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authorLoïc Hoguin <[email protected]>2018-11-14 12:32:31 +0100
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Document the proxy_header protocol option
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-rw-r--r--doc/src/manual/cowboy_http.asciidoc71
-rw-r--r--doc/src/manual/cowboy_http2.asciidoc7
2 files changed, 55 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/manual/cowboy_http.asciidoc b/doc/src/manual/cowboy_http.asciidoc
index 3592456..e4706af 100644
--- a/doc/src/manual/cowboy_http.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/src/manual/cowboy_http.asciidoc
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ opts() :: #{
max_request_line_length => non_neg_integer(),
max_skip_body_length => non_neg_integer(),
middlewares => [module()],
+ proxy_header => boolean(),
request_timeout => timeout(),
sendfile => boolean(),
shutdown_timeout => timeout(),
@@ -50,63 +51,87 @@ Ranch functions `ranch:get_protocol_options/1` and
The default value is given next to the option name:
connection_type (supervisor)::
- Whether the connection process also acts as a supervisor.
+
+Whether the connection process also acts as a supervisor.
env (#{})::
- Middleware environment.
+
+Middleware environment.
idle_timeout (60000)::
- Time in ms with no data received before Cowboy closes the connection.
+
+Time in ms with no data received before Cowboy closes the connection.
inactivity_timeout (300000)::
- Time in ms with nothing received at all before Cowboy closes the connection.
+
+Time in ms with nothing received at all before Cowboy closes the connection.
linger_timeout (1000)::
- Time in ms that Cowboy will wait when closing the connection. This is
- necessary to avoid the TCP reset problem as described in the
- https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7230#section-6.6[section 6.6 of RFC7230].
+
+Time in ms that Cowboy will wait when closing the connection. This is
+necessary to avoid the TCP reset problem as described in the
+https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7230#section-6.6[section 6.6 of RFC7230].
max_empty_lines (5)::
- Maximum number of empty lines before a request.
+
+Maximum number of empty lines before a request.
max_header_name_length (64)::
- Maximum length of header names.
+
+Maximum length of header names.
max_header_value_length (4096)::
- Maximum length of header values.
+
+Maximum length of header values.
max_headers (100)::
- Maximum number of headers allowed per request.
+
+Maximum number of headers allowed per request.
max_keepalive (100)::
- Maximum number of requests allowed per connection.
+
+Maximum number of requests allowed per connection.
max_method_length (32)::
- Maximum length of the method.
+
+Maximum length of the method.
max_request_line_length (8000)::
- Maximum length of the request line.
+
+Maximum length of the request line.
max_skip_body_length (1000000)::
- Maximum length Cowboy is willing to skip when the user code did not read the body fully.
- When the remaining length is too large or unknown Cowboy will close the connection.
+
+Maximum length Cowboy is willing to skip when the user code did not read the body fully.
+When the remaining length is too large or unknown Cowboy will close the connection.
middlewares ([cowboy_router, cowboy_handler])::
- Middlewares to run for every request.
+
+Middlewares to run for every request.
+
+proxy_header (false)::
+
+Whether incoming connections have a PROXY protocol header. The
+proxy information will be passed forward via the `proxy_header`
+key of the Req object.
request_timeout (5000)::
- Time in ms with no requests before Cowboy closes the connection.
+
+Time in ms with no requests before Cowboy closes the connection.
sendfile (true)::
- Whether the sendfile syscall may be used. It can be useful to disable
- it on systems where the syscall has a buggy implementation, for example
- under VirtualBox when using shared folders.
+
+Whether the sendfile syscall may be used. It can be useful to disable
+it on systems where the syscall has a buggy implementation, for example
+under VirtualBox when using shared folders.
shutdown_timeout (5000)::
- Time in ms Cowboy will wait for child processes to shut down before killing them.
+
+Time in ms Cowboy will wait for child processes to shut down before killing them.
stream_handlers ([cowboy_stream_h])::
- Ordered list of stream handlers that will handle all stream events.
+
+Ordered list of stream handlers that will handle all stream events.
== Changelog
diff --git a/doc/src/manual/cowboy_http2.asciidoc b/doc/src/manual/cowboy_http2.asciidoc
index ea7110b..014fa9c 100644
--- a/doc/src/manual/cowboy_http2.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/src/manual/cowboy_http2.asciidoc
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ opts() :: #{
max_frame_size_sent => 16384..16777215 | infinity,
middlewares => [module()],
preface_timeout => timeout(),
+ proxy_header => boolean(),
sendfile => boolean(),
settings_timeout => timeout(),
shutdown_timeout => timeout(),
@@ -120,6 +121,12 @@ preface_timeout (5000)::
Time in ms Cowboy is willing to wait for the connection preface.
+proxy_header (false)::
+
+Whether incoming connections have a PROXY protocol header. The
+proxy information will be passed forward via the `proxy_header`
+key of the Req object.
+
sendfile (true)::
Whether the sendfile syscall may be used. It can be useful to disable