Preferred way to do redirects (rewrite or return) (1 reply)
What is the preferred way to do redirects? I know of two solutions:rewrite "^/help/?$" https://support.mydomain.com permanent;orlocation ^/help/?$ {return 301 https://support.mydomain.com;}I think I...
View ArticleDrainstop/Graceful stop? (1 reply)
Hi,Sorry if this is a but of a bumb question, but we're moving from NLB to using Nginx as a load balancer. Whats the best way to do an equivelient of a drain-stop to one upstram server? Would it be a...
View Article[Ask for help] Questions about proxy_cache and ssi (1 reply)
Hello list,I hava a nginx config problem , Please help look !I use proxy_cache and ssi.*nginx config :*ssi on;ssi_silent_errors on;ssi_types text/shtml;proxy_temp_path...
View Articlelimit_req and @named locations (2 replies)
Hi listI am experiencing some problems with a rate-limiting setup.I have a "global" limit_req declared in my http block.I also have additional limit_req declarations in various locations, both @named...
View Articlenginx.conf(5) man page (4 replies)
Hi,OpenBSD is working on replacing the (heavily patched) apache 1.3 inbase with nginx. During that work the question was raised if we canhave a nginx.conf(5) man page.As a proof of concept I put a perl...
View ArticleProxy to upstream HTTPS server *without* any keys/certs in nginx (1 reply)
Hello,We are researching which tools would allow us to do what is described inthe subject.After searching the archives here and in other places like stackoverflow,there seems to be conflicting info on...
View ArticleNginx convert UTF8 request to ISO-8859-1 (1 reply)
Hi,IE8 (maybe also IE9/IE10) doesn't auto encode url (firefox do), and can make utf8 requestsIf you put "http://<nginx-server>/?test=ééé" in the address bar, the é will notbe html encoded, and...
View ArticleJSON REST APIs (no replies)
Hi,Are there any JSON APIs defined for Nginx Configuration?Regards,John_______________________________________________nginx mailing listnginx@nginx.orghttp://mailman.nginx.org/mailman/listinfo/nginx
View ArticleAll webapps behind nginx reverse proxy by port? (1 reply)
I'm thinking of using nginx as a reverse proxy for all of myadministrative webapps so I can keep them under nice tight control.Is this a good idea? Would you use port numbers to separate each ofthem?-...
View ArticleNginx static files (1 reply)
I have a rails server and I would like to serve all this static files *.jpg, *. png, *. css, *. js, *. gif, *. jpeg with nginxThis is my actual configurationserver {listen 443;server_name...
View ArticleChoose the correct digital photo frame for your family photo (no replies)
Ever heard that the photo slideshows can add great fun and personality to any wedding party? Well, there are instances in which a couple wanted to show their wedding guests just how they fell in love...
View Article40 bad request and UTF8 (1 reply)
Hi,Im using nginx and rails for my site which contains url with georgian letters ie განცხადებები so something like...
View Article400 bad request and utf8 (no replies)
Hi,Im using nginx and rails for my site which contains url with georgianletters ie განცხადებები so something...
View Articleroot works, alias doesn't (1 reply)
Can anyone tell me why this works:root /var/www/localhost/htdocs;location / {root /var/www/localhost/htdocs/webalizer/;}And this doesn't:root /var/www/localhost/htdocs;location / {alias /webalizer/;}I...
View Articlenginx + munin + CGI (no replies)
There is a special set of configuration parameters for apache whichallow it to work with munin in CGI mode. Has anyone tried getting itto work with nginx?-...
View ArticleDeclare a block so as to be shared between locations (2 replies)
I have two locations, /a and /b . Both of them share these directivesexpires max;add_header Cache-Control public;add_header ETag "";break;and location /b to has gzip_static on too.Is there a way to...
View Articleupstream+ip_hash: hash valid global? (no replies)
Hello,i have 2 upstreams, each with 3 backend servers, where backendA is the same backend in both upstreams.upstream one {server backendA;server backendB;server backendC;}upstream two {server...
View ArticleNginx-1.4.1 fails when adding nginx_upload_module-2.2.0 (2 replies)
I am attempting to configure ngixn-1.4.1 on a SLES box for a galaxy server deployment. I am able to get it to work fine as long as I do not try to --add-module=../nginx_upload_module-2.2.0. When I add...
View ArticleIs there an nginx queue that isn't logged via $response_time (2 replies)
We have a setup that looks like this:nginx->haproxy->app serversWe are terminating SSL with nginx and it sits in front of everything. During our peak load times, we are experiencing about a 2x...
View ArticleFedora19 + Nginx - Passenger module not compiled in? (no replies)
People,I am trying out nginx-1.4.2-1.fc19.x86_64 and have...
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