API Objects Reference
L7 server
A Layer 7 service is a set of listeners.
Service attributes and options define session behavior on the client side of the load balancer, such as maximum number of accepted simultaneous sessions, choice of server farm, and timeouts on the client side.
Service are identified by a name. Allowed characters are alpha-numerics dot, dash, and underscore.
continuous-statistics Jump to heading
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Definition: Continuous traffic statistics updates
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Type:
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Default value: disabled, which means traffic counters are incremented once a session is completed.
| Value | Description |
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| enabled | Enable continuous traffic statistics monitoring |
protocol Jump to heading
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Definition: Protocol analyzer
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Type: enum
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Default value: Layer 4 protocol TCP
| Value | Description |
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| tcp | Layer 4 protocol TCP analyzer |
| http | Layer 7 protocol HTTP analyzer |
log Jump to heading
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Definition: Traffic logs
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Type:
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Default value: Logs are disabled
| Value | Description |
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| enabled | Logs are enabled |
log-format Jump to heading
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Definition: Use log format if logs are enabled
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Type: enum
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Default value: basic log format
| Value | Description |
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| tcp | Advanced TCP log format |
| http | Advanced HTTP log format (fall back to tcp mode if protocolnot set to http) |
| clf | Use common log format defined by Apache (fall back to tcp mode if protocol not set to http) |
Info
This is ignored if log is not set to enabled.
log-ignore-null Jump to heading
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Definition: Prevent logging of open/closed empty connections (no traffic)
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Type: enum
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Default value: Empty connections are logged
| Value | Description |
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| enabled | Log for empty connections are ignored |
| disabled | Empty connections are logged |
http-connection-mode Jump to heading
Info
This attribute is ignored if protocol is not set to http.
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Definition: Defines HTTPkeepalive behavior
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Type: enum
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Default value: tunnel
| Value | Description |
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| tunnel | Connection header is left untouched and body is ignored. |
| passive-close | Connection header is changed and body is ignored. |
| server-close | Connection header set, body scanned, and client-side keep-alive is made possible regardless of server-side capabilities. |
| forced-close | Connection header set, body scanned, and connection closed. |
http-pretend-keepalive Jump to heading
Info
This attribute is ignored if protocol is not set to http.
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Definition: HTTP keepalive announced to the server regardless keepalive status.
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Type: enum
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Default value: disabled
| Value | Description |
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| enabled | Keepalive announcements are enabled |
| disabled | Keepalive announcements are disabled |
client-inactivity-timeout Jump to heading
Caution
It is important to set up this parameter. Otherwise, the load balancer may run out of connection slots.
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Definition: Maximum inactivity time on the client side.
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Type: integer
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Default value: No timeout
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Particular value: 0 means no timeout
http-request-timeout Jump to heading
Caution
It is important to set up this parameter; otherwise, the load balancer may run out of connection slots.
Info
This attribute is ignored if protocol is not set to http.
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Definition: Maximum time to wait for an entire and valid HTTP request (slowlorys protection)
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Type: integer
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Default value: no timeout
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Particular value: 0 means no timeout
max-connections Jump to heading
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Definition: Maximum simultaneous sessions accepted on this service.
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Type: integer
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Default value: No limit
tcpreq-inspect-delay Jump to heading
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Definition: Set the maximum allowed time to wait for data from the client during content inspection.
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Type: integer
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Default value: 0
default-farm Jump to heading
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Definition: Default farm used to process requests.
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Type: integer
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Default value: If there is no default farm, connections are closed.
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