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Appendix F
Traffic Server Error Messages
HTML messages sent to clients
Traffic Server returns detailed error messages to browser clients when there are problems with the HTTP
transactions requested by the browser. These Traffic Server response messages correspond to standard HTTP
response codes, but provide more information. A list of the more frequently encountered HTTP response codes
is provided on page 232. You can customize Traffic Server’s response messages.
The following table lists Traffic Server’s hard-coded HTTP messages, their corresponding HTTP response
codes, and their corresponding customizable files.
Traffic Server failed to parse line <line
number> of the logging config file <file
name>
Check your custom log configuration file. There may be
some syntax errors. See
HP custom logging fields‚ on
page 222
for correct custom log format fields.
vip_config binary is not setuid root, manager
will be unable to enable virtual ip addresses
The
traffic_manager
is not able to set virtual IP
addresses. You must setuid root for the
vip_config
file
in the
bin
directory.
Title
HTTP
code
Description
Customizable file name
Access Denied
403
You are not allowed to access the
document at location
URL.
access#denied
Bad HTTP request for
FTP Object
400
Bad HTTP request for FTP object.
ftp#bad_request
Cache Read Error
500
Error reading from cache. Please retry
request.
cache#read_error
Connection Timed Out
504
Server has not sent any data for too long
a time.
timeout#inactivity
Content Length Required
400
Could not process this request because
no Content-Length was specified.
request#no_content_length
Cycle Detected
400
Your request is prohibited because it
would cause an HTTP proxy cycle.
request#cycle_detected
Forbidden
403
port_number
is not an allowed port
for SSL connections.
(You have made a request for a secure
SSL connection to a forbidden port
number.)
access#ssl_forbidden
FTP Authentication
Required
401
You need to specify a correct username
and password to access the requested
FTP document
URL
.
ftp#auth_required
FTP Connection Failed
502
Could not connect to the server
server_name
.
connect#failed_connect
FTP Error
502
The FTP server
server_name
returned an error. The request for
document
URL
failed.
ftp#error
Message
Description