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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/cmdline-opts/connect-to.d | 21 |
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diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/connect-to.d b/docs/cmdline-opts/connect-to.d index 3fa0568a6..20fbb70cc 100644 --- a/docs/cmdline-opts/connect-to.d +++ b/docs/cmdline-opts/connect-to.d @@ -5,14 +5,17 @@ Added: 7.49.0 See-also: resolve header --- -For a request to the given HOST:PORT pair, connect to -CONNECT-TO-HOST:CONNECT-TO-PORT instead. This option is suitable to direct -requests at a specific server, e.g. at a specific cluster node in a cluster of -servers. This option is only used to establish the network connection. It -does NOT affect the hostname/port that is used for TLS/SSL (e.g. SNI, -certificate verification) or for the application protocols. "host" and "port" -may be the empty string, meaning "any host/port". "connect-to-host" and -"connect-to-port" may also be the empty string, meaning "use the request's -original host/port". +For a request to the given HOST1:PORT1 pair, connect to HOST2:PORT2 instead. +This option is suitable to direct requests at a specific server, e.g. at a +specific cluster node in a cluster of servers. This option is only used to +establish the network connection. It does NOT affect the hostname/port that is +used for TLS/SSL (e.g. SNI, certificate verification) or for the application +protocols. "HOST1" and "PORT1" may be the empty string, meaning "any +host/port". "HOST2" and "PORT2" may also be the empty string, meaning "use the +request's original host/port". + +The "hosts" specified to this optionare compared as strings, so it need to +match the string used in the request URL but can be either numerical such as +"127.0.0.1" or the full host name such as "example.org". This option can be used many times to add many connect rules. |