TAG NAME connect_timeout

Description An option to force Squid to close connections after a specified time
Build Option
 Default
Usage
 connect_timeout time-units
Default
 connect_timeout 2 minutes


Synopsis
Some systems (notably older Linux versions) can not be relied upon to time out connect requests. For this reason, this option specifies the timeout for how long Squid should wait for the connection to complete. This value defaults to 120 seconds (2 minutes).

Arguments

time-units
 Connection timeout period


Example(s)
connect_timeout 180 seconds