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Appendix D
Configuration Files
Following the client group is an access directive. The access directive is of the form
access=value
. The
allowed access values are
allow, deny, basic, generic,
and
custom
. Depending on the access
directive, you can further specify an authenticator program, users, and passwords, as in the following
examples:
ip=127.0.0.1 access=”generic” authenticator=”homebrew” user=”joe”
hostname=myhost.com access=”basic” user=”joe” pass=”bob”
The following table lists the access directive options:
The following is an example of custom access:
ip=127.0.0.1 access=”custom” authenticator=”hb” user=required pass=required
nntp_servers.config
The
nntp_servers.config
file configures:
•
The Traffic Server’s parent NNTP servers
•
The news groups you want the Traffic Server to observe
•
The type of NNTP activity you want the Traffic Server to do; for example, caching news articles on
demand, posting news articles, receiving news feeds
•
The network interface the Traffic Server uses to contact the parent NNTP server
Format
Each line in the
nntp_servers.config
file must have the following format:
hostname group-wildmat priority interface
The
hostname
and
group-wildmat
tags are required;
priority
and
interface
are optional. The
following table describes allowed values:
If access is ...
authenticator is ...
user is ...
pass is ...
allow
not required
not required
not required
deny
not required
not required
not required
basic
not required
required
optional
generic
optional
not required
not required
custom
required
optional; but the only
allowed entry is the string
‘required’ (see example)
optional; but the only
allowed entry is the string
‘required’ (see example)
IMPORTANT
After you modify the
nntp_servers.config
file, Traffic Manager has to reread the
configuration files. Run the
traffic_line -x
command. If you are running a cluster,
you need only run the command for one node; the changes will propagate.
Tag
Description
hostname
Enter one of the following:
•
hostname
•
hostname:port
•
IP address
•
IP address:port
•
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