Reverse Proxy Policy field descriptions

Last Updated : Dec 19, 2023 |

Name

Description

General

Allow Web Sockets

Permits Web Sockets if selected.

Request Max Body Size (in MB)

Indicates the maximum size of the client request body.

Timeout

Client Body Timeout

Indicates the timeout for reading the client request body.

Client Header Timeout

Indicates the timeout for reading the client request header.

DNS Resolver Timeout

Indicates the timeout for resolving domain name of server address.

TLS/SSL Session Timeout

Indicates the time for which the client can reuse the SSL session parameters.

Server Read Timeout

Indicates the maximum time for which reverse proxy waits to read data from the server before marking it as unavailable

Rate/Connection Limiting

Enable Rate Limiting

Enables rate limiting. With rate limiting, you can restrict excessive SIP requests from a host and avoid a DoS attack.

Total Number of Clients

Indicates the size of the shared memory zone from which SIP requests will be monitored .

This field is available only when you select the Enable Rate Limiting check box.

Maximum simultaneous Connections (per client)

Indicates the simultaneous connections per client.

Average Request Rate

Indicates the number of requests permitted per second or minute.

If the number of requests exceed the rate specified in this field, the requests are processed at a defined rate.

This field is available only when you select the Enable Rate Limiting check box.

Burst per Client

Indicates the maximum burst size.

Excessive requests are delayed until the number of requests exceed the maximum burst size, after which the request is stopped with an error.

This field is available only when you select the Enable Rate Limiting check box.

Custom Headers

Name

Specifies the name of the custom header that you want to add to reverse proxy relay services.

Custom headers can be used to specify security headers for the nginx relay service.

Value

Specifies the value of the custom header that you want to add to reverse proxy relay services. The value must be ended with ; and when it contains ", it must be prepended with a backslash (\).

For example, the following value:

"max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains" always

must be configured as:

\"max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains\" always;