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1 files changed, 74 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/reverseproxy.go b/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/reverseproxy.go
index d353dc1..24389b2 100644
--- a/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/reverseproxy.go
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/reverseproxy.go
@@ -41,15 +41,56 @@ func init() {
}
// Handler implements a highly configurable and production-ready reverse proxy.
+// Upon proxying, this module sets the following placeholders (which can be used
+// both within and after this handler):
+//
+// {http.reverse_proxy.upstream.address}
+// The full address to the upstream as given in the config
+// {http.reverse_proxy.upstream.hostport}
+// The host:port of the upstream
+// {http.reverse_proxy.upstream.host}
+// The host of the upstream
+// {http.reverse_proxy.upstream.port}
+// The port of the upstream
+// {http.reverse_proxy.upstream.requests}
+// The approximate current number of requests to the upstream
+// {http.reverse_proxy.upstream.max_requests}
+// The maximum approximate number of requests allowed to the upstream
+// {http.reverse_proxy.upstream.fails}
+// The number of recent failed requests to the upstream
+//
type Handler struct {
- TransportRaw json.RawMessage `json:"transport,omitempty" caddy:"namespace=http.reverse_proxy.transport inline_key=protocol"`
- CBRaw json.RawMessage `json:"circuit_breaker,omitempty" caddy:"namespace=http.reverse_proxy.circuit_breakers inline_key=type"`
- LoadBalancing *LoadBalancing `json:"load_balancing,omitempty"`
- HealthChecks *HealthChecks `json:"health_checks,omitempty"`
- Upstreams UpstreamPool `json:"upstreams,omitempty"`
- FlushInterval caddy.Duration `json:"flush_interval,omitempty"`
- Headers *headers.Handler `json:"headers,omitempty"`
- BufferRequests bool `json:"buffer_requests,omitempty"`
+ // Configures the method of transport for the proxy. A transport
+ // is what performs the actual "round trip" to the backend.
+ // The default transport is plaintext HTTP.
+ TransportRaw json.RawMessage `json:"transport,omitempty" caddy:"namespace=http.reverse_proxy.transport inline_key=protocol"`
+
+ // A circuit breaker may be used to relieve pressure on a backend
+ // that is beginning to exhibit symptoms of stress or latency.
+ // By default, there is no circuit breaker.
+ CBRaw json.RawMessage `json:"circuit_breaker,omitempty" caddy:"namespace=http.reverse_proxy.circuit_breakers inline_key=type"`
+
+ // Load balancing distributes load/requests between backends.
+ LoadBalancing *LoadBalancing `json:"load_balancing,omitempty"`
+
+ // Health checks update the status of backends, whether they are
+ // up or down. Down backends will not be proxied to.
+ HealthChecks *HealthChecks `json:"health_checks,omitempty"`
+
+ // Upstreams is the list of backends to proxy to.
+ Upstreams UpstreamPool `json:"upstreams,omitempty"`
+
+ // TODO: figure out good defaults and write docs for this
+ // (see https://github.com/caddyserver/caddy/issues/1460)
+ FlushInterval caddy.Duration `json:"flush_interval,omitempty"`
+
+ // Headers manipulates headers between Caddy and the backend.
+ Headers *headers.Handler `json:"headers,omitempty"`
+
+ // If true, the entire request body will be read and buffered
+ // in memory before being proxied to the backend. This should
+ // be avoided if at all possible for performance reasons.
+ BufferRequests bool `json:"buffer_requests,omitempty"`
Transport http.RoundTripper `json:"-"`
CB CircuitBreaker `json:"-"`
@@ -140,7 +181,7 @@ func (h *Handler) Provision(ctx caddy.Context) error {
timeout := time.Duration(h.HealthChecks.Active.Timeout)
if timeout == 0 {
- timeout = 10 * time.Second
+ timeout = 5 * time.Second
}
h.HealthChecks.Active.stopChan = make(chan struct{})
@@ -649,10 +690,30 @@ func removeConnectionHeaders(h http.Header) {
// LoadBalancing has parameters related to load balancing.
type LoadBalancing struct {
- SelectionPolicyRaw json.RawMessage `json:"selection_policy,omitempty" caddy:"namespace=http.reverse_proxy.selection_policies inline_key=policy"`
- TryDuration caddy.Duration `json:"try_duration,omitempty"`
- TryInterval caddy.Duration `json:"try_interval,omitempty"`
- RetryMatchRaw caddyhttp.RawMatcherSets `json:"retry_match,omitempty" caddy:"namespace=http.matchers"`
+ // A selection policy is how to choose an available backend.
+ // The default policy is random selection.
+ SelectionPolicyRaw json.RawMessage `json:"selection_policy,omitempty" caddy:"namespace=http.reverse_proxy.selection_policies inline_key=policy"`
+
+ // How long to try selecting available backends for each request
+ // if the next available host is down. By default, this retry is
+ // disabled. Clients will wait for up to this long while the load
+ // balancer tries to find an available upstream host.
+ TryDuration caddy.Duration `json:"try_duration,omitempty"`
+
+ // How long to wait between selecting the next host from the pool. Default
+ // is 250ms. Only relevant when a request to an upstream host fails. Be
+ // aware that setting this to 0 with a non-zero try_duration can cause the
+ // CPU to spin if all backends are down and latency is very low.
+ TryInterval caddy.Duration `json:"try_interval,omitempty"`
+
+ // A list of matcher sets that restricts with which requests retries are
+ // allowed. A request must match any of the given matcher sets in order
+ // to be retried if the connection to the upstream succeeded but the
+ // subsequent round-trip failed. If the connection to the upstream failed,
+ // a retry is always allowed. If unspecified, only GET requests will be
+ // allowed to be retried. Note that a retry is done with the next available
+ // host according to the load balancing policy.
+ RetryMatchRaw caddyhttp.RawMatcherSets `json:"retry_match,omitempty" caddy:"namespace=http.matchers"`
SelectionPolicy Selector `json:"-"`
RetryMatch caddyhttp.MatcherSets `json:"-"`