[master] 5986cac Update the param descriptions
Poul-Henning Kamp
phk at varnish-cache.org
Tue Oct 1 10:49:26 CEST 2013
commit 5986cac5e5910320c5deaff7f29ea9a79ed9bc6d
Author: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk at FreeBSD.org>
Date: Tue Sep 24 05:52:32 2013 +0000
Update the param descriptions
diff --git a/doc/sphinx/reference/params.rst b/doc/sphinx/reference/params.rst
index 1ec8f58..d11a63c 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx/reference/params.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx/reference/params.rst
@@ -1,21 +1,30 @@
.. The following is the autogenerated output from varnishd -x dumprstparam
+.. _ref_param_accept_filter:
+
accept_filter
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: bool
- Default: on
- Flags: must_restart
Enable kernel accept-filters, if supported by the kernel.
+.. _ref_param_acceptor_sleep_decay:
+
acceptor_sleep_decay
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Default: 0.900
- Flags: experimental
If we run out of resources, such as file descriptors or worker threads, the acceptor will sleep between accepts.
This parameter (multiplicatively) reduce the sleep duration for each succesfull accept. (ie: 0.9 = reduce by 10%)
+.. _ref_param_acceptor_sleep_incr:
+
acceptor_sleep_incr
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: s
- Default: 0.001
- Flags: experimental
@@ -23,7 +32,10 @@ acceptor_sleep_incr
If we run out of resources, such as file descriptors or worker threads, the acceptor will sleep between accepts.
This parameter control how much longer we sleep, each time we fail to accept a new connection.
+.. _ref_param_acceptor_sleep_max:
+
acceptor_sleep_max
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: s
- Default: 0.050
- Flags: experimental
@@ -31,44 +43,65 @@ acceptor_sleep_max
If we run out of resources, such as file descriptors or worker threads, the acceptor will sleep between accepts.
This parameter limits how long it can sleep between attempts to accept new connections.
+.. _ref_param_auto_restart:
+
auto_restart
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: bool
- Default: on
Restart child process automatically if it dies.
+.. _ref_param_ban_dups:
+
ban_dups
+~~~~~~~~
- Units: bool
- Default: on
Detect and eliminate duplicate bans.
+.. _ref_param_ban_lurker_sleep:
+
ban_lurker_sleep
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: s
- Default: 0.01
How long time does the ban lurker thread sleeps between successful attempts to push the last item up the ban list. It always sleeps a second when nothing can be done.
A value of zero disables the ban lurker.
+.. _ref_param_between_bytes_timeout:
+
between_bytes_timeout
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: s
- Default: 60
Default timeout between bytes when receiving data from backend. We only wait for this many seconds between bytes before giving up. A value of 0 means it will never time out. VCL can override this default value for each backend request and backend request. This parameter does not apply to pipe.
+.. _ref_param_busyobj_worker_cache:
+
busyobj_worker_cache
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: bool
- Default: off
- Cache free busyobj per worker thread.Disable this if you have very high hitrates and wantto save the memory of one busyobj per worker thread.
+ Cache free busyobj per worker thread. Disable this if you have very high hitrates and want to save the memory of one busyobj per worker thread.
+
+.. _ref_param_cc_command:
cc_command
- - Default: exec gcc -std=gnu99 -g -O2 -pthread -fpic -shared -Wl,-x -o %o %s
+~~~~~~~~~~
+ - Default: exec clang -std=gnu99 -Qunused-arguments -D_THREAD_SAFE -pthread -fpic -shared -Wl,-x -o %o %s
- Flags: must_reload
Command used for compiling the C source code to a dlopen(3) loadable object. Any occurrence of %s in the string will be replaced with the source file name, and %o will be replaced with the output file name.
+.. _ref_param_cli_buffer:
+
cli_buffer
+~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: bytes
- Default: 8k
@@ -76,42 +109,61 @@ cli_buffer
You may need to increase this if you have big VCL files and use the vcl.inline CLI command.
NB: Must be specified with -p to have effect.
+.. _ref_param_cli_limit:
+
cli_limit
+~~~~~~~~~
- Units: bytes
- Default: 48k
Maximum size of CLI response. If the response exceeds this limit, the reponse code will be 201 instead of 200 and the last line will indicate the truncation.
+.. _ref_param_cli_timeout:
+
cli_timeout
+~~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: seconds
- Default: 10
Timeout for the childs replies to CLI requests from the mgt_param.
+.. _ref_param_clock_skew:
+
clock_skew
+~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: s
- Default: 10
How much clockskew we are willing to accept between the backend and our own clock.
+.. _ref_param_connect_timeout:
+
connect_timeout
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: s
- - Default: 0.7
+ - Default: 3.5
Default connection timeout for backend connections. We only try to connect to the backend for this many seconds before giving up. VCL can override this default value for each backend and backend request.
+.. _ref_param_critbit_cooloff:
+
critbit_cooloff
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: s
- Default: 180.0
- Flags: wizard
How long time the critbit hasher keeps deleted objheads on the cooloff list.
+.. _ref_param_debug:
+
debug
+~~~~~
- Default: none
Enable/Disable various kinds of debugging.
none Disable all debugging
+
Use +/- prefix to set/reset individual bits::
req_state VSL Request state engine
@@ -122,8 +174,12 @@ debug
hashedge Edge cases in Hash
vclrel Rapid VCL release
lurker VSL Ban lurker
+ esi_chop Chop ESI fetch to bits
+
+.. _ref_param_default_grace:
default_grace
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: seconds
- Default: 10
- Flags: delayed
@@ -131,14 +187,20 @@ default_grace
Default grace period. We will deliver an object this long after it has expired, provided another thread is attempting to get a new copy.
Objects already cached will not be affected by changes made until they are fetched from the backend again.
+.. _ref_param_default_keep:
+
default_keep
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: seconds
- Default: 0
- Flags: delayed
Default keep period. We will keep a useless object around this long, making it available for conditional backend fetches. That means that the object will be removed from the cache at the end of ttl+grace+keep.
+.. _ref_param_default_ttl:
+
default_ttl
+~~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: seconds
- Default: 120
@@ -146,37 +208,37 @@ default_ttl
Objects already cached will not be affected by changes made until they are fetched from the backend again.
To force an immediate effect at the expense of a total flush of the cache use "ban obj.http.date ~ ."
-esi_syntax
- - Units: bitmap
- - Default: 0
-
- Bitmap controlling ESI parsing code::
-
- 0x00000001 - Don't check if it looks like XML
- 0x00000002 - Ignore non-esi elements
- 0x00000004 - Emit parsing debug records
- 0x00000008 - Force-split parser input (debugging)
-
- Use 0x notation and do the bitor in your head :-)
+.. _ref_param_expiry_sleep:
expiry_sleep
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: seconds
- Default: 1
How long the expiry thread sleeps when there is nothing for it to do.
+.. _ref_param_feature:
+
feature
+~~~~~~~
- Default: none
Enable/Disable various minor features.
none Disable all features.
+
Use +/- prefix to enable/disable individual feature::
short_panic Short panic message.
wait_silo Wait for persistent silo.
no_coredump No coredumps.
+ esi_ignore_https Treat HTTPS as HTTP in ESI:includes
+ esi_disable_xml_check Don't check of body looks like XML
+ esi_ignore_other_elements Ignore non-esi XML-elements
+
+.. _ref_param_fetch_chunksize:
fetch_chunksize
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: bytes
- Default: 128k
- Flags: experimental
@@ -184,26 +246,38 @@ fetch_chunksize
The default chunksize used by fetcher. This should be bigger than the majority of objects with short TTLs.
Internal limits in the storage_file module makes increases above 128kb a dubious idea.
+.. _ref_param_fetch_maxchunksize:
+
fetch_maxchunksize
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: bytes
- Default: 256m
- Flags: experimental
The maximum chunksize we attempt to allocate from storage. Making this too large may cause delays and storage fragmentation.
+.. _ref_param_first_byte_timeout:
+
first_byte_timeout
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: s
- Default: 60
Default timeout for receiving first byte from backend. We only wait for this many seconds for the first byte before giving up. A value of 0 means it will never time out. VCL can override this default value for each backend and backend request. This parameter does not apply to pipe.
+.. _ref_param_group:
+
group
+~~~~~
- Default: nogroup
- Flags: must_restart
The unprivileged group to run as.
+.. _ref_param_gzip_buffer:
+
gzip_buffer
+~~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: bytes
- Default: 32k
- Flags: experimental
@@ -211,29 +285,40 @@ gzip_buffer
Size of malloc buffer used for gzip processing.
These buffers are used for in-transit data, for instance gunzip'ed data being sent to a client.Making this space to small results in more overhead, writes to sockets etc, making it too big is probably just a waste of memory.
+.. _ref_param_gzip_level:
+
gzip_level
+~~~~~~~~~~
- Default: 6
Gzip compression level: 0=debug, 1=fast, 9=best
+.. _ref_param_gzip_memlevel:
+
gzip_memlevel
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Default: 8
Gzip memory level 1=slow/least, 9=fast/most compression.
Memory impact is 1=1k, 2=2k, ... 9=256k.
+.. _ref_param_http_gzip_support:
+
http_gzip_support
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: bool
- Default: on
- - Flags: experimental
- Enable gzip support. When enabled Varnish will compress uncompressed objects before they are stored in the cache. If a client does not support gzip encoding Varnish will uncompress compressed objects on demand. Varnish will also rewrite the Accept-Encoding header of clients indicating support for gzip to::
+ Enable gzip support. When enabled Varnish request compressed objects from the backend and store them compressed. If a client does not support gzip encoding Varnish will uncompress compressed objects on demand. Varnish will also rewrite the Accept-Encoding header of clients indicating support for gzip to::
Accept-Encoding: gzip
Clients that do not support gzip will have their Accept-Encoding header removed. For more information on how gzip is implemented please see the chapter on gzip in the Varnish reference.
+.. _ref_param_http_max_hdr:
+
http_max_hdr
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: header lines
- Default: 64
@@ -241,39 +326,57 @@ http_max_hdr
Cheap, ~20 bytes, in terms of workspace memory.
Note that the first line occupies five header lines.
+.. _ref_param_http_range_support:
+
http_range_support
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: bool
- Default: on
Enable support for HTTP Range headers.
+.. _ref_param_http_req_hdr_len:
+
http_req_hdr_len
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: bytes
- Default: 8k
Maximum length of any HTTP client request header we will allow. The limit is inclusive its continuation lines.
+.. _ref_param_http_req_size:
+
http_req_size
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: bytes
- Default: 32k
Maximum number of bytes of HTTP client request we will deal with. This is a limit on all bytes up to the double blank line which ends the HTTP request.
The memory for the request is allocated from the client workspace (param: workspace_client) and this parameter limits how much of that the request is allowed to take up.
+.. _ref_param_http_resp_hdr_len:
+
http_resp_hdr_len
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: bytes
- Default: 8k
Maximum length of any HTTP backend response header we will allow. The limit is inclusive its continuation lines.
+.. _ref_param_http_resp_size:
+
http_resp_size
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: bytes
- Default: 32k
Maximum number of bytes of HTTP backend resonse we will deal with. This is a limit on all bytes up to the double blank line which ends the HTTP request.
The memory for the request is allocated from the worker workspace (param: thread_pool_workspace) and this parameter limits how much of that the request is allowed to take up.
+.. _ref_param_idle_send_timeout:
+
idle_send_timeout
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: seconds
- Default: 60
- Flags: delayed
@@ -282,28 +385,40 @@ idle_send_timeout
seconds the session is closed.
See setsockopt(2) under SO_SNDTIMEO for more information.
+.. _ref_param_listen_address:
+
listen_address
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Default: :80
- Flags: must_restart
Whitespace separated list of network endpoints where Varnish will accept requests.
Possible formats: host, host:port, :port
+.. _ref_param_listen_depth:
+
listen_depth
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: connections
- Default: 1024
- Flags: must_restart
Listen queue depth.
+.. _ref_param_log_local_address:
+
log_local_address
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: bool
- Default: on
Log the local address on the TCP connection in the SessionOpen VSL record.
Disabling this saves a getsockname(2) system call per TCP connection.
+.. _ref_param_lru_interval:
+
lru_interval
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: seconds
- Default: 2
- Flags: experimental
@@ -311,43 +426,64 @@ lru_interval
Grace period before object moves on LRU list.
Objects are only moved to the front of the LRU list if they have not been moved there already inside this timeout period. This reduces the amount of lock operations necessary for LRU list access.
+.. _ref_param_max_esi_depth:
+
max_esi_depth
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: levels
- Default: 5
Maximum depth of esi:include processing.
+.. _ref_param_max_restarts:
+
max_restarts
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: restarts
- Default: 4
Upper limit on how many times a request can restart.
Be aware that restarts are likely to cause a hit against the backend, so don't increase thoughtlessly.
+.. _ref_param_max_retries:
+
+max_retries
+~~~~~~~~~~~
+ - Units: retries
+ - Default: 4
+
+ Upper limit on how many times a backend fetch can retry.
+
+.. _ref_param_nuke_limit:
+
nuke_limit
+~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: allocations
- Default: 50
- Flags: experimental
Maximum number of objects we attempt to nuke in orderto make space for a object body.
-obj_readonly
- - Units: bool
- - Default: false
-
- If set, we do not update obj.hits and obj.lastuse to avoid dirtying VM pages associated with cached objects.
+.. _ref_param_pcre_match_limit:
pcre_match_limit
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Default: 10000
The limit for the number of internal matching function calls in a pcre_exec() execution.
+.. _ref_param_pcre_match_limit_recursion:
+
pcre_match_limit_recursion
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Default: 10000
The limit for the number of internal matching function recursions in a pcre_exec() execution.
+.. _ref_param_ping_interval:
+
ping_interval
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: seconds
- Default: 3
- Flags: must_restart
@@ -355,13 +491,19 @@ ping_interval
Interval between pings from parent to child.
Zero will disable pinging entirely, which makes it possible to attach a debugger to the child.
+.. _ref_param_pipe_timeout:
+
pipe_timeout
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: seconds
- Default: 60
Idle timeout for PIPE sessions. If nothing have been received in either direction for this many seconds, the session is closed.
+.. _ref_param_pool_req:
+
pool_req
+~~~~~~~~
- Default: 10,100,10
Parameters for per worker pool request memory pool.
@@ -371,7 +513,10 @@ pool_req
max_pool -- maximum size of free pool.
max_age -- max age of free element.
+.. _ref_param_pool_sess:
+
pool_sess
+~~~~~~~~~
- Default: 10,100,10
Parameters for per worker pool session memory pool.
@@ -381,7 +526,10 @@ pool_sess
max_pool -- maximum size of free pool.
max_age -- max age of free element.
+.. _ref_param_pool_vbc:
+
pool_vbc
+~~~~~~~~
- Default: 10,100,10
Parameters for backend connection memory pool.
@@ -391,7 +539,10 @@ pool_vbc
max_pool -- maximum size of free pool.
max_age -- max age of free element.
+.. _ref_param_pool_vbo:
+
pool_vbo
+~~~~~~~~
- Default: 10,100,10
Parameters for backend object fetch memory pool.
@@ -401,13 +552,19 @@ pool_vbo
max_pool -- maximum size of free pool.
max_age -- max age of free element.
+.. _ref_param_prefer_ipv6:
+
prefer_ipv6
+~~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: bool
- Default: off
Prefer IPv6 address when connecting to backends which have both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.
+.. _ref_param_rush_exponent:
+
rush_exponent
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: requests per request
- Default: 3
- Flags: experimental
@@ -415,14 +572,10 @@ rush_exponent
How many parked request we start for each completed request on the object.
NB: Even with the implict delay of delivery, this parameter controls an exponential increase in number of worker threads.
-saintmode_threshold
- - Units: objects
- - Default: 10
- - Flags: experimental
-
- The maximum number of objects held off by saint mode before no further will be made to the backend until one times out. A value of 0 disables saintmode.
+.. _ref_param_send_timeout:
send_timeout
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: seconds
- Default: 600
- Flags: delayed
@@ -431,54 +584,88 @@ send_timeout
seconds the session is closed.
See setsockopt(2) under SO_SNDTIMEO for more information.
+.. _ref_param_session_max:
+
session_max
+~~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: sessions
- Default: 100000
Maximum number of sessions we will allocate from one pool before just dropping connections.
This is mostly an anti-DoS measure, and setting it plenty high should not hurt, as long as you have the memory for it.
+.. _ref_param_shm_reclen:
+
shm_reclen
+~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: bytes
- Default: 255
Maximum number of bytes in SHM log record.
Maximum is 65535 bytes.
+.. _ref_param_shortlived:
+
shortlived
+~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: s
- Default: 10.0
Objects created with TTL shorter than this are always put in transient storage.
+.. _ref_param_sigsegv_handler:
+
+sigsegv_handler
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ - Units: bool
+ - Default: off
+ - Flags: must_restart
+
+ Install a signal handler which tries to dump debug information on segmentation faults.
+
+.. _ref_param_syslog_cli_traffic:
+
syslog_cli_traffic
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: bool
- Default: on
Log all CLI traffic to syslog(LOG_INFO).
+.. _ref_param_tcp_keepalive_intvl:
+
tcp_keepalive_intvl
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: seconds
- Default: 5
- Flags: experimental
The number of seconds between TCP keep-alive probes. Note that this setting will only take effect when it is less thanthe system default.
+.. _ref_param_tcp_keepalive_probes:
+
tcp_keepalive_probes
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: probes
- Default: 5
- Flags: experimental
The maximum number of TCP keep-alive probes to send before giving up and killing the connection if no response is obtained from the other end. Note that this setting will only take effect when it is less than the system default.
+.. _ref_param_tcp_keepalive_time:
+
tcp_keepalive_time
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: seconds
- Default: 600
- Flags: experimental
The number of seconds a connection needs to be idle before TCP begins sending out keep-alive probes. Note that this setting will only take effect when it is less than the system default.
+.. _ref_param_thread_pool_add_delay:
+
thread_pool_add_delay
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: seconds
- Default: 0
- Flags: experimental
@@ -490,7 +677,10 @@ thread_pool_add_delay
Setting this too high results in insuffient worker threads.
+.. _ref_param_thread_pool_destroy_delay:
+
thread_pool_destroy_delay
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: seconds
- Default: 1
- Flags: delayed, experimental
@@ -501,7 +691,10 @@ thread_pool_destroy_delay
Minimum is 0.01 second.
+.. _ref_param_thread_pool_fail_delay:
+
thread_pool_fail_delay
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: seconds
- Default: 0.2
- Flags: experimental
@@ -514,7 +707,10 @@ thread_pool_fail_delay
It may also help to increase thread_pool_timeout and thread_pool_min, to reduce the rate at which treads are destroyed and later recreated.
+.. _ref_param_thread_pool_max:
+
thread_pool_max
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: threads
- Default: 5000
- Flags: delayed
@@ -525,7 +721,10 @@ thread_pool_max
Minimum is 10 threads.
+.. _ref_param_thread_pool_min:
+
thread_pool_min
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: threads
- Default: 100
- Flags: delayed
@@ -536,7 +735,10 @@ thread_pool_min
Minimum is 10 threads.
+.. _ref_param_thread_pool_stack:
+
thread_pool_stack
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: bytes
- Default: 48k
- Flags: experimental
@@ -545,7 +747,10 @@ thread_pool_stack
This is likely rounded up to a multiple of 4k by the kernel.
The kernel/OS has a lower limit which will be enforced.
+.. _ref_param_thread_pool_timeout:
+
thread_pool_timeout
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: seconds
- Default: 300
- Flags: delayed, experimental
@@ -556,7 +761,10 @@ thread_pool_timeout
Minimum is 10 seconds.
+.. _ref_param_thread_pools:
+
thread_pools
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: pools
- Default: 2
- Flags: delayed, experimental
@@ -569,7 +777,10 @@ thread_pools
Can be increased on the fly, but decreases require a restart to take effect.
+.. _ref_param_thread_queue_limit:
+
thread_queue_limit
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Default: 20
- Flags: experimental
@@ -577,7 +788,10 @@ thread_queue_limit
This sets the number of requests we will queue, waiting for an available thread. Above this limit sessions will be dropped instead of queued.
+.. _ref_param_thread_stats_rate:
+
thread_stats_rate
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: requests
- Default: 10
- Flags: experimental
@@ -585,14 +799,20 @@ thread_stats_rate
Worker threads accumulate statistics, and dump these into the global stats counters if the lock is free when they finish a request.
This parameters defines the maximum number of requests a worker thread may handle, before it is forced to dump its accumulated stats into the global counters.
+.. _ref_param_timeout_idle:
+
timeout_idle
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: seconds
- Default: 5
Idle timeout for client connections.
A connection is considered idle, until we receive a non-white-space character on it.
+.. _ref_param_timeout_linger:
+
timeout_linger
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: seconds
- Default: 0.050
- Flags: experimental
@@ -601,48 +821,72 @@ timeout_linger
When sessions are reused, as much as half of all reuses happen within the first 100 msec of the previous request completing.
Setting this too high results in worker threads not doing anything for their keep, setting it too low just means that more sessions take a detour around the waiter.
+.. _ref_param_timeout_req:
+
timeout_req
+~~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: seconds
- Default: 2
Max time to receive clients request header, measured from first non-white-space character to double CRNL.
+.. _ref_param_user:
+
user
+~~~~
- Default: nobody
- Flags: must_restart
The unprivileged user to run as.
+.. _ref_param_vcc_allow_inline_c:
+
vcc_allow_inline_c
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: bool
- - Default: on
+ - Default: off
Allow inline C code in VCL.
+.. _ref_param_vcc_err_unref:
+
vcc_err_unref
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: bool
- Default: on
Unreferenced VCL objects result in error.
+.. _ref_param_vcc_unsafe_path:
+
vcc_unsafe_path
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: bool
- Default: on
Allow '/' in vmod & include paths.
Allow 'import ... from ...'.
+.. _ref_param_vcl_dir:
+
vcl_dir
- - Default: /tmp/z/v/etc/varnish
+~~~~~~~
+ - Default: /opt/varnish/etc/varnish
Directory from which relative VCL filenames (vcl.load and include) are opened.
+.. _ref_param_vmod_dir:
+
vmod_dir
- - Default: /tmp/z/v/lib/varnish/vmods
+~~~~~~~~
+ - Default: /opt/varnish/lib/varnish/vmods
Directory where VCL modules are to be found.
+.. _ref_param_vsl_buffer:
+
vsl_buffer
+~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: bytes
- Default: 4k
@@ -651,48 +895,70 @@ vsl_buffer
Setting this too high costs memory, setting it too low will cause more VSL flushes and likely increase lock-contention on the VSL mutex.
Minimum is 1k bytes.
+.. _ref_param_vsl_mask:
+
vsl_mask
+~~~~~~~~
- Default: default
Mask individual VSL messages from being logged.
default Set default value
+
Use +/- prefixe in front of VSL tag name, to mask/unmask individual VSL messages.
+.. _ref_param_vsl_space:
+
vsl_space
+~~~~~~~~~
- Units: bytes
- Default: 80M
- Flags: must_restart
The amount of space to allocate for the VSL fifo buffer in the VSM memory segment. If you make this too small, varnish{ncsa|log} etc will not be able to keep up. Making it too large just costs memory resources.
+.. _ref_param_vsm_space:
+
vsm_space
+~~~~~~~~~
- Units: bytes
- Default: 1M
- Flags: must_restart
The amount of space to allocate for stats counters in the VSM memory segment. If you make this too small, some counters will be invisible. Making it too large just costs memory resources.
+.. _ref_param_waiter:
+
waiter
+~~~~~~
- Default: platform dependent
- Flags: must_restart, wizard
Select the waiter kernel interface.
+.. _ref_param_workspace_backend:
+
workspace_backend
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: bytes
- Default: 64k
- Flags: delayed
Bytes of HTTP protocol workspace for backend HTTP req/resp. If larger than 4k, use a multiple of 4k for VM efficiency.
+.. _ref_param_workspace_client:
+
workspace_client
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: bytes
- Default: 64k
- Flags: delayed
Bytes of HTTP protocol workspace for clients HTTP req/resp. If larger than 4k, use a multiple of 4k for VM efficiency.
+.. _ref_param_workspace_thread:
+
workspace_thread
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Units: bytes
- Default: 2048
- Flags: delayed
More information about the varnish-commit
mailing list