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Posted to commits@trafficserver.apache.org by zw...@apache.org on 2020/07/13 20:49:10 UTC

[trafficserver] branch 9.0.x updated: Issue 6847 Fixing documentation for secondary_mode (#6851)

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zwoop pushed a commit to branch 9.0.x
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The following commit(s) were added to refs/heads/9.0.x by this push:
     new b0f3436  Issue 6847 Fixing documentation for secondary_mode (#6851)
b0f3436 is described below

commit b0f3436c0567af9d270c7bf567168bd34a11df73
Author: VijayAnand Subramanian <vi...@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Tue Jul 14 01:09:45 2020 +0530

    Issue 6847 Fixing documentation for secondary_mode (#6851)
    
    Co-authored-by: Vijayanand Subramanian <vs...@synamedia.com>
    (cherry picked from commit 588c49cbab2e13bd53d89f230283592862907e95)
---
 doc/admin-guide/files/parent.config.en.rst | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/admin-guide/files/parent.config.en.rst b/doc/admin-guide/files/parent.config.en.rst
index c7fc123..39d33e3 100644
--- a/doc/admin-guide/files/parent.config.en.rst
+++ b/doc/admin-guide/files/parent.config.en.rst
@@ -185,7 +185,13 @@ The following list shows the possible actions and their allowed values.
       - If the chosen parent is marked down then another parent will
         be chosen from the ``secondary_parent`` list. The
         ``secondary_parent`` list will be exhausted before attempting
-        to choose another parent in the ``parent`` list.
+        to choose another parent in the ``parent`` list. This depends
+        on taking a parent down from a particular EDGE using traffic_ctl
+        like ``traffic_ctl host down sample.server.com``. This will be
+        useful during maintenance window or as a debugging aid when a
+        user wants to take down specific parents. Taking parents down
+        using ``traffic_ctl`` will cause the EDGE to ignore those parent
+        immediately from parent selection logic.
 
       - If the chosen parent is unavailable but not marked down then
         another parent will be chosen from the ``parent`` list. The