited by a single aggregate
			bucket as well as an "individual" bucket chosen
			from bits 25 through 32 of the IPv4 address.

	class 3		Everything is limited by a single aggregate
			bucket as well as a "network" bucket chosen
			from bits 17 through 24 of the IP address and a
			"individual" bucket chosen from bits 17 through
			32 of the IPv4 address.

	class 4		Everything in a class 3 delay pool, with an
			additional limit on a per user basis. This
			only takes effect if the username is established
			in advance - by forcing authentication in your
			http_access rules.

	class 5		Requests are grouped according their tag (see
			external_acl's tag= reply).


Each pool also requires a delay_parameters directive to configure the pool size
and speed limits used whenever the pool is applied to a request. Along with
a set of delay_access directives to determine when it is used.

NOTE: If an IP address is a.b.c.d
	-> bits 25 through 32 are "d"
	-> bits 17 through 24 are "c"
	-> bits 17 through 32 are "c * 256 + d"

NOTE-2: Due to the use of bitmasks in class 2,3,4 pools they only apply to
	IPv4 traffic. Class 1 and 5 pools may be used with IPv6 traffic.

This clause only supports fast acl types.
See https://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.

See also delay_parameters and delay_access.
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