Intel 1520 User Manual

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Chapter 4 Configuring the Appliance
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Setting server accelerator options
The Server Accelerator section allows you to configure the appliance as a 
Server Accelerator (also known as a reverse or server-side proxy). You can enable 
or disable this function as well as control how the appliance routes document 
requests to the slower traditional Web servers. For more information about setting 
up the appliance as a Server Accelerator, see Setting general controls‚ on 
page 62
.
The following table describes Server Accelerator options.
▼ Creating a document route rewriting rule
1
In the Server Accelerator section, click the Document Route Rewriting 
Rules
 link.
The Configure: Routing: URL Rewriting page appears. This page displays 
the set of current rules as well as a Add Entry button that lets you create new 
rules.
Option 
Description 
Server 
Acceleration
Enables or disables server acceleration.
If you select on, the appliance is a server accelerator for the 
Web servers specified in document route rewrite rules 
defined through the command-line interface.
Reverse proxy 
only
Sets the appliance to operate solely as a server 
accelerator. If you select Yes, the appliance does not serve 
requests to unspecified Web servers from the cache. See 
Understanding server acceleration mapping rules‚ on 
page 132 for information on creating document route 
rewriting rules. 
If you select No, the appliance serves requests from 
unspecified Web servers as a normal proxy cache.
Document Route 
Rewriting Rules
Allows you to view, modify, or add document route rewrite 
rules. See Understanding server acceleration mapping 
rules‚ on page 132 for information on document route 
rewrite rules.
URL to redirect 
requests without
Host header
Specifies an alternate URL that incoming requests from 
older clients that do not provide a 
Host:
 header can be 
directed.
It is recommended that you set this option to a page that 
explains the situation to the user and advises a browser 
upgrade or provides a link directly to the origin server, 
bypassing the appliance. Alternatively, you can specify a 
map rule that maps requests without 
Host:
 headers to a 
particular server.