TSMGMTCONFIGFILEADD(3ts)

💖 TSMGMTCONFIGFILEADD(3ts) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Apache Traffic Server manual, section 3ts, and today's main character is the TSMgmtConfigFileAdd API function. she's a lil function but she does SO much. let's get into it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

TSMgmtConfigFileAdd — the TSMgmtConfigFileAdd API function. that's it, that's the name, she's literally that girl 👑

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <ts/ts.h>

TSReturnCode TSMgmtConfigFileAdd(const char *parent, const char *fileName)

like, include the header, call the function, boom. no cap. 💅

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so what does she actually do? this function is used to 'attach' a config file to a parent config file. it's meant to be used in the context of a plugin, but lowkey it can also be used internally. iykyk.

using this, you can tie a plugin's config file to, for example, remap.config. and in that instance? any changes to the fileName file will trigger a reload of the parent file whenever a config reload is requested. the way that it just... keeps them linked?? obsessed. ✨

⚠️ okay so here's the important part, bestie, pay attention: in the case of a remap.config reload, all parent-child file associations are destroyed on reload. BUT, plugins are also reloaded, so if you're using it within a plugin, the API should be called in a location that will be known to be called on plugin initialization. fr fr, don't skip this one. 😭

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🎀 COPYRIGHT 🎀

2026, dev@trafficserver.apache.org

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and that's the whole vibe check, bestie 💖 this page was serving Apache Traffic Server 9.2, dated Feb 12, 2026, under the TSMGMTCONFIGFILEADD(3ts) name. slay, ate, no crumbs left. bye pookie 🧚✨💜