[master] f72a7e0 document a possible pitfall with the probe .request attribute
Nils Goroll
nils.goroll at uplex.de
Wed Jan 17 18:17:05 UTC 2018
commit f72a7e0dd010277134fea5fbbacad5821ad50054
Author: Nils Goroll <nils.goroll at uplex.de>
Date: Wed Jan 17 19:15:12 2018 +0100
document a possible pitfall with the probe .request attribute
diff --git a/doc/sphinx/reference/vcl.rst b/doc/sphinx/reference/vcl.rst
index 024b568..1d04884 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx/reference/vcl.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx/reference/vcl.rst
@@ -274,9 +274,14 @@ There are no mandatory options. These are the options you can set:
``.request``
Specify a full HTTP request using multiple strings. ``.request`` will
- have ``\r\n`` automatically inserted after every string.
+ have ``\r\n`` automatically inserted after every string.
Mutually exclusive with ``.url``.
+ *Note* that probes require the backend to complete sending the
+ response and close the connection within the specified timeout, so
+ ``.request`` will, for ``HTTP/1.1``, most likely need to contain a
+ ``"Connection: close"`` string.
+
``.expected_response``
The expected HTTP response code. Defaults to ``200``.
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