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Chapter 10
Configuring Traffic Server
The Logging button
Click the Logging page to view or change Traffic Server logging options. You can:
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Enable/disable event logging
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Control where log files are located, how much disk space they can consume, and how low disk space in
the logging directory is handled
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Choose a central location for storing and collating log information
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Choose standard log file formats
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Set log splitting options
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Enable custom logging and choose the custom log format
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Configure when and how to roll log files
The Snapshots button
Click the Snapshots button to take a snapshot of the current configuration values or restore previously saved
configuration values. One configuration snapshot consists of a complete set of Traffic Server configuration
files.
The Plugins button
Click the Plugins button to list the plugins currently running on your Traffic Server that are configurable from
Traffic Manager. A plugin is a program that extends the functionality of Traffic Server. For example, plugins
can perform web server blacklisting, web content filtering, user authentication, and data transformation.
The Content button
Click the Content button to view or change the list of objects that Traffic Server is scheduled to update
automatically in the local cache. You can instruct Traffic Server to explicitly preload objects in to the cache,
thereby increasing Traffic Server performance.
Configuring Traffic Server using Traffic Line
You can use Traffic Line to view and change your Traffic Server configuration as an alternative to using
Traffic Manager. The advantage of using Traffic Line is that it is a command-line interface, therefore, you do
not need to have a browser installed on the remote system from which you want to perform the configuration.
You can set configuration options using Traffic Line’s Configure mode or Traffic Line’s batch mode.
Starting Configure mode
Configure mode is accessed from a Traffic Line interactive session.
To start Configure mode:
1. Telnet into the HP web cache appliance and select Shell Access as described in
Overview of Access
Methods‚ on page 7
.
2. Enter the following command, and then press Return:
traffic_line -i
The
cli->
prompt indicates that you are now in a Traffic Line interactive session.
3. At the prompt, enter
2
to reach Configure mode.