c-icap (8)

c-icap [ -f config-file ] [ -N ] [ -d debug-level ] [ -D ]

c-icap is an implementation of an ICAP server. It can be used with HTTP proxies that support the ICAP protocol. Most of the comercial HTTP proxies must support ICAP pcotocol.

-f config-file

Specify the configuration file

-N

Do not run as daemon

-d level

Specify the debug level

-D

Print debug info to stdout

/etc/c-icap/c-icap.conf

The main configuration file

/etc/c-icap/c-icap.magic

In this file defined the types of files and the groups of file types.

/var/run/c-icap.pid

By default c-icap writes its pid in this file. The path of this file can changed using the PidFile configuration parameter in the c-icap.conf file

/var/run/c-icap.ctl

The commands socket. This file used to send commands to the icap server from command line. For information about implemented commands look below in the "Implemented commands" sub-section

Implemented commands

Currently the following commands are implemented:

stop

The c-icap will shutdown

reconfigure

The service will reread the config file without the need to stop and restart the c-icap server. The services will be reinitialized

relog

This command causes c-icap to close and reopen the log files. This is very useful for log rotation.

Services and modules can define their own commands.

Examples:

To reconfigure c-icap:

      echo -n "reconfigure" > /var/run/c-icap.ctl

To rotate access log:

      mv /var/log/c-icap/access.log /var/log/c-icap/access.log.1
      echo -n "relog" > /var/run/c-icap.ctl

Lookup tables

Lookup tables are simple read-only databases. A lookup table can defined in c-icap.conf file using the form: type:path where the type is the type of lookup table and path is the extra information required to use the table (e.g. file path). Currently the following lookup table types defined internally by c-icap:

file

Simple text file databases. The database records are stored in text files in the form:

key[: value1, value2 ...]

example path definition:

file:/path/to/the/file.txt

hash

Similar to file lookup tables but c-icap uses fast hashes for searching.

example path definition:

hash:/path/to/the/file.txt

regex

Similar to the file lookup tables but the keys are regular expressions in the form /regex/flags where flags are 'i' to ignore case or nothing.

example regex lookup table data:

/^[a-m].*/i: group1

/^[n-z].*/i: group2

example path definition:

regex:/path/to/the/file.txt

Runtime information

Someone can retrieve runtime information using the info service. The information includes bytes received and transmited, active services, information about service usage and many other. The information provided in HTML and text format.

Example:

Retrieve runtime information from command line:

c-icap-client -i localhost -s "info?view=text" -req "a_url"

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Tsantilas Christos