document keepalive (ITS#6389)

diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapd-config.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapd-config.5
index 555ae7c6f2147613451542396a0b10d48c30ddc0..928d5527f744b14e361c2604278b4e7262e7ba92 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/man/man5/slapd-config.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slapd-config.5
@@ -1661,6 +1661,7 @@ FALSE, meaning the contextCSN is stored in the context entry.
 .B [credentials=<passwd>]
 .B [realm=<realm>]
 .B [secprops=<properties>]
+.B [keepalive=<idle>:<probes>:<interval>]
 .B [starttls=yes|critical]
 .B [tls_cert=<file>]
 .B [tls_key=<file>]
@@ -1802,6 +1803,22 @@ should grant that identity appropriate access privileges to the data
 that is being replicated (\fBaccess\fP directive), and appropriate time 
 and size limits (\fBlimits\fP directive).
 
+The
+.B keepalive
+parameter sets the values of \fIidle\fP, \fIprobes\fP, and \fIinterval\fP
+used to check whether a socket is alive;
+.I idle
+is the number of seconds a connection needs to remain idle before TCP 
+starts sending keepalive probes;
+.I probes
+is the maximum number of keepalive probes TCP should send before dropping
+the connection;
+.I interval
+is interval in seconds between individual keepalive probes.
+Only some systems support the customization of these values;
+the
+.B keepalive
+parameter is ignored otherwise, and system-wide settings are used.
 
 The
 .B starttls

diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
index 5fe511964cdc556504012da6195b7b292acea298..8134f7c70098b8a1208e03fcbd4545488babe622 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
@@ -1647,6 +1647,7 @@ the contextCSN is stored in the context entry.
 .B [credentials=<passwd>]
 .B [realm=<realm>]
 .B [secprops=<properties>]
+.B [keepalive=<idle>:<probes>:<interval>]
 .B [starttls=yes|critical]
 .B [tls_cert=<file>]
 .B [tls_key=<file>]
@@ -1807,6 +1808,23 @@ and \fBtimelimit\fP, or by setting an appropriate \fBlimits\fP statement
 in the consumer's configuration (see \fBsizelimit\fP and \fBlimits\fP
 for details).
 
+The
+.B keepalive
+parameter sets the values of \fIidle\fP, \fIprobes\fP, and \fIinterval\fP
+used to check whether a socket is alive;
+.I idle
+is the number of seconds a connection needs to remain idle before TCP 
+starts sending keepalive probes;
+.I probes
+is the maximum number of keepalive probes TCP should send before dropping
+the connection;
+.I interval
+is interval in seconds between individual keepalive probes.
+Only some systems support the customization of these values;
+the
+.B keepalive
+parameter is ignored otherwise, and system-wide settings are used.
+
 The
 .B starttls
 parameter specifies use of the StartTLS extended operation