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+# This is a test configuration.
+# It exercises some critical state machine transitions. Start it in debug
+# mode with syslogd listening to UDP socket, facility local0.
+
+########### test#0001: process_cli(), read or write error
+# setup :
+#   server = (printf "HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n\r\n";cat /dev/zero) | nc -lp4000
+#   client = (printf "GET / HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n";cat) | nc 127.1 8001 >/dev/null
+# action : kill client during transfer (Ctrl-C)
+# result : both sides must close, and logs must report "CD" flags with
+#          valid timers and counters. (note: high CPU usage expected)
+# example: 0/0/3/0/5293 200 76420076 - - CD--
+
+########### test#0002: process_cli(), read closed on client side first
+# setup :
+#   server = (printf "HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n\r\n";cat /dev/zero) | nc -lp4000
+#   client = (printf "GET / HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n";cat) | nc 127.1 8001
+# action : end client output during transfer (Ctrl-D)
+# result : client exits, log is emitted immediately, server must be terminated
+#          by hand. Logs indicate "----" with correct timers.
+# example: 0/0/3/0/5293 200 76420076 - - ----
+# note   : test#0003 is triggered immediately after this test
+
+########### test3: process_cli(), read closed on server side first
+# setup :
+#   server = (printf "HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n\r\n";cat) | nc -lp4000
+#   client = (printf "GET / HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n";cat) | nc 127.1 8001
+# action : end server output during transfer (Ctrl-D)
+# result : server exits, log is emitted immediately, client must be terminated
+#          by hand. Logs indicate "----" with correct timers.
+# example: 0/0/3/0/5293 200 76420076 - - ----
+# note   : test#0002 is triggered immediately after this test
+
+########### test4: process_cli(), read timeout on client side
+# setup :
+#   server = (printf "HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n\r\n";cat) | nc -lp4000
+#   client = (printf "GET / HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n";cat) | nc 127.1 8001
+# action : wait at least 7 seconds and check the logs
+# result : log is emitted immediately, client and server must be terminated
+#          by hand. Logs indicate "cD--" with correct timers.
+# example: 0/0/1/0/7006 200 19 - - cD--
+# note   : test#0003 is triggered immediately after this test
+
+########### test5: ability to restart read after a request buffer full
+# setup :
+#   server = (printf "HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n\r\n"; cat) | nc -lp4000
+#   client = (printf "GET / HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n";cat 8k.txt;cat) | nc 127.1 8001
+# action : enter data on the client, press enter, then Ctrl-D
+# result : data transferred to the server, client exits, log is emitted
+#          immediately, server must be terminated by hand. Logs indicate
+#          "----" with correct timers.
+# example: 0/0/0/0/3772 200 19 - - ----
+
+########### test6: ability to restart read after a request buffer partially full
+# setup :
+#   server = (printf "HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n\r\n"; cat) | nc -lp4000
+#   client = (printf "GET / HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n";cat 7k.txt;cat) | nc 127.1 8001
+# action : enter data on the client, press enter, then Ctrl-D
+# result : data transferred to the server, client exits, log is emitted
+#          immediately, server must be terminated by hand. Logs indicate
+#          "----" with correct timers.
+# example: 0/0/0/0/3772 200 19 - - ----
+
+########### test7: ability to restart read after a response buffer full
+# setup :
+#   server = (printf "HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n\r\n";cat 8k.txt; cat) | nc -lp4000
+#   client = (printf "GET / HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n";cat) | nc 127.1 8001
+# action : enter data on the server, press enter, then Ctrl-D
+# result : data transferred to the client, server exits, log is emitted
+#          immediately, client must be terminated by hand. Logs indicate
+#          "----" with correct timers.
+# example: 0/0/0/0/3087 200 8242 - - ----
+
+########### test8: ability to restart read after a response buffer partially full
+# setup :
+#   server = (printf "HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n\r\n";cat 7k.txt; cat) | nc -lp4000
+#   client = (printf "GET / HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n";cat) | nc 127.1 8001
+# action : enter data on the server, press enter, then Ctrl-D
+# result : data transferred to the client, server exits, log is emitted
+#          immediately, client must be terminated by hand. Logs indicate
+#          "----" with correct timers.
+# example: 0/0/0/0/5412 200 7213 - - ----
+
+########### test9: process_cli(), read timeout on empty request
+# setup :
+#   server = (printf "HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n\r\n";cat) | nc -lp4000
+#   client = nc 127.1 8001
+# action : wait at least 5 seconds and check the logs
+# result : client returns 408, log is emitted immediately, server must be
+#          terminated by hand. Logs indicate "cR--" with correct timers
+#          and "<BADREQ>"
+# example: -1/-1/-1/-1/5000 408 212 - - cR--
+
+########### test10: process_cli(), read timeout on client headers
+# setup :
+#   server = (printf "HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n\r\n";cat) | nc -lp4000
+#   client = (printf "GET / HTTP/1.0\r\nTest: test\r\n";cat) | nc 127.1 8001
+# action : wait at least 5 seconds and check the logs
+# result : client returns 408, log is emitted immediately, both must be
+#          terminated by hand. Logs indicate "cR--" with correct timers
+#          and "<BADREQ>"
+# example: -1/-1/-1/-1/5004 408 212 - - cR--
+
+########### test11: process_cli(), read abort on empty request
+# setup :
+#   server = (printf "HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n\r\n";cat) | nc -lp4000
+#   client = echo -n | nc 127.1 8001
+# action : just check the logs after the client immediately returns
+# result : client returns 400, log is emitted immediately, server must be
+#          terminated by hand. Logs indicate "CR--" with correct timers
+#          and "<BADREQ>"
+# example: -1/-1/-1/-1/0 400 187 - - CR--
+
+########### test12: process_cli(), read abort on client headers
+# setup :
+#   server = (printf "HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n\r\n";cat) | nc -lp4000
+#   client = (printf "GET / HTTP/1.0\r\nTest: test\r\n") | nc 127.1 8001
+# action : just check the logs after the client immediately returns
+# result : client returns 400, log is emitted immediately, server must be
+#          terminated by hand. Logs indicate "CR--" with correct timers
+#          and "<BADREQ>"
+# example: -1/-1/-1/-1/0 400 187 - - CR--
+
+########### test13: process_srv(), read timeout on empty response
+# setup :
+#   server = nc -lp4000
+#   client = (printf "GET / HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n"; cat) | nc 127.1 8001
+# action : wait 9 seconds and check response
+# result : client exits with 504, log is emitted immediately, client must be
+#          terminated by hand. Logs indicate "sH--" with correct timers.
+# example: 0/0/0/-1/8002 504 194 - - sH--
+
+########### test14: process_srv(), closed client during response timeout
+# setup :
+#   server = nc6 --half-close -lp4000
+#   client = (printf "GET / HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n"; sleep 1) | nc 127.1 8001
+# action : wait 9 seconds and check response
+# result : client exits with 504, log is emitted immediately, server must be
+#          terminated by hand. Logs indicate "sH--" with correct timers, which
+#          is 9s total (sleep 1 + 8 for server response).
+# example: 0/0/0/-1/9002 504 194 - - sH--
+
+########### test15: process_srv(), client close causing server close
+# setup :
+#   server = nc6 -lp4000
+#   client = (printf "GET / HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n"; sleep 1) | nc 127.1 8001
+# action : wait 1 second and check response
+# result : client exits with 502, log is emitted immediately, server closes.
+#          Logs indicate "SH--" with correct timers.
+# example: 0/0/0/-1/1002 502 204 - - SH--
+
+########### test16: process_srv(), read timeout on server headers
+# setup :
+#   server = (printf "HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\nTest: test\r\n";cat) | nc -lp4000
+#   client = (printf "GET / HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n"; cat) | nc 127.1 8001
+# action : wait 8 seconds and check response
+# result : client exits with 504, log is emitted immediately, both must be
+#          terminated by hand. Logs indicate "sH--" with correct timers.
+# example: 0/0/0/-1/8004 504 223 - - sH--
+
+########### test17: process_srv(), connection time-out
+# setup :
+#   config = retries 1
+#   server = none
+#   client = (printf "GET / HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n";cat) | nc 127.1 8002
+# action : wait at least 12 seconds and check the logs
+# result : client returns 503 and must be terminated by hand. Log is emitted
+#          immediately. Logs indicate "sC--" with correct timers.
+# example: 0/6001/-1/-1/12001 503 212 - - sC--
+
+########### test18: process_srv(), client close during connection time-out
+# setup :
+#   config = retries 1
+#   server = none
+#   client = (printf "GET / HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n";sleep 1) | nc 127.1 8002
+# action : wait at least 12 seconds and check the logs
+# result : client returns 503 and automatically closes. Log is emitted
+#          immediately. Logs indicate "sC--" with correct timers.
+# example: 0/6001/-1/-1/12001 503 212 - - sC--
+
+########### test19: process_srv(), immediate server close after empty response
+# setup :
+#   server = echo -n | nc -lp4000
+#   client = (printf "GET / HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n") | nc 127.1 8001
+# action : just check logs after immediate return.
+# result : client and server exit with 502, log is emitted immediately. Logs
+#          indicate "SH--" with correct timers.
+# example: 0/0/0/-1/0 502 204 - - SH--
+
+########### test20: process_srv(), immediate server close after incomplete headers
+# setup :
+#   server = (printf "HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\nTest: test\r\n") | nc -lp4000
+#   client = (printf "GET / HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n") | nc 127.1 8001
+# action : just check logs after immediate return.
+# result : client and server exit with 502, log is emitted immediately. Logs
+#          indicate "SH--" with correct timers.
+# example: 0/0/0/-1/0 502 233 - - SH--
+
+########### test21: process_srv(), immediate server close after complete headers
+# setup :
+#   server = (printf "HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\nTest: test\r\n\r\n") | nc -lp4000
+#   client = (printf "GET / HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n") | nc 127.1 8001
+# action : just check logs after immediate return.
+# result : client and server exit with 200, log is emitted immediately. Logs
+#          indicate "----" with correct timers.
+# example: 0/0/0/0/0 200 31 - - ----
+
+########### test22: process_srv(), timeout on request body
+# setup :
+#   server = (printf "HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\nTest: test\r\n\r\n") | nc -lp4000
+#   client = (printf "POST / HTTP/1.0\r\nContent-length: 20\r\n\r\n";cat) | nc 127.1 8001
+# action : wait 5s for the request body to timeout.
+# result : The server receives the request and responds immediately with 200.
+#          Log is emitted immediately. Logs indicate "----" with correct timers.
+# example: 5002/0/0/0/5002 200 31 - - ----
+
+
+
+global
+	maxconn 100
+	log		127.0.0.1 local0
+	debug
+
+# connect to port 8000 to consult statistics
+listen stats
+        timeout client  5s
+	mode            http
+	bind            :8000
+	balance
+	stats		uri /stat
+
+# connect port 8001 to localhost:4000
+listen  frt8001
+	log		global
+        bind		:8001
+        mode		http
+	option		httplog
+        maxconn		100
+
+        timeout http-request 5s
+        timeout connect 6s
+        timeout client  7s
+        timeout server  8s
+        timeout queue   9s
+
+	balance		url_param foo check_post
+	server		srv4000 127.0.0.1:4000
+
+# connect port 8002 to nowhere
+listen  frt8002
+	log		global
+        bind		:8002
+        mode		http
+	option		httplog
+        maxconn		100
+
+        timeout http-request 5s
+        timeout connect 6s
+        timeout client  7s
+        timeout server  8s
+        timeout queue   9s
+	retries         1
+
+	balance		url_param foo check_post
+	server		srv4000 192.168.255.255:4000
+
+
+# listen  frt8002
+# 	log		global
+#         bind		:8002
+#         mode		http
+# 	option		httplog
+#         maxconn		100
+# 
+#         timeout http-request 5s
+#         timeout connect 6s
+#         timeout client  7s
+#         timeout server  8s
+#         timeout queue   9s
+# 
+#         #tcp-request inspect-delay 4s
+#         acl white_list src 127.0.0.2
+# 
+#         tcp-request content accept if white_list
+#         tcp-request content reject if !REQ_CONTENT
+# 
+# 	balance		url_param foo check_post
+# 	#balance	url_param foo #check_post
+# 	server		srv4000 127.0.0.1:4000
+# 
+# 	# control activity this way
+# 	stats		uri /stat
+#