Thanks Alan for the reply
So ats doesn't support multiple A records ?
Is there any technical reason why this feature is not supported ? If not
it's there any possibility of getting this support done in ats .. I think
this is a good and common use case for Enterprise servers ?
Thanks and regards
~S

On Fri, Jun 1, 2018, 10:52 PM Alan Carroll <solidwallofc...@oath.com.invalid>
wrote:

> I'll take a look, but the DNS failover is about nameserver failover, not
> upstream failover.
>
> 1) Yes, should be able to set this via the server retry settings. See here
> -
>
> https://docs.trafficserver.apache.org/en/7.1.x/admin-guide/files/records.config.en.html#proxy-config-http-connect-attempts-max-retries
> - "proxy.config.http.connect_attempts_rr_retries" may be of interest as
> well.
>
> 3) Yes, that should be the default behavior. See here -
>
> https://docs.trafficserver.apache.org/en/7.1.x/admin-guide/files/records.config.en.html#proxy-config-http-server-session-sharing-match
>
> On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 6:29 PM, salil GK <gksa...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Can I get some ad hoc document for the dns failover. This is pretty
> > much urgent for me for my solution.
> >
> > Thanks and regards
> > ~S
> >
> > On 30 May 2018 at 04:45, salil GK <gksa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Thanks Susan for the reply.
> > >
> > > Can I get some help on dns failover settings.
> > > Basically if dns server return multiple A records, how can I setup ATS
> > > to select alternative IP address in case first IP address is not
> > > accessible.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > ~S
> > >
> > > On 29 May 2018 at 20:19, Susan Hinrichs <shinr...@oath.com.invalid>
> > wrote:
> > >> We need to file an issue on getting these documented.  Judging from
> "git
> > >> blame" . the failover settings have been around for quite a while.  I
> > >> cannot help you much with the failover settings, since I haven't
> worked
> > in
> > >> that area.
> > >>
> > >> I can help you on some of the other settings since Fei and I have been
> > >> digging through here recently.
> > >>
> > >> proxy.config.dns.max_dns_in_flight  Controls how many DNS requests are
> > >> allowed to be outstanding.  If this limit is reached, further requests
> > will
> > >> be delayed until some responses arrive.  I think this is a per thread
> > limit.
> > >>
> > >> proxy.config.dns.lookup_timeout The timeout in seconds on a DNS
> > request.
> > >>
> > >> proxy.config.dns.retries Number of times ATS will retry a DNS request.
> > >>
> > >> proxy.config.dns.local_ipv4
> > >> proxy.config.dns.local_ipv6 Specify the source address ATS uses to
> make
> > DNS
> > >> requests.  NULL will pull the IP address from the interface
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Mon, May 28, 2018 at 7:34 PM, gksa...@gmail.com <gksa...@gmail.com
> >
> > >> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> On 2018/05/25 16:27:08, salil GK <gksa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>> > Hello
> > >>> >
> > >>> >     I have a ATS ( 6.2.2 ) deployed in my server for Forward proxy.
> > My
> > >>> > deployment is as follows
> > >>> >
> > >>> >
> > >>> >        client  ->  ATS-1 -> ATS-2 -> "Origin server”
> > >>> >
> > >>> >     Here between ATS-1 and ATS-2 I have created ssh tunnels and
> > >>> > traffic will be passed through that tunnel, using parent.config.
> > >>> >
> > >>> >     ATS-1 is opening a MTLS socket to client and "Origin server" is
> > https
> > >>> >
> > >>> > I have some questions regarding the capability of ATS.
> > >>> >
> > >>> > 1. From ATS-2 there will be a dns A query and get the address
> > resolved
> > >>> > before connecting to "Origin Server”
> > >>> >            If dns server return 2 or three addresses, is there any
> > way
> > >>> > ATS use the alternative address ( second or third ) in case it
> fails
> > >>> > to reach first address ? How dns resolution works in ATS, is the
> dns
> > >>> > functionality embedded in dns or it allow the system to resolve the
> > >>> > address ?
> > >>> >
> > >>> > 2. I have a cluster of ATS-2 ( two ATS-2 machines.) in my
> > >>> > parent.config I have specified these two ATS-2 machines and
> > >>> > round_robin parameters is set to true. From document, I guess the
> > >>> > round_robin will happen if request come from different IP
> addresses (
> > >>> > ? ). All requests come from same IP address will take same parent
> > >>> > machine only. Is there any way I can have round robin in place even
> > >>> > for requests come from same IP address ?
> > >>> >
> > >>> > 3. Is there any chance that http connection to origin server from
> > >>> > ATS-2 can be made persistent.
> > >>> >
> > >>> >       4. Since this is multi hop deployment I need to handle error
> > >>> > condition in ATS-1 and ATS-2 gracefully. So based on the HTTP
> > response
> > >>> > code, I would like to put some logic for handling this. For
> example,
> > >>> > if an error is returned from the origin server, or if there is any
> > >>> > network issue between ATS-2 and origin server, I need to handle it
> in
> > >>> > ATS-1 ( logging or try another ATS-2 etc ). How do I achieve this ?
> > >>> >
> > >>> >
> > >>> > Any help on this would be of great help for me.
> > >>> >
> > >>> > Thanks
> > >>> > ~S
> > >>> >
> > >>>
> > >>> While searching in the web, I have seen some configuration variables
> > >>> related to dns
> > >>>
> > >>> proxy.config.dns.failover_number INT 5
> > >>> proxy.config.dns.failover_period INT 60
> > >>> proxy.config.dns.local_ipv4 STRING NULL
> > >>> proxy.config.dns.local_ipv6 STRING NULL
> > >>> proxy.config.dns.lookup_timeout INT 20
> > >>> proxy.config.dns.max_dns_in_flight INT 2048
> > >>> proxy.config.dns.retries INT 5
> > >>>
> > >>> Where do I get the document related to these parameters ?
> > >>>
> > >>> This is  a bit urgent issue for me to resolve this issue. It would be
> > of
> > >>> great help if I get some directions on this.
> > >>>
> > >>> Thanks in advance
> > >>> ~S
> > >>>
> >
>

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