From e5c5ce970ffb11bf0f317f94732ce99b5dc87510 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Willy Tarreau Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:27:19 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] [DOC] documentation for the "retries" parameter was missing. --- doc/configuration.txt | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/configuration.txt b/doc/configuration.txt index 65404f564..6e4366662 100644 --- a/doc/configuration.txt +++ b/doc/configuration.txt @@ -2590,6 +2590,28 @@ reqitarpit (ignore case) manipulation +retries + Set the number of retries to perform on a server after a connection failure + May be used in sections: defaults | frontend | listen | backend + yes | no | yes | yes + Arguments : + is the number of times a connection attempt should be retried on + a server when a connection either is refused or times out. The + default value is 3. + + It is important to understand that this value applies to the number of + connection attempts, not full requests. When a connection has effectively + been established to a server, there will be no more retry. + + In order to avoid immediate reconnections to a server which is restarting, + a turn-around timer of 1 second is applied before a retry occurs. + + When "option redispatch" is set, the last retry may be performed on another + server even if a cookie references a different server. + + See also : "option redispatch" + + rspadd Add a header at the end of the HTTP response May be used in sections : defaults | frontend | listen | backend