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boss_​beaconing


Triggers diagnostic data beacons for use with BOSS, Akamai's monitoring and diagnostics system.

OptionTypeDescriptionRequires
enabledboolean

Enable diagnostic data beacons.

{"displayType":"boolean","tag":"input","type":"checkbox"}
cpcodesstring

The space-separated list of CP codes that trigger the beacons. You need to specify the same set of CP codes within BOSS.

{"displayType":"string","tag":"input","type":"text"}
{"if":{"attribute":"enabled","op":"eq","value":true}}
request_​typeenum

Specify when to trigger a beacon.

{"displayType":"enum","options":["EDGE","EDGE_MIDGRESS"],"tag":"select"}
{"if":{"attribute":"enabled","op":"eq","value":true}}
EDGE

For edge requests only.

EDGE_​MIDGRESS

Both end and midgress requests.

forward_​typeenum

Specify when to trigger a beacon.

{"displayType":"enum","options":["MIDGRESS","ORIGIN","MIDGRESS_ORIGIN"],"tag":"select"}
{"if":{"attribute":"enabled","op":"eq","value":true}}
MIDGRESS

For internal midgress forwards only.

ORIGIN

For origin forwards only.

MIDGRESS_​ORIGIN

Both.

sampling_​frequencyenum

Specifies a sampling frequency or disables beacons.

{"displayType":"enum","options":["SAMPLING_FREQ_0_0","SAMPLING_FREQ_0_1"],"tag":"select"}
{"if":{"attribute":"enabled","op":"eq","value":true}}
SAMPLING_​FREQ_0_0

Disables beacons altogether.

SAMPLING_​FREQ_0_1

Specifies a sampling frequency.

conditional_​sampling_​frequencyenum

Specifies a conditional sampling frequency or disables beacons.

{"displayType":"enum","options":["CONDITIONAL_SAMPLING_FREQ_0_0","CONDITIONAL_SAMPLING_FREQ_0_1","CONDITIONAL_SAMPLING_FREQ_0_2","CONDITIONAL_SAMPLING_FREQ_0_3"],"tag":"select"}
{"if":{"attribute":"enabled","op":"eq","value":true}}
CONDITIONAL_​SAMPLING_​FREQ_0_0

Disables beacons altogether.

CONDITIONAL_​SAMPLING_​FREQ_0_1

Specifies a sampling frequency.

CONDITIONAL_​SAMPLING_​FREQ_0_2

Specifies a sampling frequency.

CONDITIONAL_​SAMPLING_​FREQ_0_3

Specifies a sampling frequency.

conditional_​http_​statusstring array

Specifies the set of response status codes or ranges that trigger the beacon.

{"displayType":"string array","options":["0xx","3xx","302","304","4xx","401","403","404","408","5xx","500","503","6xx"],"tag":"select"}
{"if":{"attribute":"enabled","op":"eq","value":true}}
Supported values:
0xx
302
304
3xx
401
403
404
408
4xx
500
503
5xx
6xx
conditional_​error_​patternstring

A space-separated set of error patterns that trigger beacons to conditional feeds. Each pattern can include wildcards, where ? matches a single character and * matches zero or more characters. For example, *CONNECT* *DENIED* matches two different words as substrings.

{"displayType":"string","tag":"input","type":"text"}
{"if":{"attribute":"enabled","op":"eq","value":true}}