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Appendix D
Configuration Files
proxy.config.http.parent_proxy.per_
parent_connect_attempts
INT
2
Specifies the total number of connection
attempts allowed per parent if multiple
parents are used.
proxy.config.http.parent_proxy.connect_
attempts_timeout
INT
30
Specifies the timeout value in seconds for
parent cache connection attempts.
proxy.config.http.forward.proxy_auth_
to_parent
INT
0
Configures Traffic Server to send proxy
authentication headers on to the parent cache.
HTTP connection timeouts (secs)
proxy.config.http.keep_alive_no_
activity_timeout_in
INT
10
Specifies how long Traffic Server keeps
connections to clients open for a subsequent
request after a transaction ends.
proxy.config.http.keep_alive_no_
activity_timeout_out
INT
10
Specifies how long Traffic Server keeps
connections to origin servers open for a
subsequent transfer of data after a transaction
ends.
proxy.config.http.transaction_no_
activity_timeout_in
INT
120
Specifies how long the Traffic Server should
keep connections to clients open if a
transaction stalls.
proxy.config.http.transaction_no_
activity_timeout_out
INT
120
Specifies how long the Traffic Server keeps
connections to origin servers open if the
transaction stalls.
proxy.config.http.transaction_active_
timeout_in
INT
7200
Specifies the maximum amount of time
Traffic Server can remain connected to a
client. If the transfer to the client is not
complete before this timeout expires, Traffic
Server closes the connection.
proxy.config.http.transaction_active_
timeout_out
INT
7200
Specifies the maximum amount of time
Traffic Server waits for fulfillment of a
connection request to an origin server. If the
Traffic Server does not complete the transfer
to the origin server before this timeout
expires, the Traffic Server terminates the
connection request.
proxy.config.http.accept_no_activity_
timeout
INT
120
Specifies the timeout interval in seconds
before Traffic Server closes a connection that
has no activity.
proxy.config.http.background_fill_
active_timeout
INT
60
Specifies how long Traffic Server continues a
background fill before giving up and
dropping the origin server connection.
proxy.config.http.background_fill_
completed_threshold
FLOAT
0.5
Specifies the proportion of total document
size already transferred when a client aborts
at which the proxy continues fetching the
document from the origin server in order to
get it into the cache (a background fill).
Configuration Variable
Data Type
Default Value
Description