Re: Support for HTTP/2

[James Peach <jp...@apache.org>]

> On Oct 29, 2014, at 9:09 AM, Eugene Monaghan <Eu...@owmobility.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi All.
> 
> I'm interested in support for HTTP/2 and have taken the patch artefacts described in TS-2729<https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TS-2729> and applied these to Traffic Server v5.1.
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> Using curl-7.38.0 as my client (with HTTP/2 support provided via nghttp2-0.6.4), I am attempting to establish an end-2-end connection using HTTP/2 with a HTTP/2 enabled web site e.g https://nghttp2.org. So far, I have had no success with this arrangement:
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>                Client <- http/2 -> ATS <- http/2-> Server
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>                NOTE: ATS configured for transparency as described in the Admin Guide using the TPROXY feature of the Linux kernel
> Is this feasible with the support offered in  TS-2729<https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TS-2729> ? If so, what (if any) configuration required for it to be effective ?
> 
> Further to this, what end-2-end arrangements can be supported with the use of the patch provided by TS-2729<https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TS-2729> ?

The patch in TS-2729 is clearly marked as a prototype. We are continuing to work on HTTP/2 but we don't have anything ready for testing. Implementing a HTTP/2 client in ATS is still a long way off.

> 
> Any guidance in this area much appreciated.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Eugene
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