set so_reuseaddr for client in reverse proxy mode so uses 1 connection to interface with server.

[ouvaa]

set so_reuseaddr for client in reverse proxy mode so uses 1 connection to interface with server.

the server side will save on fd with 1 connection

[ouvaa]

if there's already an example, pls provide it. thx

[li-jin-gou]

Isn't this the keep alive feature of HTTP1?

[ouvaa]

@li-jin-gou no, it's running multiple client processes in one port.

https://blog.cloudflare.com/how-to-stop-running-out-of-ephemeral-ports-and-start-to-love-long-lived-connections

can you please provide the code example for using so_reuseaddr as a proxy as the client connecting to backend? will be running multiple processes to tie the client to single port