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@@ -3,15 +3,20 @@ DeviceAtlas Device Detection
In order to add DeviceAtlas Device Detection support, you would need to download
the API source code from https://deviceatlas.com/deviceatlas-haproxy-module.
-The build supports the USE_PCRE and USE_PCRE2 options. Once extracted :
+Once extracted :
- $ make TARGET=<target> USE_PCRE=1 (or USE_PCRE2=1) USE_DEVICEATLAS=1 DEVICEATLAS_SRC=<path to the API root folder>
+ $ make TARGET=<target> USE_DEVICEATLAS=1 DEVICEATLAS_SRC=<path to the API root folder>
Optionally DEVICEATLAS_INC and DEVICEATLAS_LIB may be set to override the path
to the include files and libraries respectively if they're not in the source
-directory. However, if the API had been installed beforehand, DEVICEATLAS_SRC
-can be omitted. Note that the DeviceAtlas C API version supported is the 2.4.0
-at minimum.
+directory. Also, in the case the api cache support is not needed and/or a C++ toolchain
+ could not be used, DEVICEATLAS_NOCACHE is available.
+
+ $ make TARGET=<target> USE_DEVICEATLAS=1 DEVICEATLAS_SRC=<path to the API root folder> DEVICEATLAS_NOCACHE=1
+
+However, if the API had been installed beforehand, DEVICEATLAS_SRC
+can be omitted. Note that the DeviceAtlas C API version supported is from the 3.x
+releases series (3.2.1 minimum recommended).
For HAProxy developers who need to verify that their changes didn't accidentally
break the DeviceAtlas code, it is possible to build a dummy library provided in
@@ -20,7 +25,7 @@ full library. This will not provide the full functionalities, it will just allow
haproxy to start with a deviceatlas configuration, which generally is enough to
validate API changes :
- $ make TARGET=<target> USE_PCRE=1 USE_DEVICEATLAS=1 DEVICEATLAS_SRC=$PWD/addons/deviceatlas/dummy
+ $ make TARGET=<target> USE_DEVICEATLAS=1 DEVICEATLAS_SRC=$PWD/addons/deviceatlas/dummy
These are supported DeviceAtlas directives (see doc/configuration.txt) :
- deviceatlas-json-file <path to the DeviceAtlas JSON data file>.
@@ -28,6 +33,7 @@ These are supported DeviceAtlas directives (see doc/configuration.txt) :
the API, 0 by default).
- deviceatlas-property-separator <character> (character used to separate the
properties produced by the API, | by default).
+ - deviceatlas-cache-size <number> (number of cache entries, 0 by default).
Sample configuration :
@@ -64,18 +70,8 @@ Single HTTP header
acl device_type_tablet req.fhdr(User-Agent),da-csv-conv(primaryHardwareType) "Tablet"
-Optionally a JSON download scheduler is provided to allow a data file being
-fetched automatically in a daily basis without restarting HAProxy :
-
- $ cd addons/deviceatlas && make [DEVICEATLAS_SRC=<path to the API root folder>]
-
-Similarly, if the DeviceAtlas API is installed, DEVICEATLAS_SRC can be omitted.
-
- $ ./dadwsch -u JSON data file URL e.g. "https://deviceatlas.com/getJSON?licencekey=<your licence key>&format=zip&data=my&index=web" \
- [-p download directory path /tmp by default] \
- [-d scheduled hour of download, hour when the service is launched by default]
-
-Noted it needs to be started before HAProxy.
+Note that the JSON download scheduler is now part of the API's package, it is recommended
+to read its documentation. Note it needs to be started before HAProxy.
Please find more information about DeviceAtlas and the detection methods at