diff --git a/doc/management.txt b/doc/management.txt index a27f2454a5..e0db389133 100644 --- a/doc/management.txt +++ b/doc/management.txt @@ -2820,14 +2820,14 @@ show env [] can only be issued on sockets configured for levels "operator" or "admin". show errors [|] [request|response] - Dump last known request and response errors collected by frontends and - backends. If is specified, the limit the dump to errors concerning - either frontend or backend whose ID is . Proxy ID "-1" will cause - all instances to be dumped. If a proxy name is specified instead, its ID - will be used as the filter. If "request" or "response" is added after the - proxy name or ID, only request or response errors will be dumped. This - command is restricted and can only be issued on sockets configured for - levels "operator" or "admin". + Dump last known HTTP/1.x request and response errors collected by frontends + and backends. If is specified, the limit the dump to errors concerning + either frontend or backend whose ID is . Proxy ID "-1" will cause all + instances to be dumped. If a proxy name is specified instead, its ID will be + used as the filter. If "request" or "response" is added after the proxy name + or ID, only request or response errors will be dumped. This command is + restricted and can only be issued on sockets configured for levels "operator" + or "admin". The errors which may be collected are the last request and response errors caused by protocol violations, often due to invalid characters in header @@ -4537,17 +4537,17 @@ connections are handled in parallel, though the "debug2ansi" and "debug2html" scripts found in the examples/ directory definitely help here by coloring the output. -If a request or response is rejected because HAProxy finds it is malformed, the -best thing to do is to connect to the CLI and issue "show errors", which will -report the last captured faulty request and response for each frontend and -backend, with all the necessary information to indicate precisely the first -character of the input stream that was rejected. This is sometimes needed to -prove to customers or to developers that a bug is present in their code. In this -case it is often possible to relax the checks (but still keep the captures) -using "option accept-unsafe-violations-in-http-request" or its equivalent for -responses coming from the server "option -accept-unsafe-violations-in-http-response". Please see the configuration manual -for more details. +If a HTTP/1.x request or response is rejected because HAProxy finds it is +malformed, the best thing to do is to connect to the CLI and issue "show +errors", which will report the last captured faulty HTTP/1.x request and +response for each frontend and backend, with all the necessary information to +indicate precisely the first character of the input stream that was +rejected. This is sometimes needed to prove to customers or to developers that a +bug is present in their code. In this case it is often possible to relax the +checks (but still keep the captures) using "option +accept-unsafe-violations-in-http-request" or its equivalent for responses coming +from the server "option accept-unsafe-violations-in-http-response". Please see +the configuration manual for more details. Example :