Perlbal::Manual::WebServer(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Perlbal::Manual::WebServer(3pm)
NAME
Perlbal::Manual::WebServer - Configuring Perlbal as a Web Server
VERSION
Perlbal 1.78.
DESCRIPTION
How to configure a Perlbal Web Server service.
READ ME FIRST
Please read Perlbal::Manual::Configuration first for a better explanation on how to configure Perlbal. This document will make much more
sense after reading that.
Configuring Perlbal as a Web Server
By default, perlbal looks for a configuration file at /etc/perlbal/perlbal.conf.
You can also point perlbal at a different configuration file with the -c flag.
$ perlbal -c /home/user/perlbal.conf
Here's a very simple example where we configure a simple web server that serves an index file under /tmp
CREATE SERVICE perlbal_test
SET role = web_server
SET listen = 0.0.0.0:80
SET docroot = /tmp
ENABLE perlbal_test
The first line creates a service called "perlbal_test". The last line enables that service.
The three parameters state - in order - that the service is a web server, that it listens on all addresses on port 80, and that its
document root is "/tmp".
Parameters
You can set parameters via commands of either forms:
SET <service-name> <param> = <value>
SET <param> = <value>
dirindexing = bool
Show directory indexes when an HTTP request is for a directory. Warning: this is not an async operation, so will slow down Perlbal
on heavily loaded sites.
Default if false.
docroot = directory/root
Directory root for web server.
enable_concatenate_get = bool
Enable Perlbal's multiple-files-in-one-request mode, where a client have use a comma-separated list of files to return, always in
text/plain.
Useful for web apps which have dozens/hundreds of tiny css/js files, and don't trust browsers/etc to do pipelining.
Decreases overall round-trip latency a bunch, but requires app to be modified to support it. See t/17-concat.t test for details.
Default is false.
enable_md5 = bool
Enable verification of the Content-MD5 header in HTTP PUT requests.
Default is true.
enable_delete = bool
Enable HTTP DELETE requests.
Default is false.
enable_put = bool
Enable HTTP PUT requests.
Default is false.
index_files = comma-separated list of filenames
Comma-separated list of filenames to load when a user visits a directory URL, listed in order of preference.
Default is index.html.
max_put_size = size
The maximum content-length that will be accepted for a PUT request, if enable_put is on.
Default is 0, which means there is no limit.
min_put_directory = int
If PUT requests are enabled, require this many levels of directories to already exist. If not, fail.
Default is 0.
server_tokens = bool
Whether to provide a "Server" header.
Perlbal by default adds a header to all replies (such as the web_server role). By setting this default to "off", you can prevent
Perlbal from identifying itself.
Default is "on".
SEE ALSO
Perlbal::Manual::Configuration, Perlbal::Manual::Management.
perl v5.14.2 2012-02-20 Perlbal::Manual::WebServer(3pm)