DOC: httpclient: add dedicated httpclient section

Move httpclient keywords into its own section and explain adding
an introductory paragraph.

Also see Github issue #2409

Should be backported to 2.6 ; but note that:
2.7 does not have httpclient.resolvers.disabled
2.6 does not have httpclient.retries and httpclient.timeout.connect
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Lukas Tribus 2024-01-30 21:17:44 +00:00 committed by William Lallemand
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@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ Summary
3.8. HTTP-errors
3.9. Rings
3.10. Log forwarding
3.11. HTTPClient tuning
4. Proxies
4.1. Proxy keywords matrix
@ -1272,13 +1273,6 @@ The following keywords are supported in the "global" section :
- h1-case-adjust-file
- h2-workaround-bogus-websocket-clients
- hard-stop-after
- httpclient.resolvers.disabled
- httpclient.resolvers.id
- httpclient.resolvers.prefer
- httpclient.retries
- httpclient.ssl.ca-file
- httpclient.ssl.verify
- httpclient.timeout.connect
- insecure-fork-wanted
- insecure-setuid-wanted
- issuers-chain-path
@ -1446,6 +1440,14 @@ The following keywords are supported in the "global" section :
- quiet
- zero-warning
* HTTPClient
- httpclient.resolvers.disabled
- httpclient.resolvers.id
- httpclient.resolvers.prefer
- httpclient.retries
- httpclient.ssl.ca-file
- httpclient.ssl.verify
- httpclient.timeout.connect
3.1. Process management and security
------------------------------------
@ -1953,68 +1955,6 @@ http-fail-codes [+-]<range>[,...] [...]
exactly the same as for http-err-codes above. See also "http-err-codes" and
"http_fail_cnt".
httpclient.resolvers.disabled <on|off>
Disable the DNS resolution of the httpclient. Prevent the creation of the
"default" resolvers section.
Default value is off.
httpclient.resolvers.id <resolvers id>
This option defines the resolvers section with which the httpclient will try
to resolve.
Default option is the "default" resolvers ID. By default, if this option is
not used, it will simply disable the resolving if the section is not found.
However, when this option is explicitly enabled it will trigger a
configuration error if it fails to load.
httpclient.resolvers.prefer <ipv4|ipv6>
This option allows to chose which family of IP you want when resolving,
which is convenient when IPv6 is not available on your network. Default
option is "ipv6".
httpclient.retries <number>
This option allows to configure the number of retries attempt of the
httpclient when a request failed. This does the same as the "retries" keyword
in a backend.
Default value is 3.
httpclient.ssl.ca-file <cafile>
This option defines the ca-file which should be used to verify the server
certificate. It takes the same parameters as the "ca-file" option on the
server line.
By default and when this option is not used, the value is
"@system-ca" which tries to load the CA of the system. If it fails the SSL
will be disabled for the httpclient.
However, when this option is explicitly enabled it will trigger a
configuration error if it fails.
httpclient.ssl.verify [none|required]
Works the same way as the verify option on server lines. If specified to 'none',
servers certificates are not verified. Default option is "required".
By default and when this option is not used, the value is
"required". If it fails the SSL will be disabled for the httpclient.
However, when this option is explicitly enabled it will trigger a
configuration error if it fails.
httpclient.timeout.connect <timeout>
Set the maximum time to wait for a connection attempt by default for the
httpclient.
Arguments :
<timeout> is the timeout value specified in milliseconds by default, but
can be in any other unit if the number is suffixed by the unit,
as explained at the top of this document.
The default value is 5000ms.
insecure-fork-wanted
By default HAProxy tries hard to prevent any thread and process creation
after it starts. Doing so is particularly important when using Lua files of
@ -4597,6 +4537,74 @@ maxconn <conns>
timeout client <timeout>
Set the maximum inactivity time on the client side.
3.11. HTTPClient tuning
-----------------------
HTTPClient is an internal HTTP library, it can be used by various subsystems,
for example in LUA scripts. HTTPClient is not used in the data path, in other
words it has nothing with HTTP traffic passing through HAProxy.
httpclient.resolvers.disabled <on|off>
Disable the DNS resolution of the httpclient. Prevent the creation of the
"default" resolvers section.
Default value is off.
httpclient.resolvers.id <resolvers id>
This option defines the resolvers section with which the httpclient will try
to resolve.
Default option is the "default" resolvers ID. By default, if this option is
not used, it will simply disable the resolving if the section is not found.
However, when this option is explicitly enabled it will trigger a
configuration error if it fails to load.
httpclient.resolvers.prefer <ipv4|ipv6>
This option allows to chose which family of IP you want when resolving,
which is convenient when IPv6 is not available on your network. Default
option is "ipv6".
httpclient.retries <number>
This option allows to configure the number of retries attempt of the
httpclient when a request failed. This does the same as the "retries" keyword
in a backend.
Default value is 3.
httpclient.ssl.ca-file <cafile>
This option defines the ca-file which should be used to verify the server
certificate. It takes the same parameters as the "ca-file" option on the
server line.
By default and when this option is not used, the value is
"@system-ca" which tries to load the CA of the system. If it fails the SSL
will be disabled for the httpclient.
However, when this option is explicitly enabled it will trigger a
configuration error if it fails.
httpclient.ssl.verify [none|required]
Works the same way as the verify option on server lines. If specified to 'none',
servers certificates are not verified. Default option is "required".
By default and when this option is not used, the value is
"required". If it fails the SSL will be disabled for the httpclient.
However, when this option is explicitly enabled it will trigger a
configuration error if it fails.
httpclient.timeout.connect <timeout>
Set the maximum time to wait for a connection attempt by default for the
httpclient.
Arguments :
<timeout> is the timeout value specified in milliseconds by default, but
can be in any other unit if the number is suffixed by the unit,
as explained at the top of this document.
The default value is 5000ms.
4. Proxies
----------