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Appendix D
Configuration Files
Net Subsystem
proxy.config.net.connections_throttle
INT
8000
Specifies the maximum number of
connections that Traffic Server can handle. If
Traffic Server receives additional client
requests, they are queued until existing
requests are served.
Cluster Subsystem
proxy.config.cluster.cluster_port
INT
8086
Specifies the port used for cluster
communication.
proxy.config.cluster.ethernet_interface
STRING
eth0
Specifies the network interface used for
cluster traffic. All nodes in a cluster must use
the same network interface.
Cache
proxy.config.cache.permit.pinning
INT
0
Enables (1) or disables (0) the cache pinning
option.
proxy.config.cache.ram_cache.size
INT
-1
Specifies the size of the RAM cache in MB.
-1 = the RAM cache is automatically sized at
approximately 1 MB per GB of disk.
proxy.config.cache.limits.http.max_alts
INT
3
Specifies the maximum number of HTTP
alternates that Traffic Server can cache.
proxy.config.cache.max_doc_size
INT
0
Specifies the maximum size of documents in
the cache.
0 = there is no size limit.
DNS
proxy.config.dns.search_default_
domains
INT
1
Enables (1) or disables (0) local domain
expansion so that Traffic Server can attempt
to resolve unqualified hostnames by
expanding to the local domain. For example,
if a client makes a request to an unqualified
host named
host_x
, and if the Traffic
Server’s local domain is
y.com
, the Traffic
Server will expand the hostname to
host_x.y.com
.
proxy.config.dns.splitDNS.enabled
INT
0
Enables (1) or disables (0) DNS server
selection. When enabled, Traffic Server refers
to the splitdns.config file for the selection
specification.
Refer to
Configuring DNS server selection
(split DNS)‚ on page 91
.
proxy.config.dns.splitdns.def_domain
STRING
NULL
Specifies the default domain for split DNS
requests. This value is appended
automatically to the hostname if it does not
include a domain before split DNS
determines which DNS server to use.
Configuration Variable
Data Type
Default Value
Description