steering Policy
Parameters
The method the load balancer uses to determine the route to your origin. Value off
uses default_pool_ids
. Value geo
uses pop_pools
/country_pools
/region_pools
. For non-proxied requests, the country
for country_pools
is determined by location_strategy
. Value random
selects a pool randomly. Value dynamic_latency
uses round trip time to select the closest pool in default_pool_ids
(requires pool health checks). Value proximity
uses the pools' latitude and longitude to select the closest pool using the Cloudflare PoP location for proxied requests or the location determined by location_strategy
for non-proxied requests. Value least_outstanding_requests
selects a pool by taking into consideration random_steering
weights, as well as each pool's number of outstanding requests. Pools with more pending requests are weighted proportionately less relative to others. Value least_connections
selects a pool by taking into consideration random_steering
weights, as well as each pool's number of open connections. Pools with more open connections are weighted proportionately less relative to others. Supported for HTTP/1 and HTTP/2 connections. Value ""
maps to geo
if you use pop_pools
/country_pools
/region_pools
otherwise off
. Available values: off
, geo
, dynamic_latency
, random
, proximity
, least_outstanding_requests
, least_connections
, ""
Defaults to ""
.