Description of configuration options for [DEFAULT] in proxy-server.conf-sample

Configuration option=Default value	Description
bind_ip=0.0.0.0	IP Address for server to bind to
bind_port=80	Port for server to bind to
bind_timeout=30	Seconds to attempt bind before giving up
backlog=4096	Maximum number of allowed pending TCP connections
swift_dir=/etc/swift	Swift configuration directory
user=swift	User to run as
workers=auto	a much higher value, one can reduce the impact of slow file system operations in one request from negatively impacting other requests.
max_clients=1024	Maximum number of clients one worker can process simultaneously Lowering the number of clients handled per worker, and raising the number of workers can lessen the impact that a CPU intensive, or blocking, request can have on other requests served by the same worker. If the maximum number of clients is set to one, then a given worker will not perform another call while processing, allowing other workers a chance to process it.
cert_file=/etc/swift/proxy.crt	to the ssl .crt. This should be enabled for testing purposes only.
key_file=/etc/swift/proxy.key	to the ssl .key. This should be enabled for testing purposes only.
expiring_objects_container_divisor=86400	No help text available for this option
log_name=swift	Label used when logging
log_facility=LOG_LOCAL0	Syslog log facility
log_level=INFO	Logging level
log_headers=false	No help text available for this option
log_address=/dev/log	Location where syslog sends the logs to
trans_id_suffix=	No help text available for this option
log_custom_handlers=	Comma-separated list of functions to call to setup custom log handlers.
log_udp_host=	If not set, the UDB receiver for syslog is disabled.
log_udp_port=514	Port value for UDB receiver, if enabled.
log_statsd_host=localhost	If not set, the StatsD feature is disabled.
log_statsd_port=8125	Port value for the StatsD server.
log_statsd_default_sample_rate=1.0	Defines the probability of sending a sample for any given event or timing measurement.
log_statsd_sample_rate_factor=1.0	Not recommended to set this to a value less than 1.0, if frequency of logging is too high, tune the log_statsd_default_sample_rate instead.
log_statsd_metric_prefix=	Value will be prepended to every metric sent to the StatsD server.
cors_allow_origin=	is a list of hosts that are included with any CORS request by default and returned with the Access-Control-Allow-Origin header in addition to what the container has set. to call to setup custom log handlers. for eventlet the proxy server. For most cases, this should be `egg:swift#proxy`. request whenever it has to failover to a handoff node
client_timeout=60	Timeout to read one chunk from a client external services
eventlet_debug=false	If true, turn on debug logging for eventlet