nghttp2/doc/nghttpx.h2r

FILES
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*/etc/nghttpx/nghttpx.conf*
  The default configuration file path nghttpx searches at startup.
  The configuration file path can be changed using :option:`--conf`
  option.

  Those lines which are staring ``#`` are treated as comment.

  The option name in the configuration file is the long command-line
  option name with leading ``--`` stripped (e.g., ``frontend``).  Put
  ``=`` between option name and value.  Don't put extra leading or
  trailing spaces.

  The options which do not take argument in the command-line *take*
  argument in the configuration file.  Specify ``yes`` as an argument
  (e.g., ``http2-proxy=yes``).  If other string is given, it is
  ignored.

  To specify private key and certificate file which are given as
  positional arguments in command-line, use ``private-key-file`` and
  ``certificate-file``.

  :option:`--conf` option cannot be used in the configuration file and
  will be ignored if specified.

SIGNALS
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SIGQUIT
  Shutdown gracefully.  First accept pending connections and stop
  accepting connection.  After all connections are handled, nghttpx
  exits.

SIGUSR1
  Reopen log files.

SIGUSR2
  Fork and execute nghttpx.  It will execute the binary in the same
  path with same command-line arguments and environment variables.
  After new process comes up, sending SIGQUIT to the original process
  to perform hot swapping.

SERVER PUSH
-----------

nghttpx supports HTTP/2 server push in default mode.  nghttpx looks
for Link header field (`RFC 5988
<http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5988>`_) in response headers from
backend server and extracts URI-reference with parameter
``rel=preload`` (see `preload
<http://w3c.github.io/preload/#interoperability-with-http-link-header>`_)
and pushes those URIs to the frontend client. Here is a sample Link
header field to initiate server push:

.. code-block:: http

  Link: </fonts/font.woff>; rel=preload
  Link: </css/theme.css>; rel=preload

Currently, the following restrictions are applied for server push:

1. URI-reference must not contain authority.  If it exists, it is not
   pushed.  ``/fonts/font.woff`` and ``css/theme.css`` are eligible to
   be pushed.  ``https://example.org/fonts/font.woff`` and
   ``//example.org/css/theme.css`` are not.

2. The associated stream must have method "GET" or "POST".  The
   associated stream's status code must be 200.

These limitations may be loosened in the future release.

UNIX DOMAIN SOCKET
------------------

nghttpx supports UNIX domain socket with a filename for both frontend
and backend connections.

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.

OCSP STAPLING
-------------

OCSP query is done using external Python script
``fetch-ocsp-response``, which has been originally developed in Perl
as part of h2o project (https://github.com/h2o/h2o), and was
translated into Python.

The script file is usually installed under
``$(prefix)/share/nghttp2/`` directory.  The actual path to script can
be customized using :option:`--fetch-ocsp-response-file` option.

SEE ALSO
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:manpage:`nghttp(1)`, :manpage:`nghttpd(1)`, :manpage:`h2load(1)`