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+.TH "NGHTTPX" "1" "Feb 13, 2023" "1.52.0" "nghttp2"
+.SH NAME
+nghttpx \- HTTP/2 proxy
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.sp
+\fBnghttpx\fP [OPTIONS]... [<PRIVATE_KEY> <CERT>]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.sp
+A reverse proxy for HTTP/3, HTTP/2, and HTTP/1.
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B <PRIVATE_KEY>
+Set path to server\(aqs private key. Required unless
+"no\-tls" parameter is used in \fI\%\-\-frontend\fP option.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B <CERT>
+Set path to server\(aqs certificate. Required unless
+"no\-tls" parameter is used in \fI\%\-\-frontend\fP option. To
+make OCSP stapling work, this must be an absolute path.
+.UNINDENT
+.SH OPTIONS
+.sp
+The options are categorized into several groups.
+.SS Connections
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-b, \-\-backend=(<HOST>,<PORT>|unix:<PATH>)[;[<PATTERN>[:...]][[;<PARAM>]...]
+Set backend host and port. The multiple backend
+addresses are accepted by repeating this option. UNIX
+domain socket can be specified by prefixing path name
+with "unix:" (e.g., unix:/var/run/backend.sock).
+.sp
+Optionally, if <PATTERN>s are given, the backend address
+is only used if request matches the pattern. The
+pattern matching is closely designed to ServeMux in
+net/http package of Go programming language. <PATTERN>
+consists of path, host + path or just host. The path
+must start with "\fI/\fP". If it ends with "\fI/\fP", it matches
+all request path in its subtree. To deal with the
+request to the directory without trailing slash, the
+path which ends with "\fI/\fP" also matches the request path
+which only lacks trailing \(aq\fI/\fP\(aq (e.g., path "\fI/foo/\fP"
+matches request path "\fI/foo\fP"). If it does not end with
+"\fI/\fP", it performs exact match against the request path.
+If host is given, it performs a match against the
+request host. For a request received on the frontend
+listener with "sni\-fwd" parameter enabled, SNI host is
+used instead of a request host. If host alone is given,
+"\fI/\fP" is appended to it, so that it matches all request
+paths under the host (e.g., specifying "nghttp2.org"
+equals to "nghttp2.org/"). CONNECT method is treated
+specially. It does not have path, and we don\(aqt allow
+empty path. To workaround this, we assume that CONNECT
+method has "\fI/\fP" as path.
+.sp
+Patterns with host take precedence over patterns with
+just path. Then, longer patterns take precedence over
+shorter ones.
+.sp
+Host can include "*" in the left most position to
+indicate wildcard match (only suffix match is done).
+The "*" must match at least one character. For example,
+host pattern "*.nghttp2.org" matches against
+"www.nghttp2.org" and "git.ngttp2.org", but does not
+match against "nghttp2.org". The exact hosts match
+takes precedence over the wildcard hosts match.
+.sp
+If path part ends with "*", it is treated as wildcard
+path. The wildcard path behaves differently from the
+normal path. For normal path, match is made around the
+boundary of path component separator,"\fI/\fP". On the other
+hand, the wildcard path does not take into account the
+path component separator. All paths which include the
+wildcard path without last "*" as prefix, and are
+strictly longer than wildcard path without last "*" are
+matched. "*" must match at least one character. For
+example, the pattern "\fI/foo*\fP" matches "\fI/foo/\fP" and
+"\fI/foobar\fP". But it does not match "\fI/foo\fP", or "\fI/fo\fP".
+.sp
+If <PATTERN> is omitted or empty string, "\fI/\fP" is used as
+pattern, which matches all request paths (catch\-all
+pattern). The catch\-all backend must be given.
+.sp
+When doing a match, nghttpx made some normalization to
+pattern, request host and path. For host part, they are
+converted to lower case. For path part, percent\-encoded
+unreserved characters defined in RFC 3986 are decoded,
+and any dot\-segments (".." and ".") are resolved and
+removed.
+.sp
+For example, \fI\%\-b\fP\(aq127.0.0.1,8080;nghttp2.org/httpbin/\(aq
+matches the request host "nghttp2.org" and the request
+path "\fI/httpbin/get\fP", but does not match the request host
+"nghttp2.org" and the request path "\fI/index.html\fP".
+.sp
+The multiple <PATTERN>s can be specified, delimiting
+them by ":". Specifying
+\fI\%\-b\fP\(aq127.0.0.1,8080;nghttp2.org:www.nghttp2.org\(aq has the
+same effect to specify \fI\%\-b\fP\(aq127.0.0.1,8080;nghttp2.org\(aq
+and \fI\%\-b\fP\(aq127.0.0.1,8080;www.nghttp2.org\(aq.
+.sp
+The backend addresses sharing same <PATTERN> are grouped
+together forming load balancing group.
+.sp
+Several parameters <PARAM> are accepted after <PATTERN>.
+The parameters are delimited by ";". The available
+parameters are: "proto=<PROTO>", "tls",
+"sni=<SNI_HOST>", "fall=<N>", "rise=<N>",
+"affinity=<METHOD>", "dns", "redirect\-if\-not\-tls",
+"upgrade\-scheme", "mruby=<PATH>",
+"read\-timeout=<DURATION>", "write\-timeout=<DURATION>",
+"group=<GROUP>", "group\-weight=<N>", "weight=<N>", and
+"dnf". The parameter consists of keyword, and
+optionally followed by "=" and value. For example, the
+parameter "proto=h2" consists of the keyword "proto" and
+value "h2". The parameter "tls" consists of the keyword
+"tls" without value. Each parameter is described as
+follows.
+.sp
+The backend application protocol can be specified using
+optional "proto" parameter, and in the form of
+"proto=<PROTO>". <PROTO> should be one of the following
+list without quotes: "h2", "http/1.1". The default
+value of <PROTO> is "http/1.1". Note that usually "h2"
+refers to HTTP/2 over TLS. But in this option, it may
+mean HTTP/2 over cleartext TCP unless "tls" keyword is
+used (see below).
+.sp
+TLS can be enabled by specifying optional "tls"
+parameter. TLS is not enabled by default.
+.sp
+With "sni=<SNI_HOST>" parameter, it can override the TLS
+SNI field value with given <SNI_HOST>. This will
+default to the backend <HOST> name
+.sp
+The feature to detect whether backend is online or
+offline can be enabled using optional "fall" and "rise"
+parameters. Using "fall=<N>" parameter, if nghttpx
+cannot connect to a this backend <N> times in a row,
+this backend is assumed to be offline, and it is
+excluded from load balancing. If <N> is 0, this backend
+never be excluded from load balancing whatever times
+nghttpx cannot connect to it, and this is the default.
+There is also "rise=<N>" parameter. After backend was
+excluded from load balancing group, nghttpx periodically
+attempts to make a connection to the failed backend, and
+if the connection is made successfully <N> times in a
+row, the backend is assumed to be online, and it is now
+eligible for load balancing target. If <N> is 0, a
+backend is permanently offline, once it goes in that
+state, and this is the default behaviour.
+.sp
+The session affinity is enabled using
+"affinity=<METHOD>" parameter. If "ip" is given in
+<METHOD>, client IP based session affinity is enabled.
+If "cookie" is given in <METHOD>, cookie based session
+affinity is enabled. If "none" is given in <METHOD>,
+session affinity is disabled, and this is the default.
+The session affinity is enabled per <PATTERN>. If at
+least one backend has "affinity" parameter, and its
+<METHOD> is not "none", session affinity is enabled for
+all backend servers sharing the same <PATTERN>. It is
+advised to set "affinity" parameter to all backend
+explicitly if session affinity is desired. The session
+affinity may break if one of the backend gets
+unreachable, or backend settings are reloaded or
+replaced by API.
+.sp
+If "affinity=cookie" is used, the additional
+configuration is required.
+"affinity\-cookie\-name=<NAME>" must be used to specify a
+name of cookie to use. Optionally,
+"affinity\-cookie\-path=<PATH>" can be used to specify a
+path which cookie is applied. The optional
+"affinity\-cookie\-secure=<SECURE>" controls the Secure
+attribute of a cookie. The default value is "auto", and
+the Secure attribute is determined by a request scheme.
+If a request scheme is "https", then Secure attribute is
+set. Otherwise, it is not set. If <SECURE> is "yes",
+the Secure attribute is always set. If <SECURE> is
+"no", the Secure attribute is always omitted.
+"affinity\-cookie\-stickiness=<STICKINESS>" controls
+stickiness of this affinity. If <STICKINESS> is
+"loose", removing or adding a backend server might break
+the affinity and the request might be forwarded to a
+different backend server. If <STICKINESS> is "strict",
+removing the designated backend server breaks affinity,
+but adding new backend server does not cause breakage.
+If the designated backend server becomes unavailable,
+new backend server is chosen as if the request does not
+have an affinity cookie. <STICKINESS> defaults to
+"loose".
+.sp
+By default, name resolution of backend host name is done
+at start up, or reloading configuration. If "dns"
+parameter is given, name resolution takes place
+dynamically. This is useful if backend address changes
+frequently. If "dns" is given, name resolution of
+backend host name at start up, or reloading
+configuration is skipped.
+.sp
+If "redirect\-if\-not\-tls" parameter is used, the matched
+backend requires that frontend connection is TLS
+encrypted. If it isn\(aqt, nghttpx responds to the request
+with 308 status code, and https URI the client should
+use instead is included in Location header field. The
+port number in redirect URI is 443 by default, and can
+be changed using \fI\%\-\-redirect\-https\-port\fP option. If at
+least one backend has "redirect\-if\-not\-tls" parameter,
+this feature is enabled for all backend servers sharing
+the same <PATTERN>. It is advised to set
+"redirect\-if\-no\-tls" parameter to all backends
+explicitly if this feature is desired.
+.sp
+If "upgrade\-scheme" parameter is used along with "tls"
+parameter, HTTP/2 :scheme pseudo header field is changed
+to "https" from "http" when forwarding a request to this
+particular backend. This is a workaround for a backend
+server which requires "https" :scheme pseudo header
+field on TLS encrypted connection.
+.sp
+"mruby=<PATH>" parameter specifies a path to mruby
+script file which is invoked when this pattern is
+matched. All backends which share the same pattern must
+have the same mruby path.
+.sp
+"read\-timeout=<DURATION>" and "write\-timeout=<DURATION>"
+parameters specify the read and write timeout of the
+backend connection when this pattern is matched. All
+backends which share the same pattern must have the same
+timeouts. If these timeouts are entirely omitted for a
+pattern, \fI\%\-\-backend\-read\-timeout\fP and
+\fI\%\-\-backend\-write\-timeout\fP are used.
+.sp
+"group=<GROUP>" parameter specifies the name of group
+this backend address belongs to. By default, it belongs
+to the unnamed default group. The name of group is
+unique per pattern. "group\-weight=<N>" parameter
+specifies the weight of the group. The higher weight
+gets more frequently selected by the load balancing
+algorithm. <N> must be [1, 256] inclusive. The weight
+8 has 4 times more weight than 2. <N> must be the same
+for all addresses which share the same <GROUP>. If
+"group\-weight" is omitted in an address, but the other
+address which belongs to the same group specifies
+"group\-weight", its weight is used. If no
+"group\-weight" is specified for all addresses, the
+weight of a group becomes 1. "group" and "group\-weight"
+are ignored if session affinity is enabled.
+.sp
+"weight=<N>" parameter specifies the weight of the
+backend address inside a group which this address
+belongs to. The higher weight gets more frequently
+selected by the load balancing algorithm. <N> must be
+[1, 256] inclusive. The weight 8 has 4 times more
+weight than weight 2. If this parameter is omitted,
+weight becomes 1. "weight" is ignored if session
+affinity is enabled.
+.sp
+If "dnf" parameter is specified, an incoming request is
+not forwarded to a backend and just consumed along with
+the request body (actually a backend server never be
+contacted). It is expected that the HTTP response is
+generated by mruby script (see "mruby=<PATH>" parameter
+above). "dnf" is an abbreviation of "do not forward".
+.sp
+Since ";" and ":" are used as delimiter, <PATTERN> must
+not contain these characters. In order to include ":"
+in <PATTERN>, one has to specify "%3A" (which is
+percent\-encoded from of ":") instead. Since ";" has
+special meaning in shell, the option value must be
+quoted.
+.sp
+Default: \fB127.0.0.1,80\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-f, \-\-frontend=(<HOST>,<PORT>|unix:<PATH>)[[;<PARAM>]...]
+Set frontend host and port. If <HOST> is \(aq*\(aq, it
+assumes all addresses including both IPv4 and IPv6.
+UNIX domain socket can be specified by prefixing path
+name with "unix:" (e.g., unix:/var/run/nghttpx.sock).
+This option can be used multiple times to listen to
+multiple addresses.
+.sp
+This option can take 0 or more parameters, which are
+described below. Note that "api" and "healthmon"
+parameters are mutually exclusive.
+.sp
+Optionally, TLS can be disabled by specifying "no\-tls"
+parameter. TLS is enabled by default.
+.sp
+If "sni\-fwd" parameter is used, when performing a match
+to select a backend server, SNI host name received from
+the client is used instead of the request host. See
+\fI\%\-\-backend\fP option about the pattern match.
+.sp
+To make this frontend as API endpoint, specify "api"
+parameter. This is disabled by default. It is
+important to limit the access to the API frontend.
+Otherwise, someone may change the backend server, and
+break your services, or expose confidential information
+to the outside the world.
+.sp
+To make this frontend as health monitor endpoint,
+specify "healthmon" parameter. This is disabled by
+default. Any requests which come through this address
+are replied with 200 HTTP status, without no body.
+.sp
+To accept PROXY protocol version 1 and 2 on frontend
+connection, specify "proxyproto" parameter. This is
+disabled by default.
+.sp
+To receive HTTP/3 (QUIC) traffic, specify "quic"
+parameter. It makes nghttpx listen on UDP port rather
+than TCP port. UNIX domain socket, "api", and
+"healthmon" parameters cannot be used with "quic"
+parameter.
+.sp
+Default: \fB*,3000\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-backlog=<N>
+Set listen backlog size.
+.sp
+Default: \fB65536\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-backend\-address\-family=(auto|IPv4|IPv6)
+Specify address family of backend connections. If
+"auto" is given, both IPv4 and IPv6 are considered. If
+"IPv4" is given, only IPv4 address is considered. If
+"IPv6" is given, only IPv6 address is considered.
+.sp
+Default: \fBauto\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-backend\-http\-proxy\-uri=<URI>
+Specify proxy URI in the form
+\fI\%http:/\fP/[<USER>:<PASS>@]<PROXY>:<PORT>. If a proxy
+requires authentication, specify <USER> and <PASS>.
+Note that they must be properly percent\-encoded. This
+proxy is used when the backend connection is HTTP/2.
+First, make a CONNECT request to the proxy and it
+connects to the backend on behalf of nghttpx. This
+forms tunnel. After that, nghttpx performs SSL/TLS
+handshake with the downstream through the tunnel. The
+timeouts when connecting and making CONNECT request can
+be specified by \fI\%\-\-backend\-read\-timeout\fP and
+\fI\%\-\-backend\-write\-timeout\fP options.
+.UNINDENT
+.SS Performance
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-n, \-\-workers=<N>
+Set the number of worker threads.
+.sp
+Default: \fB1\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-single\-thread
+Run everything in one thread inside the worker process.
+This feature is provided for better debugging
+experience, or for the platforms which lack thread
+support. If threading is disabled, this option is
+always enabled.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-read\-rate=<SIZE>
+Set maximum average read rate on frontend connection.
+Setting 0 to this option means read rate is unlimited.
+.sp
+Default: \fB0\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-read\-burst=<SIZE>
+Set maximum read burst size on frontend connection.
+Setting 0 to this option means read burst size is
+unlimited.
+.sp
+Default: \fB0\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-write\-rate=<SIZE>
+Set maximum average write rate on frontend connection.
+Setting 0 to this option means write rate is unlimited.
+.sp
+Default: \fB0\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-write\-burst=<SIZE>
+Set maximum write burst size on frontend connection.
+Setting 0 to this option means write burst size is
+unlimited.
+.sp
+Default: \fB0\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-worker\-read\-rate=<SIZE>
+Set maximum average read rate on frontend connection per
+worker. Setting 0 to this option means read rate is
+unlimited. Not implemented yet.
+.sp
+Default: \fB0\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-worker\-read\-burst=<SIZE>
+Set maximum read burst size on frontend connection per
+worker. Setting 0 to this option means read burst size
+is unlimited. Not implemented yet.
+.sp
+Default: \fB0\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-worker\-write\-rate=<SIZE>
+Set maximum average write rate on frontend connection
+per worker. Setting 0 to this option means write rate
+is unlimited. Not implemented yet.
+.sp
+Default: \fB0\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-worker\-write\-burst=<SIZE>
+Set maximum write burst size on frontend connection per
+worker. Setting 0 to this option means write burst size
+is unlimited. Not implemented yet.
+.sp
+Default: \fB0\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-worker\-frontend\-connections=<N>
+Set maximum number of simultaneous connections frontend
+accepts. Setting 0 means unlimited.
+.sp
+Default: \fB0\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-backend\-connections\-per\-host=<N>
+Set maximum number of backend concurrent connections
+(and/or streams in case of HTTP/2) per origin host.
+This option is meaningful when \fI\%\-\-http2\-proxy\fP option is
+used. The origin host is determined by authority
+portion of request URI (or :authority header field for
+HTTP/2). To limit the number of connections per
+frontend for default mode, use
+\fI\%\-\-backend\-connections\-per\-frontend\fP\&.
+.sp
+Default: \fB8\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-backend\-connections\-per\-frontend=<N>
+Set maximum number of backend concurrent connections
+(and/or streams in case of HTTP/2) per frontend. This
+option is only used for default mode. 0 means
+unlimited. To limit the number of connections per host
+with \fI\%\-\-http2\-proxy\fP option, use
+\fI\%\-\-backend\-connections\-per\-host\fP\&.
+.sp
+Default: \fB0\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-rlimit\-nofile=<N>
+Set maximum number of open files (RLIMIT_NOFILE) to <N>.
+If 0 is given, nghttpx does not set the limit.
+.sp
+Default: \fB0\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-rlimit\-memlock=<N>
+Set maximum number of bytes of memory that may be locked
+into RAM. If 0 is given, nghttpx does not set the
+limit.
+.sp
+Default: \fB0\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-backend\-request\-buffer=<SIZE>
+Set buffer size used to store backend request.
+.sp
+Default: \fB16K\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-backend\-response\-buffer=<SIZE>
+Set buffer size used to store backend response.
+.sp
+Default: \fB128K\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-fastopen=<N>
+Enables "TCP Fast Open" for the listening socket and
+limits the maximum length for the queue of connections
+that have not yet completed the three\-way handshake. If
+value is 0 then fast open is disabled.
+.sp
+Default: \fB0\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-no\-kqueue
+Don\(aqt use kqueue. This option is only applicable for
+the platforms which have kqueue. For other platforms,
+this option will be simply ignored.
+.UNINDENT
+.SS Timeout
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-frontend\-http2\-read\-timeout=<DURATION>
+Specify read timeout for HTTP/2 frontend connection.
+.sp
+Default: \fB3m\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-frontend\-http3\-read\-timeout=<DURATION>
+Specify read timeout for HTTP/3 frontend connection.
+.sp
+Default: \fB3m\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-frontend\-read\-timeout=<DURATION>
+Specify read timeout for HTTP/1.1 frontend connection.
+.sp
+Default: \fB1m\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-frontend\-write\-timeout=<DURATION>
+Specify write timeout for all frontend connections.
+.sp
+Default: \fB30s\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-frontend\-keep\-alive\-timeout=<DURATION>
+Specify keep\-alive timeout for frontend HTTP/1
+connection.
+.sp
+Default: \fB1m\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-stream\-read\-timeout=<DURATION>
+Specify read timeout for HTTP/2 streams. 0 means no
+timeout.
+.sp
+Default: \fB0\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-stream\-write\-timeout=<DURATION>
+Specify write timeout for HTTP/2 streams. 0 means no
+timeout.
+.sp
+Default: \fB1m\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-backend\-read\-timeout=<DURATION>
+Specify read timeout for backend connection.
+.sp
+Default: \fB1m\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-backend\-write\-timeout=<DURATION>
+Specify write timeout for backend connection.
+.sp
+Default: \fB30s\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-backend\-connect\-timeout=<DURATION>
+Specify timeout before establishing TCP connection to
+backend.
+.sp
+Default: \fB30s\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-backend\-keep\-alive\-timeout=<DURATION>
+Specify keep\-alive timeout for backend HTTP/1
+connection.
+.sp
+Default: \fB2s\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-listener\-disable\-timeout=<DURATION>
+After accepting connection failed, connection listener
+is disabled for a given amount of time. Specifying 0
+disables this feature.
+.sp
+Default: \fB30s\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-frontend\-http2\-setting\-timeout=<DURATION>
+Specify timeout before SETTINGS ACK is received from
+client.
+.sp
+Default: \fB10s\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-backend\-http2\-settings\-timeout=<DURATION>
+Specify timeout before SETTINGS ACK is received from
+backend server.
+.sp
+Default: \fB10s\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-backend\-max\-backoff=<DURATION>
+Specify maximum backoff interval. This is used when
+doing health check against offline backend (see "fail"
+parameter in \fI\%\-\-backend\fP option). It is also used to
+limit the maximum interval to temporarily disable
+backend when nghttpx failed to connect to it. These
+intervals are calculated using exponential backoff, and
+consecutive failed attempts increase the interval. This
+option caps its maximum value.
+.sp
+Default: \fB2m\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.SS SSL/TLS
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-ciphers=<SUITE>
+Set allowed cipher list for frontend connection. The
+format of the string is described in OpenSSL ciphers(1).
+This option sets cipher suites for TLSv1.2 or earlier.
+Use \fI\%\-\-tls13\-ciphers\fP for TLSv1.3.
+.sp
+Default: \fBECDHE\-ECDSA\-AES128\-GCM\-SHA256:ECDHE\-RSA\-AES128\-GCM\-SHA256:ECDHE\-ECDSA\-AES256\-GCM\-SHA384:ECDHE\-RSA\-AES256\-GCM\-SHA384:ECDHE\-ECDSA\-CHACHA20\-POLY1305:ECDHE\-RSA\-CHACHA20\-POLY1305:DHE\-RSA\-AES128\-GCM\-SHA256:DHE\-RSA\-AES256\-GCM\-SHA384\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-tls13\-ciphers=<SUITE>
+Set allowed cipher list for frontend connection. The
+format of the string is described in OpenSSL ciphers(1).
+This option sets cipher suites for TLSv1.3. Use
+\fI\%\-\-ciphers\fP for TLSv1.2 or earlier.
+.sp
+Default: \fBTLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-client\-ciphers=<SUITE>
+Set allowed cipher list for backend connection. The
+format of the string is described in OpenSSL ciphers(1).
+This option sets cipher suites for TLSv1.2 or earlier.
+Use \fI\%\-\-tls13\-client\-ciphers\fP for TLSv1.3.
+.sp
+Default: \fBECDHE\-ECDSA\-AES128\-GCM\-SHA256:ECDHE\-RSA\-AES128\-GCM\-SHA256:ECDHE\-ECDSA\-AES256\-GCM\-SHA384:ECDHE\-RSA\-AES256\-GCM\-SHA384:ECDHE\-ECDSA\-CHACHA20\-POLY1305:ECDHE\-RSA\-CHACHA20\-POLY1305:DHE\-RSA\-AES128\-GCM\-SHA256:DHE\-RSA\-AES256\-GCM\-SHA384\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-tls13\-client\-ciphers=<SUITE>
+Set allowed cipher list for backend connection. The
+format of the string is described in OpenSSL ciphers(1).
+This option sets cipher suites for TLSv1.3. Use
+\fI\%\-\-tls13\-client\-ciphers\fP for TLSv1.2 or earlier.
+.sp
+Default: \fBTLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-ecdh\-curves=<LIST>
+Set supported curve list for frontend connections.
+<LIST> is a colon separated list of curve NID or names
+in the preference order. The supported curves depend on
+the linked OpenSSL library. This function requires
+OpenSSL >= 1.0.2.
+.sp
+Default: \fBX25519:P\-256:P\-384:P\-521\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-k, \-\-insecure
+Don\(aqt verify backend server\(aqs certificate if TLS is
+enabled for backend connections.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-cacert=<PATH>
+Set path to trusted CA certificate file. It is used in
+backend TLS connections to verify peer\(aqs certificate.
+It is also used to verify OCSP response from the script
+set by \fI\%\-\-fetch\-ocsp\-response\-file\fP\&. The file must be in
+PEM format. It can contain multiple certificates. If
+the linked OpenSSL is configured to load system wide
+certificates, they are loaded at startup regardless of
+this option.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-private\-key\-passwd\-file=<PATH>
+Path to file that contains password for the server\(aqs
+private key. If none is given and the private key is
+password protected it\(aqll be requested interactively.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-subcert=<KEYPATH>:<CERTPATH>[[;<PARAM>]...]
+Specify additional certificate and private key file.
+nghttpx will choose certificates based on the hostname
+indicated by client using TLS SNI extension. If nghttpx
+is built with OpenSSL >= 1.0.2, the shared elliptic
+curves (e.g., P\-256) between client and server are also
+taken into consideration. This allows nghttpx to send
+ECDSA certificate to modern clients, while sending RSA
+based certificate to older clients. This option can be
+used multiple times. To make OCSP stapling work,
+<CERTPATH> must be absolute path.
+.sp
+Additional parameter can be specified in <PARAM>. The
+available <PARAM> is "sct\-dir=<DIR>".
+.sp
+"sct\-dir=<DIR>" specifies the path to directory which
+contains *.sct files for TLS
+signed_certificate_timestamp extension (RFC 6962). This
+feature requires OpenSSL >= 1.0.2. See also
+\fI\%\-\-tls\-sct\-dir\fP option.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-dh\-param\-file=<PATH>
+Path to file that contains DH parameters in PEM format.
+Without this option, DHE cipher suites are not
+available.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-npn\-list=<LIST>
+Comma delimited list of ALPN protocol identifier sorted
+in the order of preference. That means most desirable
+protocol comes first. This is used in both ALPN and
+NPN. The parameter must be delimited by a single comma
+only and any white spaces are treated as a part of
+protocol string.
+.sp
+Default: \fBh2,h2\-16,h2\-14,http/1.1\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-verify\-client
+Require and verify client certificate.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-verify\-client\-cacert=<PATH>
+Path to file that contains CA certificates to verify
+client certificate. The file must be in PEM format. It
+can contain multiple certificates.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-verify\-client\-tolerate\-expired
+Accept expired client certificate. Operator should
+handle the expired client certificate by some means
+(e.g., mruby script). Otherwise, this option might
+cause a security risk.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-client\-private\-key\-file=<PATH>
+Path to file that contains client private key used in
+backend client authentication.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-client\-cert\-file=<PATH>
+Path to file that contains client certificate used in
+backend client authentication.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-tls\-min\-proto\-version=<VER>
+Specify minimum SSL/TLS protocol. The name matching is
+done in case\-insensitive manner. The versions between
+\fI\%\-\-tls\-min\-proto\-version\fP and \fI\%\-\-tls\-max\-proto\-version\fP are
+enabled. If the protocol list advertised by client does
+not overlap this range, you will receive the error
+message "unknown protocol". If a protocol version lower
+than TLSv1.2 is specified, make sure that the compatible
+ciphers are included in \fI\%\-\-ciphers\fP option. The default
+cipher list only includes ciphers compatible with
+TLSv1.2 or above. The available versions are:
+TLSv1.3, TLSv1.2, TLSv1.1, and TLSv1.0
+.sp
+Default: \fBTLSv1.2\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-tls\-max\-proto\-version=<VER>
+Specify maximum SSL/TLS protocol. The name matching is
+done in case\-insensitive manner. The versions between
+\fI\%\-\-tls\-min\-proto\-version\fP and \fI\%\-\-tls\-max\-proto\-version\fP are
+enabled. If the protocol list advertised by client does
+not overlap this range, you will receive the error
+message "unknown protocol". The available versions are:
+TLSv1.3, TLSv1.2, TLSv1.1, and TLSv1.0
+.sp
+Default: \fBTLSv1.3\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-tls\-ticket\-key\-file=<PATH>
+Path to file that contains random data to construct TLS
+session ticket parameters. If aes\-128\-cbc is given in
+\fI\%\-\-tls\-ticket\-key\-cipher\fP, the file must contain exactly
+48 bytes. If aes\-256\-cbc is given in
+\fI\%\-\-tls\-ticket\-key\-cipher\fP, the file must contain exactly
+80 bytes. This options can be used repeatedly to
+specify multiple ticket parameters. If several files
+are given, only the first key is used to encrypt TLS
+session tickets. Other keys are accepted but server
+will issue new session ticket with first key. This
+allows session key rotation. Please note that key
+rotation does not occur automatically. User should
+rearrange files or change options values and restart
+nghttpx gracefully. If opening or reading given file
+fails, all loaded keys are discarded and it is treated
+as if none of this option is given. If this option is
+not given or an error occurred while opening or reading
+a file, key is generated every 1 hour internally and
+they are valid for 12 hours. This is recommended if
+ticket key sharing between nghttpx instances is not
+required.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-tls\-ticket\-key\-memcached=<HOST>,<PORT>[;tls]
+Specify address of memcached server to get TLS ticket
+keys for session resumption. This enables shared TLS
+ticket key between multiple nghttpx instances. nghttpx
+does not set TLS ticket key to memcached. The external
+ticket key generator is required. nghttpx just gets TLS
+ticket keys from memcached, and use them, possibly
+replacing current set of keys. It is up to extern TLS
+ticket key generator to rotate keys frequently. See
+"TLS SESSION TICKET RESUMPTION" section in manual page
+to know the data format in memcached entry. Optionally,
+memcached connection can be encrypted with TLS by
+specifying "tls" parameter.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-tls\-ticket\-key\-memcached\-address\-family=(auto|IPv4|IPv6)
+Specify address family of memcached connections to get
+TLS ticket keys. If "auto" is given, both IPv4 and IPv6
+are considered. If "IPv4" is given, only IPv4 address
+is considered. If "IPv6" is given, only IPv6 address is
+considered.
+.sp
+Default: \fBauto\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-tls\-ticket\-key\-memcached\-interval=<DURATION>
+Set interval to get TLS ticket keys from memcached.
+.sp
+Default: \fB10m\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-tls\-ticket\-key\-memcached\-max\-retry=<N>
+Set maximum number of consecutive retries before
+abandoning TLS ticket key retrieval. If this number is
+reached, the attempt is considered as failure, and
+"failure" count is incremented by 1, which contributed
+to the value controlled
+\fI\%\-\-tls\-ticket\-key\-memcached\-max\-fail\fP option.
+.sp
+Default: \fB3\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-tls\-ticket\-key\-memcached\-max\-fail=<N>
+Set maximum number of consecutive failure before
+disabling TLS ticket until next scheduled key retrieval.
+.sp
+Default: \fB2\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-tls\-ticket\-key\-cipher=<CIPHER>
+Specify cipher to encrypt TLS session ticket. Specify
+either aes\-128\-cbc or aes\-256\-cbc. By default,
+aes\-128\-cbc is used.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-tls\-ticket\-key\-memcached\-cert\-file=<PATH>
+Path to client certificate for memcached connections to
+get TLS ticket keys.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-tls\-ticket\-key\-memcached\-private\-key\-file=<PATH>
+Path to client private key for memcached connections to
+get TLS ticket keys.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-fetch\-ocsp\-response\-file=<PATH>
+Path to fetch\-ocsp\-response script file. It should be
+absolute path.
+.sp
+Default: \fB/usr/local/share/nghttp2/fetch\-ocsp\-response\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-ocsp\-update\-interval=<DURATION>
+Set interval to update OCSP response cache.
+.sp
+Default: \fB4h\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-ocsp\-startup
+Start accepting connections after initial attempts to
+get OCSP responses finish. It does not matter some of
+the attempts fail. This feature is useful if OCSP
+responses must be available before accepting
+connections.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-no\-verify\-ocsp
+nghttpx does not verify OCSP response.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-no\-ocsp
+Disable OCSP stapling.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-tls\-session\-cache\-memcached=<HOST>,<PORT>[;tls]
+Specify address of memcached server to store session
+cache. This enables shared session cache between
+multiple nghttpx instances. Optionally, memcached
+connection can be encrypted with TLS by specifying "tls"
+parameter.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-tls\-session\-cache\-memcached\-address\-family=(auto|IPv4|IPv6)
+Specify address family of memcached connections to store
+session cache. If "auto" is given, both IPv4 and IPv6
+are considered. If "IPv4" is given, only IPv4 address
+is considered. If "IPv6" is given, only IPv6 address is
+considered.
+.sp
+Default: \fBauto\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-tls\-session\-cache\-memcached\-cert\-file=<PATH>
+Path to client certificate for memcached connections to
+store session cache.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-tls\-session\-cache\-memcached\-private\-key\-file=<PATH>
+Path to client private key for memcached connections to
+store session cache.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-tls\-dyn\-rec\-warmup\-threshold=<SIZE>
+Specify the threshold size for TLS dynamic record size
+behaviour. During a TLS session, after the threshold
+number of bytes have been written, the TLS record size
+will be increased to the maximum allowed (16K). The max
+record size will continue to be used on the active TLS
+session. After \fI\%\-\-tls\-dyn\-rec\-idle\-timeout\fP has elapsed,
+the record size is reduced to 1300 bytes. Specify 0 to
+always use the maximum record size, regardless of idle
+period. This behaviour applies to all TLS based
+frontends, and TLS HTTP/2 backends.
+.sp
+Default: \fB1M\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-tls\-dyn\-rec\-idle\-timeout=<DURATION>
+Specify TLS dynamic record size behaviour timeout. See
+\fI\%\-\-tls\-dyn\-rec\-warmup\-threshold\fP for more information.
+This behaviour applies to all TLS based frontends, and
+TLS HTTP/2 backends.
+.sp
+Default: \fB1s\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-no\-http2\-cipher\-block\-list
+Allow block listed cipher suite on frontend HTTP/2
+connection. See
+\fI\%https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7540#appendix\-A\fP for the
+complete HTTP/2 cipher suites block list.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-client\-no\-http2\-cipher\-block\-list
+Allow block listed cipher suite on backend HTTP/2
+connection. See
+\fI\%https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7540#appendix\-A\fP for the
+complete HTTP/2 cipher suites block list.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-tls\-sct\-dir=<DIR>
+Specifies the directory where *.sct files exist. All
+*.sct files in <DIR> are read, and sent as
+extension_data of TLS signed_certificate_timestamp (RFC
+6962) to client. These *.sct files are for the
+certificate specified in positional command\-line
+argument <CERT>, or certificate option in configuration
+file. For additional certificates, use \fI\%\-\-subcert\fP
+option. This option requires OpenSSL >= 1.0.2.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-psk\-secrets=<PATH>
+Read list of PSK identity and secrets from <PATH>. This
+is used for frontend connection. The each line of input
+file is formatted as <identity>:<hex\-secret>, where
+<identity> is PSK identity, and <hex\-secret> is secret
+in hex. An empty line, and line which starts with \(aq#\(aq
+are skipped. The default enabled cipher list might not
+contain any PSK cipher suite. In that case, desired PSK
+cipher suites must be enabled using \fI\%\-\-ciphers\fP option.
+The desired PSK cipher suite may be block listed by
+HTTP/2. To use those cipher suites with HTTP/2,
+consider to use \fI\%\-\-no\-http2\-cipher\-block\-list\fP option.
+But be aware its implications.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-client\-psk\-secrets=<PATH>
+Read PSK identity and secrets from <PATH>. This is used
+for backend connection. The each line of input file is
+formatted as <identity>:<hex\-secret>, where <identity>
+is PSK identity, and <hex\-secret> is secret in hex. An
+empty line, and line which starts with \(aq#\(aq are skipped.
+The first identity and secret pair encountered is used.
+The default enabled cipher list might not contain any
+PSK cipher suite. In that case, desired PSK cipher
+suites must be enabled using \fI\%\-\-client\-ciphers\fP option.
+The desired PSK cipher suite may be block listed by
+HTTP/2. To use those cipher suites with HTTP/2,
+consider to use \fI\%\-\-client\-no\-http2\-cipher\-block\-list\fP
+option. But be aware its implications.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-tls\-no\-postpone\-early\-data
+By default, except for QUIC connections, nghttpx
+postpones forwarding HTTP requests sent in early data,
+including those sent in partially in it, until TLS
+handshake finishes. If all backend server recognizes
+"Early\-Data" header field, using this option makes
+nghttpx not postpone forwarding request and get full
+potential of 0\-RTT data.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-tls\-max\-early\-data=<SIZE>
+Sets the maximum amount of 0\-RTT data that server
+accepts.
+.sp
+Default: \fB16K\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-tls\-ktls
+Enable ktls. For server, ktls is enable if
+\fI\%\-\-tls\-session\-cache\-memcached\fP is not configured.
+.UNINDENT
+.SS HTTP/2
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-c, \-\-frontend\-http2\-max\-concurrent\-streams=<N>
+Set the maximum number of the concurrent streams in one
+frontend HTTP/2 session.
+.sp
+Default: \fB100\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-backend\-http2\-max\-concurrent\-streams=<N>
+Set the maximum number of the concurrent streams in one
+backend HTTP/2 session. This sets maximum number of
+concurrent opened pushed streams. The maximum number of
+concurrent requests are set by a remote server.
+.sp
+Default: \fB100\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-frontend\-http2\-window\-size=<SIZE>
+Sets the per\-stream initial window size of HTTP/2
+frontend connection.
+.sp
+Default: \fB65535\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-frontend\-http2\-connection\-window\-size=<SIZE>
+Sets the per\-connection window size of HTTP/2 frontend
+connection.
+.sp
+Default: \fB65535\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-backend\-http2\-window\-size=<SIZE>
+Sets the initial window size of HTTP/2 backend
+connection.
+.sp
+Default: \fB65535\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-backend\-http2\-connection\-window\-size=<SIZE>
+Sets the per\-connection window size of HTTP/2 backend
+connection.
+.sp
+Default: \fB2147483647\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-http2\-no\-cookie\-crumbling
+Don\(aqt crumble cookie header field.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-padding=<N>
+Add at most <N> bytes to a HTTP/2 frame payload as
+padding. Specify 0 to disable padding. This option is
+meant for debugging purpose and not intended to enhance
+protocol security.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-no\-server\-push
+Disable HTTP/2 server push. Server push is supported by
+default mode and HTTP/2 frontend via Link header field.
+It is also supported if both frontend and backend are
+HTTP/2 in default mode. In this case, server push from
+backend session is relayed to frontend, and server push
+via Link header field is also supported.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-frontend\-http2\-optimize\-write\-buffer\-size
+(Experimental) Enable write buffer size optimization in
+frontend HTTP/2 TLS connection. This optimization aims
+to reduce write buffer size so that it only contains
+bytes which can send immediately. This makes server
+more responsive to prioritized HTTP/2 stream because the
+buffering of lower priority stream is reduced. This
+option is only effective on recent Linux platform.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-frontend\-http2\-optimize\-window\-size
+(Experimental) Automatically tune connection level
+window size of frontend HTTP/2 TLS connection. If this
+feature is enabled, connection window size starts with
+the default window size, 65535 bytes. nghttpx
+automatically adjusts connection window size based on
+TCP receiving window size. The maximum window size is
+capped by the value specified by
+\fI\%\-\-frontend\-http2\-connection\-window\-size\fP\&. Since the
+stream is subject to stream level window size, it should
+be adjusted using \fI\%\-\-frontend\-http2\-window\-size\fP option as
+well. This option is only effective on recent Linux
+platform.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-frontend\-http2\-encoder\-dynamic\-table\-size=<SIZE>
+Specify the maximum dynamic table size of HPACK encoder
+in the frontend HTTP/2 connection. The decoder (client)
+specifies the maximum dynamic table size it accepts.
+Then the negotiated dynamic table size is the minimum of
+this option value and the value which client specified.
+.sp
+Default: \fB4K\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-frontend\-http2\-decoder\-dynamic\-table\-size=<SIZE>
+Specify the maximum dynamic table size of HPACK decoder
+in the frontend HTTP/2 connection.
+.sp
+Default: \fB4K\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-backend\-http2\-encoder\-dynamic\-table\-size=<SIZE>
+Specify the maximum dynamic table size of HPACK encoder
+in the backend HTTP/2 connection. The decoder (backend)
+specifies the maximum dynamic table size it accepts.
+Then the negotiated dynamic table size is the minimum of
+this option value and the value which backend specified.
+.sp
+Default: \fB4K\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-backend\-http2\-decoder\-dynamic\-table\-size=<SIZE>
+Specify the maximum dynamic table size of HPACK decoder
+in the backend HTTP/2 connection.
+.sp
+Default: \fB4K\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.SS Mode
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B (default mode)
+Accept HTTP/2, and HTTP/1.1 over SSL/TLS. "no\-tls"
+parameter is used in \fI\%\-\-frontend\fP option, accept HTTP/2
+and HTTP/1.1 over cleartext TCP. The incoming HTTP/1.1
+connection can be upgraded to HTTP/2 through HTTP
+Upgrade.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-s, \-\-http2\-proxy
+Like default mode, but enable forward proxy. This is so
+called HTTP/2 proxy mode.
+.UNINDENT
+.SS Logging
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-L, \-\-log\-level=<LEVEL>
+Set the severity level of log output. <LEVEL> must be
+one of INFO, NOTICE, WARN, ERROR and FATAL.
+.sp
+Default: \fBNOTICE\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-accesslog\-file=<PATH>
+Set path to write access log. To reopen file, send USR1
+signal to nghttpx.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-accesslog\-syslog
+Send access log to syslog. If this option is used,
+\fI\%\-\-accesslog\-file\fP option is ignored.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-accesslog\-format=<FORMAT>
+Specify format string for access log. The default
+format is combined format. The following variables are
+available:
+.INDENT 7.0
+.IP \(bu 2
+$remote_addr: client IP address.
+.IP \(bu 2
+$time_local: local time in Common Log format.
+.IP \(bu 2
+$time_iso8601: local time in ISO 8601 format.
+.IP \(bu 2
+$request: HTTP request line.
+.IP \(bu 2
+$status: HTTP response status code.
+.IP \(bu 2
+$body_bytes_sent: the number of bytes sent to client
+as response body.
+.IP \(bu 2
+$http_<VAR>: value of HTTP request header <VAR> where
+\(aq_\(aq in <VAR> is replaced with \(aq\-\(aq.
+.IP \(bu 2
+$remote_port: client port.
+.IP \(bu 2
+$server_port: server port.
+.IP \(bu 2
+$request_time: request processing time in seconds with
+milliseconds resolution.
+.IP \(bu 2
+$pid: PID of the running process.
+.IP \(bu 2
+$alpn: ALPN identifier of the protocol which generates
+the response. For HTTP/1, ALPN is always http/1.1,
+regardless of minor version.
+.IP \(bu 2
+$tls_cipher: cipher used for SSL/TLS connection.
+.IP \(bu 2
+$tls_client_fingerprint_sha256: SHA\-256 fingerprint of
+client certificate.
+.IP \(bu 2
+$tls_client_fingerprint_sha1: SHA\-1 fingerprint of
+client certificate.
+.IP \(bu 2
+$tls_client_subject_name: subject name in client
+certificate.
+.IP \(bu 2
+$tls_client_issuer_name: issuer name in client
+certificate.
+.IP \(bu 2
+$tls_client_serial: serial number in client
+certificate.
+.IP \(bu 2
+$tls_protocol: protocol for SSL/TLS connection.
+.IP \(bu 2
+$tls_session_id: session ID for SSL/TLS connection.
+.IP \(bu 2
+$tls_session_reused: "r" if SSL/TLS session was
+reused. Otherwise, "."
+.IP \(bu 2
+$tls_sni: SNI server name for SSL/TLS connection.
+.IP \(bu 2
+$backend_host: backend host used to fulfill the
+request. "\-" if backend host is not available.
+.IP \(bu 2
+$backend_port: backend port used to fulfill the
+request. "\-" if backend host is not available.
+.IP \(bu 2
+$method: HTTP method
+.IP \(bu 2
+$path: Request path including query. For CONNECT
+request, authority is recorded.
+.IP \(bu 2
+$path_without_query: $path up to the first \(aq?\(aq
+character. For CONNECT request, authority is
+recorded.
+.IP \(bu 2
+$protocol_version: HTTP version (e.g., HTTP/1.1,
+HTTP/2)
+.UNINDENT
+.sp
+The variable can be enclosed by "{" and "}" for
+disambiguation (e.g., ${remote_addr}).
+.sp
+Default: \fB$remote_addr \- \- [$time_local] "$request" $status $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" "$http_user_agent"\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-accesslog\-write\-early
+Write access log when response header fields are
+received from backend rather than when request
+transaction finishes.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-errorlog\-file=<PATH>
+Set path to write error log. To reopen file, send USR1
+signal to nghttpx. stderr will be redirected to the
+error log file unless \fI\%\-\-errorlog\-syslog\fP is used.
+.sp
+Default: \fB/dev/stderr\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-errorlog\-syslog
+Send error log to syslog. If this option is used,
+\fI\%\-\-errorlog\-file\fP option is ignored.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-syslog\-facility=<FACILITY>
+Set syslog facility to <FACILITY>.
+.sp
+Default: \fBdaemon\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.SS HTTP
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-add\-x\-forwarded\-for
+Append X\-Forwarded\-For header field to the downstream
+request.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-strip\-incoming\-x\-forwarded\-for
+Strip X\-Forwarded\-For header field from inbound client
+requests.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-no\-add\-x\-forwarded\-proto
+Don\(aqt append additional X\-Forwarded\-Proto header field
+to the backend request. If inbound client sets
+X\-Forwarded\-Proto, and
+\fI\%\-\-no\-strip\-incoming\-x\-forwarded\-proto\fP option is used,
+they are passed to the backend.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-no\-strip\-incoming\-x\-forwarded\-proto
+Don\(aqt strip X\-Forwarded\-Proto header field from inbound
+client requests.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-add\-forwarded=<LIST>
+Append RFC 7239 Forwarded header field with parameters
+specified in comma delimited list <LIST>. The supported
+parameters are "by", "for", "host", and "proto". By
+default, the value of "by" and "for" parameters are
+obfuscated string. See \fI\%\-\-forwarded\-by\fP and
+\fI\%\-\-forwarded\-for\fP options respectively. Note that nghttpx
+does not translate non\-standard X\-Forwarded\-* header
+fields into Forwarded header field, and vice versa.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-strip\-incoming\-forwarded
+Strip Forwarded header field from inbound client
+requests.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-forwarded\-by=(obfuscated|ip|<VALUE>)
+Specify the parameter value sent out with "by" parameter
+of Forwarded header field. If "obfuscated" is given,
+the string is randomly generated at startup. If "ip" is
+given, the interface address of the connection,
+including port number, is sent with "by" parameter. In
+case of UNIX domain socket, "localhost" is used instead
+of address and port. User can also specify the static
+obfuscated string. The limitation is that it must start
+with "_", and only consists of character set
+[A\-Za\-z0\-9._\-], as described in RFC 7239.
+.sp
+Default: \fBobfuscated\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-forwarded\-for=(obfuscated|ip)
+Specify the parameter value sent out with "for"
+parameter of Forwarded header field. If "obfuscated" is
+given, the string is randomly generated for each client
+connection. If "ip" is given, the remote client address
+of the connection, without port number, is sent with
+"for" parameter. In case of UNIX domain socket,
+"localhost" is used instead of address.
+.sp
+Default: \fBobfuscated\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-no\-via
+Don\(aqt append to Via header field. If Via header field
+is received, it is left unaltered.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-no\-strip\-incoming\-early\-data
+Don\(aqt strip Early\-Data header field from inbound client
+requests.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-no\-location\-rewrite
+Don\(aqt rewrite location header field in default mode.
+When \fI\%\-\-http2\-proxy\fP is used, location header field will
+not be altered regardless of this option.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-host\-rewrite
+Rewrite host and :authority header fields in default
+mode. When \fI\%\-\-http2\-proxy\fP is used, these headers will
+not be altered regardless of this option.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-altsvc=<PROTOID,PORT[,HOST,[ORIGIN[,PARAMS]]]>
+Specify protocol ID, port, host and origin of
+alternative service. <HOST>, <ORIGIN> and <PARAMS> are
+optional. Empty <HOST> and <ORIGIN> are allowed and
+they are treated as nothing is specified. They are
+advertised in alt\-svc header field only in HTTP/1.1
+frontend. This option can be used multiple times to
+specify multiple alternative services.
+Example: \fI\%\-\-altsvc\fP="h2,443,,,ma=3600; persist=1"
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-http2\-altsvc=<PROTOID,PORT[,HOST,[ORIGIN[,PARAMS]]]>
+Just like \fI\%\-\-altsvc\fP option, but this altsvc is only sent
+in HTTP/2 frontend.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-add\-request\-header=<HEADER>
+Specify additional header field to add to request header
+set. This option just appends header field and won\(aqt
+replace anything already set. This option can be used
+several times to specify multiple header fields.
+Example: \fI\%\-\-add\-request\-header\fP="foo: bar"
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-add\-response\-header=<HEADER>
+Specify additional header field to add to response
+header set. This option just appends header field and
+won\(aqt replace anything already set. This option can be
+used several times to specify multiple header fields.
+Example: \fI\%\-\-add\-response\-header\fP="foo: bar"
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-request\-header\-field\-buffer=<SIZE>
+Set maximum buffer size for incoming HTTP request header
+field list. This is the sum of header name and value in
+bytes. If trailer fields exist, they are counted
+towards this number.
+.sp
+Default: \fB64K\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-max\-request\-header\-fields=<N>
+Set maximum number of incoming HTTP request header
+fields. If trailer fields exist, they are counted
+towards this number.
+.sp
+Default: \fB100\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-response\-header\-field\-buffer=<SIZE>
+Set maximum buffer size for incoming HTTP response
+header field list. This is the sum of header name and
+value in bytes. If trailer fields exist, they are
+counted towards this number.
+.sp
+Default: \fB64K\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-max\-response\-header\-fields=<N>
+Set maximum number of incoming HTTP response header
+fields. If trailer fields exist, they are counted
+towards this number.
+.sp
+Default: \fB500\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-error\-page=(<CODE>|*)=<PATH>
+Set file path to custom error page served when nghttpx
+originally generates HTTP error status code <CODE>.
+<CODE> must be greater than or equal to 400, and at most
+599. If "*" is used instead of <CODE>, it matches all
+HTTP status code. If error status code comes from
+backend server, the custom error pages are not used.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-server\-name=<NAME>
+Change server response header field value to <NAME>.
+.sp
+Default: \fBnghttpx\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-no\-server\-rewrite
+Don\(aqt rewrite server header field in default mode. When
+\fI\%\-\-http2\-proxy\fP is used, these headers will not be altered
+regardless of this option.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-redirect\-https\-port=<PORT>
+Specify the port number which appears in Location header
+field when redirect to HTTPS URI is made due to
+"redirect\-if\-not\-tls" parameter in \fI\%\-\-backend\fP option.
+.sp
+Default: \fB443\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-require\-http\-scheme
+Always require http or https scheme in HTTP request. It
+also requires that https scheme must be used for an
+encrypted connection. Otherwise, http scheme must be
+used. This option is recommended for a server
+deployment which directly faces clients and the services
+it provides only require http or https scheme.
+.UNINDENT
+.SS API
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-api\-max\-request\-body=<SIZE>
+Set the maximum size of request body for API request.
+.sp
+Default: \fB32M\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.SS DNS
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-dns\-cache\-timeout=<DURATION>
+Set duration that cached DNS results remain valid. Note
+that nghttpx caches the unsuccessful results as well.
+.sp
+Default: \fB10s\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-dns\-lookup\-timeout=<DURATION>
+Set timeout that DNS server is given to respond to the
+initial DNS query. For the 2nd and later queries,
+server is given time based on this timeout, and it is
+scaled linearly.
+.sp
+Default: \fB5s\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-dns\-max\-try=<N>
+Set the number of DNS query before nghttpx gives up name
+lookup.
+.sp
+Default: \fB2\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-frontend\-max\-requests=<N>
+The number of requests that single frontend connection
+can process. For HTTP/2, this is the number of streams
+in one HTTP/2 connection. For HTTP/1, this is the
+number of keep alive requests. This is hint to nghttpx,
+and it may allow additional few requests. The default
+value is unlimited.
+.UNINDENT
+.SS Debug
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-frontend\-http2\-dump\-request\-header=<PATH>
+Dumps request headers received by HTTP/2 frontend to the
+file denoted in <PATH>. The output is done in HTTP/1
+header field format and each header block is followed by
+an empty line. This option is not thread safe and MUST
+NOT be used with option \fI\%\-n\fP<N>, where <N> >= 2.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-frontend\-http2\-dump\-response\-header=<PATH>
+Dumps response headers sent from HTTP/2 frontend to the
+file denoted in <PATH>. The output is done in HTTP/1
+header field format and each header block is followed by
+an empty line. This option is not thread safe and MUST
+NOT be used with option \fI\%\-n\fP<N>, where <N> >= 2.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-o, \-\-frontend\-frame\-debug
+Print HTTP/2 frames in frontend to stderr. This option
+is not thread safe and MUST NOT be used with option
+\fI\%\-n\fP=N, where N >= 2.
+.UNINDENT
+.SS Process
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-D, \-\-daemon
+Run in a background. If \fI\%\-D\fP is used, the current working
+directory is changed to \(aq\fI/\fP\(aq.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-pid\-file=<PATH>
+Set path to save PID of this program.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-user=<USER>
+Run this program as <USER>. This option is intended to
+be used to drop root privileges.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-single\-process
+Run this program in a single process mode for debugging
+purpose. Without this option, nghttpx creates at least
+2 processes: main and worker processes. If this option
+is used, main and worker are unified into a single
+process. nghttpx still spawns additional process if
+neverbleed is used. In the single process mode, the
+signal handling feature is disabled.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-max\-worker\-processes=<N>
+The maximum number of worker processes. nghttpx spawns
+new worker process when it reloads its configuration.
+The previous worker process enters graceful termination
+period and will terminate when it finishes handling the
+existing connections. However, if reloading
+configurations happen very frequently, the worker
+processes might be piled up if they take a bit long time
+to finish the existing connections. With this option,
+if the number of worker processes exceeds the given
+value, the oldest worker process is terminated
+immediately. Specifying 0 means no limit and it is the
+default behaviour.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-worker\-process\-grace\-shutdown\-period=<DURATION>
+Maximum period for a worker process to terminate
+gracefully. When a worker process enters in graceful
+shutdown period (e.g., when nghttpx reloads its
+configuration) and it does not finish handling the
+existing connections in the given period of time, it is
+immediately terminated. Specifying 0 means no limit and
+it is the default behaviour.
+.UNINDENT
+.SS Scripting
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-mruby\-file=<PATH>
+Set mruby script file
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-ignore\-per\-pattern\-mruby\-error
+Ignore mruby compile error for per\-pattern mruby script
+file. If error occurred, it is treated as if no mruby
+file were specified for the pattern.
+.UNINDENT
+.SS HTTP/3 and QUIC
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-frontend\-quic\-idle\-timeout=<DURATION>
+Specify an idle timeout for QUIC connection.
+.sp
+Default: \fB30s\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-frontend\-quic\-debug\-log
+Output QUIC debug log to \fI/dev/stderr.\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-quic\-bpf\-program\-file=<PATH>
+Specify a path to eBPF program file reuseport_kern.o to
+direct an incoming QUIC UDP datagram to a correct
+socket.
+.sp
+Default: \fB/usr/local/lib/nghttp2/reuseport_kern.o\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-frontend\-quic\-early\-data
+Enable early data on frontend QUIC connections. nghttpx
+sends "Early\-Data" header field to a backend server if a
+request is received in early data and handshake has not
+finished. All backend servers should deal with possibly
+replayed requests.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-frontend\-quic\-qlog\-dir=<DIR>
+Specify a directory where a qlog file is written for
+frontend QUIC connections. A qlog file is created per
+each QUIC connection. The file name is ISO8601 basic
+format, followed by "\-", server Source Connection ID and
+".sqlog".
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-frontend\-quic\-require\-token
+Require an address validation token for a frontend QUIC
+connection. Server sends a token in Retry packet or
+NEW_TOKEN frame in the previous connection.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-frontend\-quic\-congestion\-controller=<CC>
+Specify a congestion controller algorithm for a frontend
+QUIC connection. <CC> should be one of "cubic", "bbr",
+and "bbr2".
+.sp
+Default: \fBcubic\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-frontend\-quic\-secret\-file=<PATH>
+Path to file that contains secure random data to be used
+as QUIC keying materials. It is used to derive keys for
+encrypting tokens and Connection IDs. It is not used to
+encrypt QUIC packets. Each line of this file must
+contain exactly 136 bytes hex\-encoded string (when
+decoded the byte string is 68 bytes long). The first 2
+bits of decoded byte string are used to identify the
+keying material. An empty line or a line which starts
+\(aq#\(aq is ignored. The file can contain more than one
+keying materials. Because the identifier is 2 bits, at
+most 4 keying materials are read and the remaining data
+is discarded. The first keying material in the file is
+primarily used for encryption and decryption for new
+connection. The other ones are used to decrypt data for
+the existing connections. Specifying multiple keying
+materials enables key rotation. Please note that key
+rotation does not occur automatically. User should
+update files or change options values and restart
+nghttpx gracefully. If opening or reading given file
+fails, all loaded keying materials are discarded and it
+is treated as if none of this option is given. If this
+option is not given or an error occurred while opening
+or reading a file, a keying material is generated
+internally on startup and reload.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-quic\-server\-id=<HEXSTRING>
+Specify server ID encoded in Connection ID to identify
+this particular server instance. Connection ID is
+encrypted and this part is not visible in public. It
+must be 4 bytes long and must be encoded in hex string
+(which is 8 bytes long). If this option is omitted, a
+random server ID is generated on startup and
+configuration reload.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-frontend\-quic\-initial\-rtt=<DURATION>
+Specify the initial RTT of the frontend QUIC connection.
+.sp
+Default: \fB333ms\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-no\-quic\-bpf
+Disable eBPF.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-frontend\-http3\-window\-size=<SIZE>
+Sets the per\-stream initial window size of HTTP/3
+frontend connection.
+.sp
+Default: \fB256K\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-frontend\-http3\-connection\-window\-size=<SIZE>
+Sets the per\-connection window size of HTTP/3 frontend
+connection.
+.sp
+Default: \fB1M\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-frontend\-http3\-max\-window\-size=<SIZE>
+Sets the maximum per\-stream window size of HTTP/3
+frontend connection. The window size is adjusted based
+on the receiving rate of stream data. The initial value
+is the value specified by \fI\%\-\-frontend\-http3\-window\-size\fP
+and the window size grows up to <SIZE> bytes.
+.sp
+Default: \fB6M\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-frontend\-http3\-max\-connection\-window\-size=<SIZE>
+Sets the maximum per\-connection window size of HTTP/3
+frontend connection. The window size is adjusted based
+on the receiving rate of stream data. The initial value
+is the value specified by
+\fI\%\-\-frontend\-http3\-connection\-window\-size\fP and the window
+size grows up to <SIZE> bytes.
+.sp
+Default: \fB8M\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-frontend\-http3\-max\-concurrent\-streams=<N>
+Set the maximum number of the concurrent streams in one
+frontend HTTP/3 connection.
+.sp
+Default: \fB100\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.SS Misc
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-conf=<PATH>
+Load configuration from <PATH>. Please note that
+nghttpx always tries to read the default configuration
+file if \fI\%\-\-conf\fP is not given.
+.sp
+Default: \fB/etc/nghttpx/nghttpx.conf\fP
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-\-include=<PATH>
+Load additional configurations from <PATH>. File <PATH>
+is read when configuration parser encountered this
+option. This option can be used multiple times, or even
+recursively.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-v, \-\-version
+Print version and exit.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \-h, \-\-help
+Print this help and exit.
+.UNINDENT
+.sp
+The <SIZE> argument is an integer and an optional unit (e.g., 10K is
+10 * 1024). Units are K, M and G (powers of 1024).
+.sp
+The <DURATION> argument is an integer and an optional unit (e.g., 1s
+is 1 second and 500ms is 500 milliseconds). Units are h, m, s or ms
+(hours, minutes, seconds and milliseconds, respectively). If a unit
+is omitted, a second is used as unit.
+.SH FILES
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \fI/etc/nghttpx/nghttpx.conf\fP
+The default configuration file path nghttpx searches at startup.
+The configuration file path can be changed using \fI\%\-\-conf\fP
+option.
+.sp
+Those lines which are staring \fB#\fP are treated as comment.
+.sp
+The option name in the configuration file is the long command\-line
+option name with leading \fB\-\-\fP stripped (e.g., \fBfrontend\fP). Put
+\fB=\fP between option name and value. Don\(aqt put extra leading or
+trailing spaces.
+.sp
+When specifying arguments including characters which have special
+meaning to a shell, we usually use quotes so that shell does not
+interpret them. When writing this configuration file, quotes for
+this purpose must not be used. For example, specify additional
+request header field, do this:
+.INDENT 7.0
+.INDENT 3.5
+.sp
+.nf
+.ft C
+add\-request\-header=foo: bar
+.ft P
+.fi
+.UNINDENT
+.UNINDENT
+.sp
+instead of:
+.INDENT 7.0
+.INDENT 3.5
+.sp
+.nf
+.ft C
+add\-request\-header="foo: bar"
+.ft P
+.fi
+.UNINDENT
+.UNINDENT
+.sp
+The options which do not take argument in the command\-line \fItake\fP
+argument in the configuration file. Specify \fByes\fP as an argument
+(e.g., \fBhttp2\-proxy=yes\fP). If other string is given, it is
+ignored.
+.sp
+To specify private key and certificate file which are given as
+positional arguments in command\-line, use \fBprivate\-key\-file\fP and
+\fBcertificate\-file\fP\&.
+.sp
+\fI\%\-\-conf\fP option cannot be used in the configuration file and
+will be ignored if specified.
+.TP
+.B Error log
+Error log is written to stderr by default. It can be configured
+using \fI\%\-\-errorlog\-file\fP\&. The format of log message is as
+follows:
+.sp
+<datetime> <main\-pid> <current\-pid> <thread\-id> <level> (<filename>:<line>) <msg>
+.INDENT 7.0
+.TP
+.B <datetime>
+It is a combination of date and time when the log is written. It
+is in ISO 8601 format.
+.TP
+.B <main\-pid>
+It is a main process ID.
+.TP
+.B <current\-pid>
+It is a process ID which writes this log.
+.TP
+.B <thread\-id>
+It is a thread ID which writes this log. It would be unique
+within <current\-pid>.
+.TP
+.B <filename> and <line>
+They are source file name, and line number which produce this log.
+.TP
+.B <msg>
+It is a log message body.
+.UNINDENT
+.UNINDENT
+.SH SIGNALS
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B SIGQUIT
+Shutdown gracefully. First accept pending connections and stop
+accepting connection. After all connections are handled, nghttpx
+exits.
+.TP
+.B SIGHUP
+Reload configuration file given in \fI\%\-\-conf\fP\&.
+.TP
+.B SIGUSR1
+Reopen log files.
+.UNINDENT
+.sp
+SIGUSR2
+.INDENT 0.0
+.INDENT 3.5
+Fork and execute nghttpx. It will execute the binary in the same
+path with same command\-line arguments and environment variables. As
+of nghttpx version 1.20.0, the new main process sends SIGQUIT to the
+original main process when it is ready to serve requests. For the
+earlier versions of nghttpx, user has to send SIGQUIT to the
+original main process.
+.sp
+The difference between SIGUSR2 (+ SIGQUIT) and SIGHUP is that former
+is usually used to execute new binary, and the main process is newly
+spawned. On the other hand, the latter just reloads configuration
+file, and the same main process continues to exist.
+.UNINDENT
+.UNINDENT
+.sp
+\fBNOTE:\fP
+.INDENT 0.0
+.INDENT 3.5
+nghttpx consists of multiple processes: one process for processing
+these signals, and another one for processing requests. The former
+spawns the latter. The former is called main process, and the
+latter is called worker process. If neverbleed is enabled, the
+worker process spawns neverbleed daemon process which does RSA key
+processing. The above signal must be sent to the main process. If
+the other processes received one of them, it is ignored. This
+behaviour of these processes may change in the future release. In
+other words, in the future release, the processes other than main
+process may terminate upon the reception of these signals.
+Therefore these signals should not be sent to the processes other
+than main process.
+.UNINDENT
+.UNINDENT
+.SH SERVER PUSH
+.sp
+nghttpx supports HTTP/2 server push in default mode with Link header
+field. nghttpx looks for Link header field (\fI\%RFC 5988\fP) in response headers from
+backend server and extracts URI\-reference with parameter
+\fBrel=preload\fP (see \fI\%preload\fP)
+and pushes those URIs to the frontend client. Here is a sample Link
+header field to initiate server push:
+.INDENT 0.0
+.INDENT 3.5
+.sp
+.nf
+.ft C
+Link: </fonts/font.woff>; rel=preload
+Link: </css/theme.css>; rel=preload
+.ft P
+.fi
+.UNINDENT
+.UNINDENT
+.sp
+Currently, the following restriction is applied for server push:
+.INDENT 0.0
+.IP 1. 3
+The associated stream must have method "GET" or "POST". The
+associated stream\(aqs status code must be 200.
+.UNINDENT
+.sp
+This limitation may be loosened in the future release.
+.sp
+nghttpx also supports server push if both frontend and backend are
+HTTP/2 in default mode. In this case, in addition to server push via
+Link header field, server push from backend is forwarded to frontend
+HTTP/2 session.
+.sp
+HTTP/2 server push will be disabled if \fI\%\-\-http2\-proxy\fP is
+used.
+.SH UNIX DOMAIN SOCKET
+.sp
+nghttpx supports UNIX domain socket with a filename for both frontend
+and backend connections.
+.sp
+Please note that current nghttpx implementation does not delete a
+socket with a filename. And on start up, if nghttpx detects that the
+specified socket already exists in the file system, nghttpx first
+deletes it. However, if SIGUSR2 is used to execute new binary and
+both old and new configurations use same filename, new binary does not
+delete the socket and continues to use it.
+.SH OCSP STAPLING
+.sp
+OCSP query is done using external Python script
+\fBfetch\-ocsp\-response\fP, which has been originally developed in Perl
+as part of h2o project (\fI\%https://github.com/h2o/h2o\fP), and was
+translated into Python.
+.sp
+The script file is usually installed under
+\fB$(prefix)/share/nghttp2/\fP directory. The actual path to script can
+be customized using \fI\%\-\-fetch\-ocsp\-response\-file\fP option.
+.sp
+If OCSP query is failed, previous OCSP response, if any, is continued
+to be used.
+.sp
+\fI\%\-\-fetch\-ocsp\-response\-file\fP option provides wide range of
+possibility to manage OCSP response. It can take an arbitrary script
+or executable. The requirement is that it supports the command\-line
+interface of \fBfetch\-ocsp\-response\fP script, and it must return a
+valid DER encoded OCSP response on success. It must return exit code
+0 on success, and 75 for temporary error, and the other error code for
+generic failure. For large cluster of servers, it is not efficient
+for each server to perform OCSP query using \fBfetch\-ocsp\-response\fP\&.
+Instead, you can retrieve OCSP response in some way, and store it in a
+disk or a shared database. Then specify a program in
+\fI\%\-\-fetch\-ocsp\-response\-file\fP to fetch it from those stores.
+This could provide a way to share the OCSP response between fleet of
+servers, and also any OCSP query strategy can be applied which may be
+beyond the ability of nghttpx itself or \fBfetch\-ocsp\-response\fP
+script.
+.SH TLS SESSION RESUMPTION
+.sp
+nghttpx supports TLS session resumption through both session ID and
+session ticket.
+.SS SESSION ID RESUMPTION
+.sp
+By default, session ID is shared by all worker threads.
+.sp
+If \fI\%\-\-tls\-session\-cache\-memcached\fP is given, nghttpx will
+insert serialized session data to memcached with
+\fBnghttpx:tls\-session\-cache:\fP + lowercase hex string of session ID
+as a memcached entry key, with expiry time 12 hours. Session timeout
+is set to 12 hours.
+.sp
+By default, connections to memcached server are not encrypted. To
+enable encryption, use \fBtls\fP keyword in
+\fI\%\-\-tls\-session\-cache\-memcached\fP option.
+.SS TLS SESSION TICKET RESUMPTION
+.sp
+By default, session ticket is shared by all worker threads. The
+automatic key rotation is also enabled by default. Every an hour, new
+encryption key is generated, and previous encryption key becomes
+decryption only key. We set session timeout to 12 hours, and thus we
+keep at most 12 keys.
+.sp
+If \fI\%\-\-tls\-ticket\-key\-memcached\fP is given, encryption keys are
+retrieved from memcached. nghttpx just reads keys from memcached; one
+has to deploy key generator program to update keys frequently (e.g.,
+every 1 hour). The example key generator tlsticketupdate.go is
+available under contrib directory in nghttp2 archive. The memcached
+entry key is \fBnghttpx:tls\-ticket\-key\fP\&. The data format stored in
+memcached is the binary format described below:
+.INDENT 0.0
+.INDENT 3.5
+.sp
+.nf
+.ft C
++\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-+\-\-\-\-\-\-\-+\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-+
+| VERSION (4) |LEN (2)|KEY(48 or 80) ...
++\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-+\-\-\-\-\-\-\-+\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-+
+ ^ |
+ | |
+ +\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-+
+ (LEN, KEY) pair can be repeated
+.ft P
+.fi
+.UNINDENT
+.UNINDENT
+.sp
+All numbers in the above figure is bytes. All integer fields are
+network byte order.
+.sp
+First 4 bytes integer VERSION field, which must be 1. The 2 bytes
+integer LEN field gives the length of following KEY field, which
+contains key. If \fI\%\-\-tls\-ticket\-key\-cipher\fP=aes\-128\-cbc is
+used, LEN must be 48. If
+\fI\%\-\-tls\-ticket\-key\-cipher\fP=aes\-256\-cbc is used, LEN must be
+80. LEN and KEY pair can be repeated multiple times to store multiple
+keys. The key appeared first is used as encryption key. All the
+remaining keys are used as decryption only.
+.sp
+By default, connections to memcached server are not encrypted. To
+enable encryption, use \fBtls\fP keyword in
+\fI\%\-\-tls\-ticket\-key\-memcached\fP option.
+.sp
+If \fI\%\-\-tls\-ticket\-key\-file\fP is given, encryption key is read
+from the given file. In this case, nghttpx does not rotate key
+automatically. To rotate key, one has to restart nghttpx (see
+SIGNALS).
+.SH CERTIFICATE TRANSPARENCY
+.sp
+nghttpx supports TLS \fBsigned_certificate_timestamp\fP extension (\fI\%RFC
+6962\fP). The relevant options
+are \fI\%\-\-tls\-sct\-dir\fP and \fBsct\-dir\fP parameter in
+\fI\%\-\-subcert\fP\&. They takes a directory, and nghttpx reads all
+files whose extension is \fB\&.sct\fP under the directory. The \fB*.sct\fP
+files are encoded as \fBSignedCertificateTimestamp\fP struct described
+in \fI\%section 3.2 of RFC 69662\fP\&. This format is
+the same one used by \fI\%nginx\-ct\fP and \fI\%mod_ssl_ct\fP\&.
+\fI\%ct\-submit\fP can be
+used to submit certificates to log servers, and obtain the
+\fBSignedCertificateTimestamp\fP struct which can be used with nghttpx.
+.SH MRUBY SCRIPTING
+.sp
+\fBWARNING:\fP
+.INDENT 0.0
+.INDENT 3.5
+The current mruby extension API is experimental and not frozen. The
+API is subject to change in the future release.
+.UNINDENT
+.UNINDENT
+.sp
+\fBWARNING:\fP
+.INDENT 0.0
+.INDENT 3.5
+Almost all string value returned from method, or attribute is a
+fresh new mruby string, which involves memory allocation, and
+copies. Therefore, it is strongly recommended to store a return
+value in a local variable, and use it, instead of calling method or
+accessing attribute repeatedly.
+.UNINDENT
+.UNINDENT
+.sp
+nghttpx allows users to extend its capability using mruby scripts.
+nghttpx has 2 hook points to execute mruby script: request phase and
+response phase. The request phase hook is invoked after all request
+header fields are received from client. The response phase hook is
+invoked after all response header fields are received from backend
+server. These hooks allows users to modify header fields, or common
+HTTP variables, like authority or request path, and even return custom
+response without forwarding request to backend servers.
+.sp
+There are 2 levels of mruby script invocations: global and
+per\-pattern. The global mruby script is set by \fI\%\-\-mruby\-file\fP
+option and is called for all requests. The per\-pattern mruby script
+is set by "mruby" parameter in \fI\%\-b\fP option. It is invoked for
+a request which matches the particular pattern. The order of hook
+invocation is: global request phase hook, per\-pattern request phase
+hook, per\-pattern response phase hook, and finally global response
+phase hook. If a hook returns a response, any later hooks are not
+invoked. The global request hook is invoked before the pattern
+matching is made and changing request path may affect the pattern
+matching.
+.sp
+Please note that request and response hooks of per\-pattern mruby
+script for a single request might not come from the same script. This
+might happen after a request hook is executed, backend failed for some
+reason, and at the same time, backend configuration is replaced by API
+request, and then the request uses new configuration on retry. The
+response hook from new configuration, if it is specified, will be
+invoked.
+.sp
+The all mruby script will be evaluated once per thread on startup, and
+it must instantiate object and evaluate it as the return value (e.g.,
+\fBApp.new\fP). This object is called app object. If app object
+defines \fBon_req\fP method, it is called with \fI\%Nghttpx::Env\fP
+object on request hook. Similarly, if app object defines \fBon_resp\fP
+method, it is called with \fI\%Nghttpx::Env\fP object on response
+hook. For each method invocation, user can can access
+\fI\%Nghttpx::Request\fP and \fI\%Nghttpx::Response\fP objects
+via \fI\%Nghttpx::Env#req\fP and \fI\%Nghttpx::Env#resp\fP
+respectively.
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B Nghttpx::REQUEST_PHASE
+Constant to represent request phase.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B Nghttpx::RESPONSE_PHASE
+Constant to represent response phase.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B class Nghttpx::Env
+Object to represent current request specific context.
+.INDENT 7.0
+.TP
+.B attribute [R] req
+Return \fI\%Request\fP object.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 7.0
+.TP
+.B attribute [R] resp
+Return \fI\%Response\fP object.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 7.0
+.TP
+.B attribute [R] ctx
+Return Ruby hash object. It persists until request finishes.
+So values set in request phase hook can be retrieved in
+response phase hook.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 7.0
+.TP
+.B attribute [R] phase
+Return the current phase.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 7.0
+.TP
+.B attribute [R] remote_addr
+Return IP address of a remote client. If connection is made
+via UNIX domain socket, this returns the string "localhost".
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 7.0
+.TP
+.B attribute [R] server_addr
+Return address of server that accepted the connection. This
+is a string which specified in \fI\%\-\-frontend\fP option,
+excluding port number, and not a resolved IP address. For
+UNIX domain socket, this is a path to UNIX domain socket.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 7.0
+.TP
+.B attribute [R] server_port
+Return port number of the server frontend which accepted the
+connection from client.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 7.0
+.TP
+.B attribute [R] tls_used
+Return true if TLS is used on the connection.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 7.0
+.TP
+.B attribute [R] tls_sni
+Return the TLS SNI value which client sent in this connection.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 7.0
+.TP
+.B attribute [R] tls_client_fingerprint_sha256
+Return the SHA\-256 fingerprint of a client certificate.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 7.0
+.TP
+.B attribute [R] tls_client_fingerprint_sha1
+Return the SHA\-1 fingerprint of a client certificate.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 7.0
+.TP
+.B attribute [R] tls_client_issuer_name
+Return the issuer name of a client certificate.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 7.0
+.TP
+.B attribute [R] tls_client_subject_name
+Return the subject name of a client certificate.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 7.0
+.TP
+.B attribute [R] tls_client_serial
+Return the serial number of a client certificate.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 7.0
+.TP
+.B attribute [R] tls_client_not_before
+Return the start date of a client certificate in seconds since
+the epoch.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 7.0
+.TP
+.B attribute [R] tls_client_not_after
+Return the end date of a client certificate in seconds since
+the epoch.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 7.0
+.TP
+.B attribute [R] tls_cipher
+Return a TLS cipher negotiated in this connection.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 7.0
+.TP
+.B attribute [R] tls_protocol
+Return a TLS protocol version negotiated in this connection.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 7.0
+.TP
+.B attribute [R] tls_session_id
+Return a session ID for this connection in hex string.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 7.0
+.TP
+.B attribute [R] tls_session_reused
+Return true if, and only if a SSL/TLS session is reused.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 7.0
+.TP
+.B attribute [R] alpn
+Return ALPN identifier negotiated in this connection.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 7.0
+.TP
+.B attribute [R] tls_handshake_finished
+Return true if SSL/TLS handshake has finished. If it returns
+false in the request phase hook, the request is received in
+TLSv1.3 early data (0\-RTT) and might be vulnerable to the
+replay attack. nghttpx will send Early\-Data header field to
+backend servers to indicate this.
+.UNINDENT
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B class Nghttpx::Request
+Object to represent request from client. The modification to
+Request object is allowed only in request phase hook.
+.INDENT 7.0
+.TP
+.B attribute [R] http_version_major
+Return HTTP major version.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 7.0
+.TP
+.B attribute [R] http_version_minor
+Return HTTP minor version.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 7.0
+.TP
+.B attribute [R/W] method
+HTTP method. On assignment, copy of given value is assigned.
+We don\(aqt accept arbitrary method name. We will document them
+later, but well known methods, like GET, PUT and POST, are all
+supported.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 7.0
+.TP
+.B attribute [R/W] authority
+Authority (i.e., example.org), including optional port
+component . On assignment, copy of given value is assigned.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 7.0
+.TP
+.B attribute [R/W] scheme
+Scheme (i.e., http, https). On assignment, copy of given
+value is assigned.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 7.0
+.TP
+.B attribute [R/W] path
+Request path, including query component (i.e., /index.html).
+On assignment, copy of given value is assigned. The path does
+not include authority component of URI. This may include
+query component. nghttpx makes certain normalization for
+path. It decodes percent\-encoding for unreserved characters
+(see \fI\%https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986#section\-2.3\fP), and
+resolves ".." and ".". But it may leave characters which
+should be percent\-encoded as is. So be careful when comparing
+path against desired string.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 7.0
+.TP
+.B attribute [R] headers
+Return Ruby hash containing copy of request header fields.
+Changing values in returned hash does not change request
+header fields actually used in request processing. Use
+\fI\%Nghttpx::Request#add_header\fP or
+\fI\%Nghttpx::Request#set_header\fP to change request
+header fields.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 7.0
+.TP
+.B add_header(key, value)
+Add header entry associated with key. The value can be single
+string or array of string. It does not replace any existing
+values associated with key.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 7.0
+.TP
+.B set_header(key, value)
+Set header entry associated with key. The value can be single
+string or array of string. It replaces any existing values
+associated with key.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 7.0
+.TP
+.B clear_headers()
+Clear all existing request header fields.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 7.0
+.TP
+.B push(uri)
+Initiate to push resource identified by \fIuri\fP\&. Only HTTP/2
+protocol supports this feature. For the other protocols, this
+method is noop. \fIuri\fP can be absolute URI, absolute path or
+relative path to the current request. For absolute or
+relative path, scheme and authority are inherited from the
+current request. Currently, method is always GET. nghttpx
+will issue request to backend servers to fulfill this request.
+The request and response phase hooks will be called for pushed
+resource as well.
+.UNINDENT
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B class Nghttpx::Response
+Object to represent response from backend server.
+.INDENT 7.0
+.TP
+.B attribute [R] http_version_major
+Return HTTP major version.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 7.0
+.TP
+.B attribute [R] http_version_minor
+Return HTTP minor version.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 7.0
+.TP
+.B attribute [R/W] status
+HTTP status code. It must be in the range [200, 999],
+inclusive. The non\-final status code is not supported in
+mruby scripting at the moment.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 7.0
+.TP
+.B attribute [R] headers
+Return Ruby hash containing copy of response header fields.
+Changing values in returned hash does not change response
+header fields actually used in response processing. Use
+\fI\%Nghttpx::Response#add_header\fP or
+\fI\%Nghttpx::Response#set_header\fP to change response
+header fields.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 7.0
+.TP
+.B add_header(key, value)
+Add header entry associated with key. The value can be single
+string or array of string. It does not replace any existing
+values associated with key.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 7.0
+.TP
+.B set_header(key, value)
+Set header entry associated with key. The value can be single
+string or array of string. It replaces any existing values
+associated with key.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 7.0
+.TP
+.B clear_headers()
+Clear all existing response header fields.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 7.0
+.TP
+.B return(body)
+Return custom response \fIbody\fP to a client. When this method
+is called in request phase hook, the request is not forwarded
+to the backend, and response phase hook for this request will
+not be invoked. When this method is called in response phase
+hook, response from backend server is canceled and discarded.
+The status code and response header fields should be set
+before using this method. To set status code, use
+\fI\%Nghttpx::Response#status\fP\&. If status code is not
+set, 200 is used. To set response header fields,
+\fI\%Nghttpx::Response#add_header\fP and
+\fI\%Nghttpx::Response#set_header\fP\&. When this method is
+invoked in response phase hook, the response headers are
+filled with the ones received from backend server. To send
+completely custom header fields, first call
+\fI\%Nghttpx::Response#clear_headers\fP to erase all
+existing header fields, and then add required header fields.
+It is an error to call this method twice for a given request.
+.UNINDENT
+.INDENT 7.0
+.TP
+.B send_info(status, headers)
+Send non\-final (informational) response to a client. \fIstatus\fP
+must be in the range [100, 199], inclusive. \fIheaders\fP is a
+hash containing response header fields. Its key must be a
+string, and the associated value must be either string or
+array of strings. Since this is not a final response, even if
+this method is invoked, request is still forwarded to a
+backend unless \fI\%Nghttpx::Response#return\fP is called.
+This method can be called multiple times. It cannot be called
+after \fI\%Nghttpx::Response#return\fP is called.
+.UNINDENT
+.UNINDENT
+.SS MRUBY EXAMPLES
+.sp
+Modify request path:
+.INDENT 0.0
+.INDENT 3.5
+.sp
+.nf
+.ft C
+class App
+ def on_req(env)
+ env.req.path = "/apps#{env.req.path}"
+ end
+end
+
+App.new
+.ft P
+.fi
+.UNINDENT
+.UNINDENT
+.sp
+Don\(aqt forget to instantiate and evaluate object at the last line.
+.sp
+Restrict permission of viewing a content to a specific client
+addresses:
+.INDENT 0.0
+.INDENT 3.5
+.sp
+.nf
+.ft C
+class App
+ def on_req(env)
+ allowed_clients = ["127.0.0.1", "::1"]
+
+ if env.req.path.start_with?("/log/") &&
+ !allowed_clients.include?(env.remote_addr) then
+ env.resp.status = 404
+ env.resp.return "permission denied"
+ end
+ end
+end
+
+App.new
+.ft P
+.fi
+.UNINDENT
+.UNINDENT
+.SH API ENDPOINTS
+.sp
+nghttpx exposes API endpoints to manipulate it via HTTP based API. By
+default, API endpoint is disabled. To enable it, add a dedicated
+frontend for API using \fI\%\-\-frontend\fP option with "api"
+parameter. All requests which come from this frontend address, will
+be treated as API request.
+.sp
+The response is normally JSON dictionary, and at least includes the
+following keys:
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B status
+The status of the request processing. The following values are
+defined:
+.INDENT 7.0
+.TP
+.B Success
+The request was successful.
+.TP
+.B Failure
+The request was failed. No change has been made.
+.UNINDENT
+.TP
+.B code
+HTTP status code
+.UNINDENT
+.sp
+Additionally, depending on the API endpoint, \fBdata\fP key may be
+present, and its value contains the API endpoint specific data.
+.sp
+We wrote "normally", since nghttpx may return ordinal HTML response in
+some cases where the error has occurred before reaching API endpoint
+(e.g., header field is too large).
+.sp
+The following section describes available API endpoints.
+.SS POST /api/v1beta1/backendconfig
+.sp
+This API replaces the current backend server settings with the
+requested ones. The request method should be POST, but PUT is also
+acceptable. The request body must be nghttpx configuration file
+format. For configuration file format, see \fI\%FILES\fP section. The
+line separator inside the request body must be single LF (0x0A).
+Currently, only \fI\%backend\fP option is parsed, the
+others are simply ignored. The semantics of this API is replace the
+current backend with the backend options in request body. Describe
+the desired set of backend severs, and nghttpx makes it happen. If
+there is no \fI\%backend\fP option is found in request
+body, the current set of backend is replaced with the \fI\%backend\fP option\(aqs default value, which is \fB127.0.0.1,80\fP\&.
+.sp
+The replacement is done instantly without breaking existing
+connections or requests. It also avoids any process creation as is
+the case with hot swapping with signals.
+.sp
+The one limitation is that only numeric IP address is allowed in
+\fI\%backend\fP in request body unless "dns" parameter
+is used while non numeric hostname is allowed in command\-line or
+configuration file is read using \fI\%\-\-conf\fP\&.
+.SS GET /api/v1beta1/configrevision
+.sp
+This API returns configuration revision of the current nghttpx. The
+configuration revision is opaque string, and it changes after each
+reloading by SIGHUP. With this API, an external application knows
+that whether nghttpx has finished reloading its configuration by
+comparing the configuration revisions between before and after
+reloading. It is recommended to disable persistent (keep\-alive)
+connection for this purpose in order to avoid to send a request using
+the reused connection which may bound to an old process.
+.sp
+This API returns response including \fBdata\fP key. Its value is JSON
+object, and it contains at least the following key:
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B configRevision
+The configuration revision of the current nghttpx
+.UNINDENT
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.sp
+\fBnghttp(1)\fP, \fBnghttpd(1)\fP, \fBh2load(1)\fP
+.SH AUTHOR
+Tatsuhiro Tsujikawa
+.SH COPYRIGHT
+2012, 2015, 2016, Tatsuhiro Tsujikawa
+.\" Generated by docutils manpage writer.
+.