HP P4535A - Web Cache Server Appliance Administrator's Manual page 190

Appendix D
Tag
group-wildmat
priority
Description
Enter a comma-separated list of group names and list files in wildmat format (use *
as a wildcard). The list files options are the following:
and
distributions, distrib.pats
Make sure there are no spaces in the list. Use the prefix ! to indicate groups that are
not included in the list. The list is processed in reverse order, so more specific
restrictions should be placed later in the list.
Example:
*,!distrib.pats
Do not include any
distrib.pats
*,!alt.*
Do not include any groups of the form
talk.religion.*,!talk.religion.barney,subscriptions
Include only subscriptions from all
talk.religion.barney
This tag tells the Traffic Server how to treat the specified host and news groups.
Use one of the following options:
<no priority tag>
If you do not use a priority tag, Traffic Server caches articles from the specified
news groups on demand. If you specify multiple groups (such as
Traffic Server will maintain a group list and will poll the parent NNTP server
regularly to check for changes in the group list.
feed
The Traffic Server will receive news feeds for the specified groups as the parent
NNTP server receives news feeds. The Traffic Server will not cache articles on
demand, since it will simply have them.
If Traffic Server is clustered, make sure that your news server sends
CAUTION:
feeds to one of the nodes in the cluster to avoid possible article numbering
conflicts.
NOTE: A "feed" line in
nntp_servers.config
demand" line. The Traffic Server needs to be aware of the news server and its
groups before it can receive news feeds. See the examples following this table.
push
The Traffic Server can both receive news feeds and cache articles on demand.
If Traffic Server is clustered, make sure that your news server sends
CAUTION:
feeds to one of the nodes in the cluster, to avoid possible article numbering
conflicts.
pull
The Traffic Server actively pulls (caches) all articles from these news groups at a
frequency you specify in the Traffic Server Manager UI. The Traffic Server does
not wait for user requests.
NOTE: A "pull" line in
nntp_servers.config
demand" line. The reason is that Traffic Server needs to be aware of the news
server and its groups before it can pull articles from a specific group. See the
examples following this table.
.
files, but do include all others.
, but do include all others.
alt.*
talk.religion.*
.
must be preceded by a "cache on
must be preceded by a "cache on
Configuration Files
subscriptions,
groups, excluding
), the
alt.*
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