[master] 4f8c20d Document the VCL >= 4.1 restriction for -a/-b /uds in varnishd(1).
Geoff Simmons
geoff at uplex.de
Wed Mar 14 12:52:09 UTC 2018
commit 4f8c20db5e96009543be6a1c0a1244145f69c791
Author: Geoff Simmons <geoff at uplex.de>
Date: Wed Mar 14 13:50:28 2018 +0100
Document the VCL >= 4.1 restriction for -a/-b /uds in varnishd(1).
diff --git a/doc/sphinx/reference/varnishd.rst b/doc/sphinx/reference/varnishd.rst
index 9651e1d..b6d383a 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx/reference/varnishd.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx/reference/varnishd.rst
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ Basic options
user, group and mode sub-arguments may be used to specify the
permissions of the socket file -- use names for user and group, and
a 3-digit octal value for mode. These sub-arguments are not
- permitted if an IP address is specified.
+ permitted if an IP address is specified. When Unix domain socket
+ listeners are in use, all VCL configurations must have version >=
+ 4.1.
Name is referenced in logs. If name is not specified, "a0", "a1",
etc. is used. An additional protocol type can be set for the
@@ -70,6 +72,8 @@ Basic options
absolute path of a Unix domain socket to which Varnish connects. In
that case, the value of ``-b`` must satisfy the conditions required
for the ``.path`` field of a backend declaration, see :ref:`vcl(7)`.
+ Backends with Unix socket addresses may only be used with VCL
+ versions >= 4.1.
-b can be used only once, and not together with f.
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