# -*- text -*- ## ## radiusd.conf -- FreeRADIUS server configuration file. ## ## http://www.freeradius.org/ ## $Id$ ## ###################################################################### # # Read "man radiusd" before editing this file. See the section # titled DEBUGGING. It outlines a method where you can quickly # obtain the configuration you want, without running into # trouble. # # Run the server in debugging mode, and READ the output. # # $ radiusd -X # # We cannot emphasize this point strongly enough. The vast # majority of problems can be solved by carefully reading the # debugging output, which includes warnings about common issues, # and suggestions for how they may be fixed. # # There may be a lot of output, but look carefully for words like: # "warning", "error", "reject", or "failure". The messages there # will usually be enough to guide you to a solution. # # If you are going to ask a question on the mailing list, then # explain what you are trying to do, and include the output from # debugging mode (radiusd -X). Failure to do so means that all # of the responses to your question will be people telling you # to "post the output of radiusd -X". ###################################################################### # # The location of other config files and logfiles are declared # in this file. # # Also general configuration for modules can be done in this # file, it is exported through the API to modules that ask for # it. # # See "man radiusd.conf" for documentation on the format of this # file. Note that the individual configuration items are NOT # documented in that "man" page. They are only documented here, # in the comments. # # As of 2.0.0, FreeRADIUS supports a simple processing language # in the "authorize", "authenticate", "accounting", etc. sections. # See "man unlang" for details. # prefix = /usr/local exec_prefix = ${prefix} sysconfdir = ${prefix}/etc localstatedir = /var sbindir = ${exec_prefix}/sbin logdir = /var/log raddbdir = ${sysconfdir}/raddb radacctdir = ${logdir}/radacct # # name of the running server. See also the "-n" command-line option. name = radiusd # Location of config and logfiles. confdir = ${raddbdir} run_dir = ${localstatedir}/run/${name} # Should likely be ${localstatedir}/lib/radiusd db_dir = ${raddbdir} # # libdir: Where to find the rlm_* modules. # # This should be automatically set at configuration time. # # If the server builds and installs, but fails at execution time # with an 'undefined symbol' error, then you can use the libdir # directive to work around the problem. # # The cause is usually that a library has been installed on your # system in a place where the dynamic linker CANNOT find it. When # executing as root (or another user), your personal environment MAY # be set up to allow the dynamic linker to find the library. When # executing as a daemon, FreeRADIUS MAY NOT have the same # personalized configuration. # # To work around the problem, find out which library contains that symbol, # and add the directory containing that library to the end of 'libdir', # with a colon separating the directory names. NO spaces are allowed. # # e.g. libdir = /usr/local/lib:/opt/package/lib # # You can also try setting the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable # in a script which starts the server. # # If that does not work, then you can re-configure and re-build the # server to NOT use shared libraries, via: # # ./configure --disable-shared # make # make install # libdir = /usr/local/lib/freeradius-2.1.10 # pidfile: Where to place the PID of the RADIUS server. # # The server may be signalled while it's running by using this # file. # # This file is written when ONLY running in daemon mode. # # e.g.: kill -HUP `cat /var/run/radiusd/radiusd.pid` # pidfile = ${run_dir}/${name}.pid # chroot: directory where the server does "chroot". # # The chroot is done very early in the process of starting the server. # After the chroot has been performed it switches to the "user" listed # below (which MUST be specified). If "group" is specified, it switchs # to that group, too. Any other groups listed for the specified "user" # in "/etc/group" are also added as part of this process. # # The current working directory (chdir / cd) is left *outside* of the # chroot until all of the modules have been initialized. This allows # the "raddb" directory to be left outside of the chroot. Once the # modules have been initialized, it does a "chdir" to ${logdir}. This # means that it should be impossible to break out of the chroot. # # If you are worried about security issues related to this use of chdir, # then simply ensure that the "raddb" directory is inside of the chroot, # end be sure to do "cd raddb" BEFORE starting the server. # # If the server is statically linked, then the only files that have # to exist in the chroot are ${run_dir} and ${logdir}. If you do the # "cd raddb" as discussed above, then the "raddb" directory has to be # inside of the chroot directory, too. # #chroot = /path/to/chroot/directory # user/group: The name (or #number) of the user/group to run radiusd as. # # If these are commented out, the server will run as the user/group # that started it. In order to change to a different user/group, you # MUST be root ( or have root privleges ) to start the server. # # We STRONGLY recommend that you run the server with as few permissions # as possible. That is, if you're not using shadow passwords, the # user and group items below should be set to radius'. # # NOTE that some kernels refuse to setgid(group) when the value of # (unsigned)group is above 60000; don't use group nobody on these systems! # # On systems with shadow passwords, you might have to set 'group = shadow' # for the server to be able to read the shadow password file. If you can # authenticate users while in debug mode, but not in daemon mode, it may be # that the debugging mode server is running as a user that can read the # shadow info, and the user listed below can not. # # The server will also try to use "initgroups" to read /etc/groups. # It will join all groups where "user" is a member. This can allow # for some finer-grained access controls. # user = freeradius group = freeradius # max_request_time: The maximum time (in seconds) to handle a request. # # Requests which take more time than this to process may be killed, and # a REJECT message is returned. # # WARNING: If you notice that requests take a long time to be handled, # then this MAY INDICATE a bug in the server, in one of the modules # used to handle a request, OR in your local configuration. # # This problem is most often seen when using an SQL database. If it takes # more than a second or two to receive an answer from the SQL database, # then it probably means that you haven't indexed the database. See your # SQL server documentation for more information. # # Useful range of values: 5 to 120 # max_request_time = 30 # cleanup_delay: The time to wait (in seconds) before cleaning up # a reply which was sent to the NAS. # # The RADIUS request is normally cached internally for a short period # of time, after the reply is sent to the NAS. The reply packet may be # lost in the network, and the NAS will not see it. The NAS will then # re-send the request, and the server will respond quickly with the # cached reply. # # If this value is set too low, then duplicate requests from the NAS # MAY NOT be detected, and will instead be handled as seperate requests. # # If this value is set too high, then the server will cache too many # requests, and some new requests may get blocked. (See 'max_requests'.) # # Useful range of values: 2 to 10 # cleanup_delay = 5 # max_requests: The maximum number of requests which the server keeps # track of. This should be 256 multiplied by the number of clients. # e.g. With 4 clients, this number should be 1024. # # If this number is too low, then when the server becomes busy, # it will not respond to any new requests, until the 'cleanup_delay' # time has passed, and it has removed the old requests. # # If this number is set too high, then the server will use a bit more # memory for no real benefit. # # If you aren't sure what it should be set to, it's better to set it # too high than too low. Setting it to 1000 per client is probably # the highest it should be. # # Useful range of values: 256 to infinity # max_requests = 1024 # listen: Make the server listen on a particular IP address, and send # replies out from that address. This directive is most useful for # hosts with multiple IP addresses on one interface. # # If you want the server to listen on additional addresses, or on # additionnal ports, you can use multiple "listen" sections. # # Each section make the server listen for only one type of packet, # therefore authentication and accounting have to be configured in # different sections. # # The server ignore all "listen" section if you are using '-i' and '-p' # on the command line. # listen { # Type of packets to listen for. # Allowed values are: # auth listen for authentication packets # acct listen for accounting packets # proxy IP to use for sending proxied packets # detail Read from the detail file. For examples, see # raddb/sites-available/copy-acct-to-home-server # status listen for Status-Server packets. For examples, # see raddb/sites-available/status # coa listen for CoA-Request and Disconnect-Request # packets. For examples, see the file # raddb/sites-available/coa-server # type = auth # Note: "type = proxy" lets you control the source IP used for # proxying packets, with some limitations: # # * A proxy listener CANNOT be used in a virtual server section. # * You should probably set "port = 0". # * Any "clients" configuration will be ignored. # # See also proxy.conf, and the "src_ipaddr" configuration entry # in the sample "home_server" section. When you specify the # source IP address for packets sent to a home server, the # proxy listeners are automatically created. # IP address on which to listen. # Allowed values are: # dotted quad (1.2.3.4) # hostname (radius.example.com) # wildcard (*) ipaddr = * # OR, you can use an IPv6 address, but not both # at the same time. # ipv6addr = :: # any. ::1 == localhost # Port on which to listen. # Allowed values are: # integer port number (1812) # 0 means "use /etc/services for the proper port" port = 0 # Some systems support binding to an interface, in addition # to the IP address. This feature isn't strictly necessary, # but for sites with many IP addresses on one interface, # it's useful to say "listen on all addresses for eth0". # # If your system does not support this feature, you will # get an error if you try to use it. # # interface = eth0 # Per-socket lists of clients. This is a very useful feature. # # The name here is a reference to a section elsewhere in # radiusd.conf, or clients.conf. Having the name as # a reference allows multiple sockets to use the same # set of clients. # # If this configuration is used, then the global list of clients # is IGNORED for this "listen" section. Take care configuring # this feature, to ensure you don't accidentally disable a # client you need. # # See clients.conf for the configuration of "per_socket_clients". # # clients = per_socket_clients } # This second "listen" section is for listening on the accounting # port, too. # listen { ipaddr = * # ipv6addr = :: port = 0 type = acct # interface = eth0 # clients = per_socket_clients } # hostname_lookups: Log the names of clients or just their IP addresses # e.g., www.freeradius.org (on) or 206.47.27.232 (off). # # The default is 'off' because it would be overall better for the net # if people had to knowingly turn this feature on, since enabling it # means that each client request will result in AT LEAST one lookup # request to the nameserver. Enabling hostname_lookups will also # mean that your server may stop randomly for 30 seconds from time # to time, if the DNS requests take too long. # # Turning hostname lookups off also means that the server won't block # for 30 seconds, if it sees an IP address which has no name associated # with it. # # allowed values: {no, yes} # hostname_lookups = no # Core dumps are a bad thing. This should only be set to 'yes' # if you're debugging a problem with the server. # # allowed values: {no, yes} # allow_core_dumps = no # Regular expressions # # These items are set at configure time. If they're set to "yes", # then setting them to "no" turns off regular expression support. # # If they're set to "no" at configure time, then setting them to "yes" # WILL NOT WORK. It will give you an error. # regular_expressions = yes extended_expressions = yes # # Logging section. The various "log_*" configuration items # will eventually be moved here. # log { # # Destination for log messages. This can be one of: # # files - log to "file", as defined below. # syslog - to syslog (see also the "syslog_facility", below. # stdout - standard output # stderr - standard error. # # The command-line option "-X" over-rides this option, and forces # logging to go to stdout. # destination = files # # The logging messages for the server are appended to the # tail of this file if destination == "files" # # If the server is running in debugging mode, this file is # NOT used. # file = ${logdir}/radius.log # # If this configuration parameter is set, then log messages for # a *request* go to this file, rather than to radius.log. # # i.e. This is a log file per request, once the server has accepted # the request as being from a valid client. Messages that are # not associated with a request still go to radius.log. # # Not all log messages in the server core have been updated to use # this new internal API. As a result, some messages will still # go to radius.log. Please submit patches to fix this behavior. # # The file name is expanded dynamically. You should ONLY user # server-side attributes for the filename (e.g. things you control). # Using this feature MAY also slow down the server substantially, # especially if you do thinks like SQL calls as part of the # expansion of the filename. # # The name of the log file should use attributes that don't change # over the lifetime of a request, such as User-Name, # Virtual-Server or Packet-Src-IP-Address. Otherwise, the log # messages will be distributed over multiple files. # # Logging can be enabled for an individual request by a special # dynamic expansion macro: %{debug: 1}, where the debug level # for this request is set to '1' (or 2, 3, etc.). e.g. # # ... # update control { # Tmp-String-0 = "%{debug:1}" # } # ... # # The attribute that the value is assigned to is unimportant, # and should be a "throw-away" attribute with no side effects. # #requests = ${logdir}/radiusd-%{%{Virtual-Server}:-DEFAULT}-%Y%m%d.log # # Which syslog facility to use, if ${destination} == "syslog" # # The exact values permitted here are OS-dependent. You probably # don't want to change this. # syslog_facility = daemon # Log the full User-Name attribute, as it was found in the request. # # allowed values: {no, yes} # stripped_names = no # Log authentication requests to the log file. # # allowed values: {no, yes} # auth = no # Log passwords with the authentication requests. # auth_badpass - logs password if it's rejected # auth_goodpass - logs password if it's correct # # allowed values: {no, yes} # auth_badpass = no auth_goodpass = no # Log additional text at the end of the "Login OK" messages. # for these to work, the "auth" and "auth_goopass" or "auth_badpass" # configurations above have to be set to "yes". # # The strings below are dynamically expanded, which means that # you can put anything you want in them. However, note that # this expansion can be slow, and can negatively impact server # performance. # # msg_goodpass = "" # msg_badpass = "" } # The program to execute to do concurrency checks. checkrad = ${sbindir}/checkrad # SECURITY CONFIGURATION # # There may be multiple methods of attacking on the server. This # section holds the configuration items which minimize the impact # of those attacks # security { # # max_attributes: The maximum number of attributes # permitted in a RADIUS packet. Packets which have MORE # than this number of attributes in them will be dropped. # # If this number is set too low, then no RADIUS packets # will be accepted. # # If this number is set too high, then an attacker may be # able to send a small number of packets which will cause # the server to use all available memory on the machine. # # Setting this number to 0 means "allow any number of attributes" max_attributes = 200 # # reject_delay: When sending an Access-Reject, it can be # delayed for a few seconds. This may help slow down a DoS # attack. It also helps to slow down people trying to brute-force # crack a users password. # # Setting this number to 0 means "send rejects immediately" # # If this number is set higher than 'cleanup_delay', then the # rejects will be sent at 'cleanup_delay' time, when the request # is deleted from the internal cache of requests. # # Useful ranges: 1 to 5 reject_delay = 1 # # status_server: Whether or not the server will respond # to Status-Server requests. # # When sent a Status-Server message, the server responds with # an Access-Accept or Accounting-Response packet. # # This is mainly useful for administrators who want to "ping" # the server, without adding test users, or creating fake # accounting packets. # # It's also useful when a NAS marks a RADIUS server "dead". # The NAS can periodically "ping" the server with a Status-Server # packet. If the server responds, it must be alive, and the # NAS can start using it for real requests. # # See also raddb/sites-available/status # status_server = yes } # PROXY CONFIGURATION # # proxy_requests: Turns proxying of RADIUS requests on or off. # # The server has proxying turned on by default. If your system is NOT # set up to proxy requests to another server, then you can turn proxying # off here. This will save a small amount of resources on the server. # # If you have proxying turned off, and your configuration files say # to proxy a request, then an error message will be logged. # # To disable proxying, change the "yes" to "no", and comment the # $INCLUDE line. # # allowed values: {no, yes} # proxy_requests = yes $INCLUDE ${raddbdir}/proxy.conf # CLIENTS CONFIGURATION # # Client configuration is defined in "clients.conf". # # The 'clients.conf' file contains all of the information from the old # 'clients' and 'naslist' configuration files. We recommend that you # do NOT use 'client's or 'naslist', although they are still # supported. # # Anything listed in 'clients.conf' will take precedence over the # information from the old-style configuration files. # $INCLUDE ${raddbdir}/clients.conf # THREAD POOL CONFIGURATION # # The thread pool is a long-lived group of threads which # take turns (round-robin) handling any incoming requests. # # You probably want to have a few spare threads around, # so that high-load situations can be handled immediately. If you # don't have any spare threads, then the request handling will # be delayed while a new thread is created, and added to the pool. # # You probably don't want too many spare threads around, # otherwise they'll be sitting there taking up resources, and # not doing anything productive. # # The numbers given below should be adequate for most situations. # thread pool { # Number of servers to start initially --- should be a reasonable # ballpark figure. start_servers = 5 # Limit on the total number of servers running. # # If this limit is ever reached, clients will be LOCKED OUT, so it # should NOT BE SET TOO LOW. It is intended mainly as a brake to # keep a runaway server from taking the system with it as it spirals # down... # # You may find that the server is regularly reaching the # 'max_servers' number of threads, and that increasing # 'max_servers' doesn't seem to make much difference. # # If this is the case, then the problem is MOST LIKELY that # your back-end databases are taking too long to respond, and # are preventing the server from responding in a timely manner. # # The solution is NOT do keep increasing the 'max_servers' # value, but instead to fix the underlying cause of the # problem: slow database, or 'hostname_lookups=yes'. # # For more information, see 'max_request_time', above. # max_servers = 32 # Server-pool size regulation. Rather than making you guess # how many servers you need, FreeRADIUS dynamically adapts to # the load it sees, that is, it tries to maintain enough # servers to handle the current load, plus a few spare # servers to handle transient load spikes. # # It does this by periodically checking how many servers are # waiting for a request. If there are fewer than # min_spare_servers, it creates a new spare. If there are # more than max_spare_servers, some of the spares die off. # The default values are probably OK for most sites. # min_spare_servers = 3 max_spare_servers = 10 # There may be memory leaks or resource allocation problems with # the server. If so, set this value to 300 or so, so that the # resources will be cleaned up periodically. # # This should only be necessary if there are serious bugs in the # server which have not yet been fixed. # # '0' is a special value meaning 'infinity', or 'the servers never # exit' max_requests_per_server = 0 } # MODULE CONFIGURATION # # The names and configuration of each module is located in this section. # # After the modules are defined here, they may be referred to by name, # in other sections of this configuration file. # modules { # # Each module has a configuration as follows: # # name [ instance ] { # config_item = value # ... # } # # The 'name' is used to load the 'rlm_name' library # which implements the functionality of the module. # # The 'instance' is optional. To have two different instances # of a module, it first must be referred to by 'name'. # The different copies of the module are then created by # inventing two 'instance' names, e.g. 'instance1' and 'instance2' # # The instance names can then be used in later configuration # INSTEAD of the original 'name'. See the 'radutmp' configuration # for an example. # # # As of 2.0.5, most of the module configurations are in a # sub-directory. Files matching the regex /[a-zA-Z0-9_.]+/ # are loaded. The modules are initialized ONLY if they are # referenced in a processing section, such as authorize, # authenticate, accounting, pre/post-proxy, etc. # #$INCLUDE ${raddbdir}/modules/ # Extensible Authentication Protocol # # For all EAP related authentications. # Now in another file, because it is very large. # $INCLUDE ${raddbdir}/eap.conf # Include another file that has the SQL-related configuration. # This is another file only because it tends to be big. # # $INCLUDE sql.conf # # This module is an SQL enabled version of the counter module. # # Rather than maintaining seperate (GDBM) databases of # accounting info for each counter, this module uses the data # stored in the raddacct table by the sql modules. This # module NEVER does any database INSERTs or UPDATEs. It is # totally dependent on the SQL module to process Accounting # packets. # # $INCLUDE sql/mysql/counter.conf # # IP addresses managed in an SQL table. # # $INCLUDE sqlippool.conf } # Instantiation # # This section orders the loading of the modules. Modules # listed here will get loaded BEFORE the later sections like # authorize, authenticate, etc. get examined. # # This section is not strictly needed. When a section like # authorize refers to a module, it's automatically loaded and # initialized. However, some modules may not be listed in any # of the following sections, so they can be listed here. # # Also, listing modules here ensures that you have control over # the order in which they are initalized. If one module needs # something defined by another module, you can list them in order # here, and ensure that the configuration will be OK. # instantiate { # # Allows the execution of external scripts. # The entire command line (and output) must fit into 253 bytes. # # e.g. Framed-Pool = `%{exec:/bin/echo foo}` # exec # # The expression module doesn't do authorization, # authentication, or accounting. It only does dynamic # translation, of the form: # # Session-Timeout = `%{expr:2 + 3}` # # So the module needs to be instantiated, but CANNOT be # listed in any other section. See 'doc/rlm_expr' for # more information. # # expr # # We add the counter module here so that it registers # the check-name attribute before any module which sets # it # daily # expiration # logintime # subsections here can be thought of as "virtual" modules. # # e.g. If you have two redundant SQL servers, and you want to # use them in the authorize and accounting sections, you could # place a "redundant" block in each section, containing the # exact same text. Or, you could uncomment the following # lines, and list "redundant_sql" in the authorize and # accounting sections. # #redundant redundant_sql { # sql1 # sql2 #} } ###################################################################### # # Policies that can be applied in multiple places are listed # globally. That way, they can be defined once, and referred # to multiple times. # ###################################################################### # $INCLUDE policy.conf ###################################################################### # # Load virtual servers. # # This next $INCLUDE line loads files in the directory that # match the regular expression: /[a-zA-Z0-9_.]+/ # # It allows you to define new virtual servers simply by placing # a file into the raddb/sites-enabled/ directory. # #$INCLUDE sites-enabled/ ###################################################################### # # All of the other configuration sections like "authorize {}", # "authenticate {}", "accounting {}", have been moved to the # the file: # # raddb/sites-available/default # # This is the "default" virtual server that has the same # configuration as in version 1.0.x and 1.1.x. The default # installation enables this virtual server. You should # edit it to create policies for your local site. # # For more documentation on virtual servers, see: # # raddb/sites-available/README # ######################################################################