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Appendix D
Configuration Files
proxy.config.nntp.overview_sync_every
INT
120
Specifies how often Traffic Server
synchronizes overviews in memory to the
cache.
proxy.config.nntp.overview_gc_every
INT
1200
Specifies how often Traffic Server garbage
collectors collect overviews in memory.
proxy.config.nntp.load_overview_min
INT
25
Specifies the minimum number of overviews
Traffic Server fetches at a time.
proxy.config.nntp.server_retry_timeout
INT
60
Specifies how long Traffic Server must wait
before retrying an origin server that was
previously unavailable.
proxy.config.nntp.client_speed_throttle
INT
0
Specifies the number of bytes per second that
clients are allowed to download.
A value of 0 means that downloading is not
limited.
proxy.config.nntp.max_articles_per_
group
INT
100000
Specifies the maximum number of articles
allowed per group.
proxy.config.nntp.forward_every
INT
5
Specifies how often Traffic Server checks to
see if articles need to be forwarded.
proxy.config.nntp.forward_backlog
INT
1000
Specifies the number of forwarded articles to
buffer.
proxy.config.nntp.add_to_path
INT
0
When enabled (1), Traffic Server is added to
the path header in articles.
proxy.config.nntp.forward_feed_only
INT
0
When enabled (1), Traffic Server does not
store feed articles locally, but forwards them.
proxy.config.nntp.auth_on_connect
INT
0
When enabled (1), configures Traffic Server
to signal the NNTP authentication plugin
each time a client connects.
proxy.config.nntp.auth_on_disconnect
INT
0
When enabled (1), configures Traffic Server
to signal the NNTP authentication plugin
each time a client disconnects.
proxy.config.nntp.highwind_auth_
compat
INT
0
Enables (1) or disables (0) highwind
compatible authentication.
proxy.config.nntp.send_xref_in_
overviews
INT
1
Configures Traffic Server to send xrefs in
overviews.
proxy.config.nntp.auth_server.binary
STRING
nntp_auth
Specifies the file name of the NNTP
authentication server plugin.
proxy.config.nntp.run_local_
authentication_server
INT
0
Runs the authentication server in local mode,
enabling the traffic_cop process to watch and
restart it automatically in case of failure.
Configuration Variable
Data Type
Default Value
Description