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1 <html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><title>HTTP Core Module</title></head><body><a name="directives"></a><center><h4>Directives</h4></center><hr><a name="aio"></a><strong>syntax</strong>:
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2 <code>aio
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3 <code>on</code> |
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4 <code>off</code> |
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5 <code>sendfile</code></code><br><strong>default</strong>:
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6 <code>aio off</code><br><strong>context</strong>:
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7 <code>http</code>, <code>server</code>, <code>location</code><br><strong>appeared in version</strong>:
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8 0.8.11<p>
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9 Enables or disables the use of asynchronous file I/O (AIO)
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10 on FreeBSD and Linux.
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11 </p><p>
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12 On FreeBSD, AIO is usable used starting from FreeBSD 4.3.
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13 AIO can either be linked statically into a kernel:
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14 <blockquote><pre>
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15 options VFS_AIO
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16 </pre></blockquote>
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17 or loaded dynamically as a kernel loadable module:
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18 <blockquote><pre>
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19 kldload aio
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20 </pre></blockquote></p><p>
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21 In FreeBSD versions 5 and 6, enabling AIO statically, or dynamically
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22 when booting the kernel, will cause the entire networking subsystem
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23 to use the Giant lock that can impact overall performance negatively.
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24 This limitation has been removed in FreeBSD 6.4-STABLE in 2009, and in
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25 FreeBSD 7.
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26 However, starting from FreeBSD 5.3, it's possible to enable AIO
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27 without the penalty of running the networking subsystem under a
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28 Giant lockĀ - for this to work, the AIO module needs to be loaded
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29 after the kernel has booted.
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30 In this case, the following message will appear in
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31 <code>/var/log/messages</code><blockquote><pre>
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32 WARNING: Network stack Giant-free, but aio requires Giant.
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33 Consider adding 'options NET_WITH_GIANT' or setting debug.mpsafenet=0
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34 </pre></blockquote>
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35 and can safely be ignored.
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36
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37 The requirement to use the Giant lock with AIO is related to the
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38 fact that FreeBSD supports asynchronous calls
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39 <code>aio_read()</code>
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40 and
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41 <code>aio_write()</code>
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42 when working with sockets.
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43 However, since nginx only uses AIO for disk I/O, no problems should arise.
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44 </p><p>
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45 For AIO to work,
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46 <a href="#sendfile">sendfile</a>
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47 needs to be disabled:
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48 <blockquote><pre>
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49 location /video/ {
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50 sendfile off;
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51 aio on;
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52 output_buffers 1 64k;
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53 }
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54 </pre></blockquote></p><p>
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55 In addition, starting from FreeBSD 5.2.1 and nginx 0.8.12, AIO can
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56 also be used to pre-load data for <code>sendfile()</code>:
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57 <blockquote><pre>
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58 location /video/ {
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59 sendfile on;
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60 tcp_nopush on;
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61 aio sendfile;
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62 }
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63 </pre></blockquote>
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64 In this configuration, <code>sendfile()</code> is called with
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65 the <code>SF_NODISKIO</code> flag which causes it not to
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66 block on disk I/O and instead report back when the data are not in
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67 memory; nginx then initiates an asynchronous data load by reading
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68 one byte. The FreeBSD kernel then loads the first 128K bytes
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69 of a file into memory, however next reads will only load data
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70 in 16K chunks. This can be tuned using the
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71 <a href="#read_ahead">read_ahead</a>
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72 directive.
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73 </p><p>
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74 On Linux, AIO is usable starting from kernel version 2.6.22;
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75 plus, it is also necessary to enable
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76 <a href="#directio">directio</a>,
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77 otherwise reading will be blocking:
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78 <blockquote><pre>
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79 location /video/ {
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80 aio on;
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81 directio 512;
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82 output_buffers 1 128k;
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83 }
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84 </pre></blockquote></p><p>
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85 On Linux,
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86 <a href="#directio">directio</a>
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87 can only be used for reading blocks that are aligned on 512-byte
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88 boundaries (or 4K for XFS).
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89 Reading of unaligned file's tail is still made in blocking mode.
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90 The same holds true for byte range requests, and for FLV requests
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91 not from the beginning of a file: reading of unaligned data at the
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92 beginning and end of a file will be blocking.
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93 There is no need to turn off
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94 <a href="#sendfile">sendfile</a>
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95 explicitly as it is turned off automatically when
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96 <a href="#directio">directio</a>
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97 is used.
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98 </p><hr><a name="alias"></a><strong>syntax</strong>:
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99 <code>alias <code><i>path</i></code></code><br><strong>default</strong>:
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100 <strong>none</strong><br><strong>context</strong>:
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101 <code>location</code><br><p>
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102 Defines a replacement for the specified location.
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103 For example, with the following configuration
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104 <blockquote><pre>
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105 location /i/ {
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106 alias /data/w3/images/;
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107 }
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108 </pre></blockquote>
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109 the request of "/i/top.gif" will be responded
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110 with the file "/data/w3/images/top.gif".
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111 </p><p>
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112 The <code><i>path</i></code> value can contain variables.
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113 </p><p>
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114 If <code>alias</code> is used inside a location defined
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115 with a regular expression then such regular expression should
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116 contain captures and <code>alias</code> should refer to
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117 these captures (0.7.40), for example:
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118 <blockquote><pre>
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119 location ~ ^/users/(.+\.(?:gif|jpe?g|png))$ {
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120 alias /data/w3/images/$1;
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121 }
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122 </pre></blockquote></p><p>
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123 When location matches the last part of the directive's value:
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124 <blockquote><pre>
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125 location /images/ {
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126 alias /data/w3/images/;
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127 }
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128 </pre></blockquote>
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129 it's better to use the
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130 <a href="#root">root</a>
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131 directive instead:
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132 <blockquote><pre>
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133 location /images/ {
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134 root /data/w3;
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135 }
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136 </pre></blockquote></p><hr><a name="client_body_in_file_only"></a><strong>syntax</strong>:
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138 <code>on</code> |
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141 <code>client_body_in_file_only off</code><br><strong>context</strong>:
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142 <code>http</code>, <code>server</code>, <code>location</code><br><p>
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143 Determines whether nginx should save the entire client request body
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144 into a file.
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145 This directive can be used during debugging, or when using the
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146 <code>$request_body_file</code>
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147 variable, or the
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148 <u>$r-&gt;request_body_file</u>
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149 method of the
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150 <u>http_perl</u> module.
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151 </p><p>
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152 When set to the value <code>on</code>, temporary files are not
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153 removed after request processing.
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154 </p><p>
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157 </p><hr><a name="client_body_in_single_buffer"></a><strong>syntax</strong>:
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159 <code>client_body_in_single_buffer off</code><br><strong>context</strong>:
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160 <code>http</code>, <code>server</code>, <code>location</code><br><p>
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161 Determines whether nginx should save the entire client request body
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162 in a single buffer.
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163 The directive is recommended when using the
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164 <code>$request_body</code>
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165 variable, to save the number of copy operations involved.
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166 </p><hr><a name="client_body_buffer_size"></a><strong>syntax</strong>:
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167 <code>client_body_buffer_size <code><i>size</i></code></code><br><strong>default</strong>:
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168 <code>client_body_buffer_size 8k/16k</code><br><strong>context</strong>:
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169 <code>http</code>, <code>server</code>, <code>location</code><br><p>
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170 Sets buffer size for reading client request body.
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171 In case request body is larger than the buffer,
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172 the whole body or only its part is written to a temporary file.
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173
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174 By default, buffer size is equal to two memory pages.
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177 </p><hr><a name="client_body_temp_path"></a><strong>syntax</strong>:
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178 <code>client_body_temp_path
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179 <code><i>path</i></code>
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180 [<code><i>level1</i></code>
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181 [<code><i>level2</i></code>
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182 [<code><i>level3</i></code>]]]
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183 </code><br><strong>default</strong>:
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184 <code>client_body_temp_path client_body_temp</code><br><strong>context</strong>:
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185 <code>http</code>, <code>server</code>, <code>location</code><br><p>
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186 Defines a directory for storing temporary files holding client request bodies.
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187 Up to three-level subdirectory hierarchy can be used underneath the specified
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188 directory.
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189 For example, in the following configuration
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190 <blockquote><pre>
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191 client_body_temp_path /spool/nginx/client_temp 1 2;
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192 </pre></blockquote>
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193 a temporary file might look like this:
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194 <blockquote><pre>
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195 /spool/nginx/client_temp/7/45/00000123457
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196 </pre></blockquote></p><hr><a name="client_body_timeout"></a><strong>syntax</strong>:
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197 <code>client_body_timeout <code><i>time</i></code></code><br><strong>default</strong>:
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198 <code>client_body_timeout 60</code><br><strong>context</strong>:
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199 <code>http</code>, <code>server</code>, <code>location</code><br><p>
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200 Defines a timeout for reading client request body.
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201 A timeout is only set between two successive read operations,
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202 not for the transmission of the whole request body.
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203 If a client does not transmit anything within this time,
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204 the error
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205 <i>"Request time out"</i> (408)
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206 is returned.
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207 </p><hr><a name="client_header_buffer_size"></a><strong>syntax</strong>:
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208 <code>client_header_buffer_size <code><i>size</i></code></code><br><strong>default</strong>:
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209 <code>client_header_buffer_size 1k</code><br><strong>context</strong>:
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210 <code>http</code>, <code>server</code><br><p>
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211 Sets buffer size for reading client request header.
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212 For most requests, a buffer of 1K bytes is enough.
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213 However, if a request includes long cookies, or comes from a WAP client,
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214 it may not fit into 1K.
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215 If a request line, or a request header line do not fit entirely into
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216 this buffer then larger buffers are allocated, configured by the
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217 <a href="#large_client_header_buffers">large_client_header_buffers</a>
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218 directive.
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219 </p><hr><a name="client_header_timeout"></a><strong>syntax</strong>:
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220 <code>client_header_timeout <code><i>time</i></code></code><br><strong>default</strong>:
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221 <code>client_header_timeout 60</code><br><strong>context</strong>:
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222 <code>http</code>, <code>server</code><br><p>
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223 Defines a timeout for reading client request header.
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224 If a client does not transmit the entire header within this time,
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225 the error
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226 <i>"Request time out"</i> (408)
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227 is returned.
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228 </p><hr><a name="client_max_body_size"></a><strong>syntax</strong>:
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229 <code>client_max_body_size <code><i>size</i></code></code><br><strong>default</strong>:
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230 <code>client_max_body_size 1m</code><br><strong>context</strong>:
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231 <code>http</code>, <code>server</code>, <code>location</code><br><p>
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232 Sets the maximum allowed size of the client request body,
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233 specified in the
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234 <code>Content-Length</code>
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235 request header line.
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236 If <code><i>size</i></code> is greater than the configured value, the
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237 <i>"Request Entity Too Large"</i> (413)
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238 error is returned to a client.
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239 Please be aware that
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240 <u>browsers cannot correctly display
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241 this error</u>.
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242 </p><hr><a name="default_type"></a><strong>syntax</strong>:
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243 <code>default_type <code><i>mime-type</i></code></code><br><strong>default</strong>:
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244 <code>default_type text/plain</code><br><strong>context</strong>:
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245 <code>http</code>, <code>server</code>, <code>location</code><br><p>
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246 Defines a default MIME-type of a response.
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247 </p><hr><a name="directio"></a><strong>syntax</strong>:
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248 <code>directio <code><i>size</i></code> | <code>off</code></code><br><strong>default</strong>:
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249 <code>directio off</code><br><strong>context</strong>:
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250 <code>http</code>, <code>server</code>, <code>location</code><br><strong>appeared in version</strong>:
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251 0.7.7<p>
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252 Enables the use of
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253 the <code>O_DIRECT</code> flag (FreeBSD, Linux),
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254 the <code>F_NOCACHE</code> flag (Mac OS X),
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255 or the <code>directio()</code> function (Solaris),
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256 when reading files that are larger than the specified <code><i>size</i></code>.
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257 It automatically disables (0.7.15) the use of
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258 <a href="#sendfile">sendfile</a>
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259 for a given request.
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260 It could be useful for serving large files:
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261 <blockquote><pre>
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262 directio 4m;
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263 </pre></blockquote>
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264 or when using <a href="#aio">aio</a> on Linux.
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266 <code>directio_alignment <code><i>size</i></code></code><br><strong>default</strong>:
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267 <code>directio_alignment 512</code><br><strong>context</strong>:
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268 <code>http</code>, <code>server</code>, <code>location</code><br><strong>appeared in version</strong>:
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269 0.8.11<p>
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270 Sets an alignment for
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271 <a href="#directio">directio</a>.
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272 In most cases, a 512-byte alignment is enough, however, when
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273 using XFS under Linux, it needs to be increased to 4K.
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274 </p><hr><a name="error_page"></a><strong>syntax</strong>:
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275 <code>error_page
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276 <code><i>code ...</i></code>
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277 [<code>=</code>[<code><i>response</i></code>]]
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278 <code><i>uri</i></code></code><br><strong>default</strong>:
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279 <strong>none</strong><br><strong>context</strong>:
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280 <code>http</code>, <code>server</code>, <code>location</code>, <code>if in location</code><br><p>
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281 Defines the URI that will be shown for the specified errors.
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282 These directives are inherited from the previous level if and
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283 only if there are no <code>error_page</code> directives on
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284 the current level.
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285 A URI value can contain variables.
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286 </p><p>
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287 Example usage:
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288 <blockquote><pre>
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289 error_page 404 /404.html;
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290 error_page 502 503 504 /50x.html;
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291 error_page 403 http://example.com/forbidden.html;
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292 </pre></blockquote></p><p>
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293 Furthermore, it is possible to change the response code to another, for example:
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294 <blockquote><pre>
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295 error_page 404 =200 /empty.gif;
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296 </pre></blockquote></p><p>
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297 If an error response is processed by a proxied server, or a FastCGI-server,
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298 and the server may return different response codes (e.g., 200, 302, 401
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299 or 404), it is possible to respond with a returned code:
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300 <blockquote><pre>
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301 error_page 404 = /404.php;
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302 </pre></blockquote></p><p>
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303 If there is no need to change URI during redirection it is possible to redirect
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304 error processing into a named location:
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305 <blockquote><pre>
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306 location / {
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307 error_page 404 = @fallback;
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308 }
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309
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310 location @fallback {
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311 proxy_pass http://backend;
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312 }
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313 </pre></blockquote></p><hr><a name="if_modified_since"></a><strong>syntax</strong>:
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314 <code>if_modified_since
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315 <code>off</code> |
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316 <code>exact</code> |
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317 <code>before</code></code><br><strong>default</strong>:
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318 <code>if_modified_since exact</code><br><strong>context</strong>:
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319 <code>http</code>, <code>server</code>, <code>location</code><br><strong>appeared in version</strong>:
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320 0.7.24<p>
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321 Specifies how to compare modification time of a response
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322 with the time in the
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323 <code>If-Modified-Since</code>
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324 request header:
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325
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326 <ul><li><code>off</code>Ā - the
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327 <code>If-Modified-Since</code> request header is ignored (0.7.34);
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328 </li><li><code>exact</code>Ā - exact match;
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329 </li><li><code>before</code>Ā - modification time of a response is
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330 less than or equal to the time in the <code>If-Modified-Since</code>
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331 request header.
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332 </li></ul></p><hr><a name="internal"></a><strong>syntax</strong>:
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333 <code>internal</code><br><strong>default</strong>:
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334 <strong>none</strong><br><strong>context</strong>:
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335 <code>location</code><br><p>
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336 Specifies that a given location can only be used for internal requests.
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337 For external requests, the <i>"Not found"</i> (404)
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338 error is returned.
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339 Internal requests are the following:
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340
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341 <ul><li>
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342 requests redirected by the <a href="#error_page">error_page</a> directive;
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343 </li><li>
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344 subrequests formed by the
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345 <code>include virtual</code>
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346 command of the
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347 <u>http_ssi</u> module;
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348 </li><li>
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349 requests changed by the
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350 <u>rewrite</u>
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351 directive of the
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352 <u>http_rewrite</u> module.
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353 </li></ul></p><p>
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354 Example usage:
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355 <blockquote><pre>
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356 error_page 404 /404.html;
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357
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358 location /404.html {
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359 internal;
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360 }
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361 </pre></blockquote></p><hr><a name="keepalive_requests"></a><strong>syntax</strong>:
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362 <code>keepalive_requests <code><i>number</i></code></code><br><strong>default</strong>:
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363 <code>keepalive_requests 100</code><br><strong>context</strong>:
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364 <code>http</code>, <code>server</code>, <code>location</code><br><strong>appeared in version</strong>:
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365 0.8.0<p>
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366 Sets the maximum number of requests that can be
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367 made through one keep-alive connection.
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368 </p><hr><a name="keepalive_timeout"></a><strong>syntax</strong>:
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369 <code>keepalive_timeout
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370 <code><i>time</i></code>
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371 [<code><i>time</i></code>]
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372 </code><br><strong>default</strong>:
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373 <code>keepalive_timeout 75</code><br><strong>context</strong>:
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374 <code>http</code>, <code>server</code>, <code>location</code><br><p>
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375 The first argument sets a timeout during which a keep-alive
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376 client connection will stay open on the server side.
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377 The optional second argument sets a value in the
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378 "<code>Keep-Alive: timeout=</code><code><i>time</i></code>"
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379 response header.
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380 Two arguments may differ.
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381 </p><p>
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382 The
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383 "<code>Keep-Alive: timeout=</code>"
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384 is understood by Mozilla and Konqueror.
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385 MSIE will close keep-alive connection in about 60 seconds.
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386 </p><hr><a name="large_client_header_buffers"></a><strong>syntax</strong>:
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387 <code>large_client_header_buffers <code><i>number size</i></code></code><br><strong>default</strong>:
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388 <code>large_client_header_buffers 4 4k/8k</code><br><strong>context</strong>:
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389 <code>http</code>, <code>server</code><br><p>
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390 Sets the maximum <code><i>number</i></code> and <code><i>size</i></code> of
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391 buffers used when reading large client request headers.
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392 A request line cannot exceed the size of one buffer, or the
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393 <i>"Request URI too large"</i> (414)
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394 error is returned.
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395 A request header line cannot exceed the size of one buffer as well, or the
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396 <i>"Bad request"</i> (400)
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397 error is returned.
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398 Buffers are allocated only on demand.
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399 By default, the buffer size is equal to one memory page size.
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400 It is either 4K or 8K, platform dependent.
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401 If after the end of request processing a connection is transitioned
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402 into the keep-alive state, these buffers are freed.
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403 </p><hr><a name="limit_except"></a><strong>syntax</strong>:
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404 <code>limit_except <code><i>method</i></code> ... { ... }</code><br><strong>default</strong>:
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405 <strong>none</strong><br><strong>context</strong>:
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406 <code>location</code><br><p>
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407 Limits allowed HTTP methods inside a location.
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408 The GET method also implies the HEAD method.
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409 Access to other methods can be limited using the
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410 <u>http_access</u>
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411 and
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412 <u>http_auth_basic</u>
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413 modules directives:
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414 <blockquote><pre>
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415 limit_except GET {
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416 allow 192.168.1.0/32;
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417 deny all;
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418 }
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419 </pre></blockquote>
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420 Please note that this will limit access to all methods
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421 <strong>except</strong> GET and HEAD.
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422 </p><hr><a name="limit_rate"></a><strong>syntax</strong>:
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423 <code>limit_rate <code><i>rate</i></code></code><br><strong>default</strong>:
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424 <strong>none</strong><br><strong>context</strong>:
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425 <code>http</code>, <code>server</code>, <code>location</code>, <code>if in location</code><br><p>
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426 Rate limits the transmission of a response to a client.
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427 The <code><i>rate</i></code> is specified in bytes per second.
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428
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429 The limit is per connection, so if a single client opens 2 connections,
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430 an overall rate will be 2x more than specified.
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431 </p><p>
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432 This directive is not applicable if one wants to rate limit
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433 a group of clients on the
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434 <a href="#server">server</a>
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435 level.
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436 If that is the case, the desired limit can be specified in the
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437 <code>$limit_rate</code>
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438 variable:
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439 <blockquote><pre>
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440 server {
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441
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442 if ($slow) {
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443 set $limit_rate 4k;
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444 }
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445
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446 ...
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447 }
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448 </pre></blockquote></p><hr><a name="limit_rate_after"></a><strong>syntax</strong>:
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449 <code>limit_rate_after <code><i>size</i></code></code><br><strong>default</strong>:
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450 <strong>none</strong><br><strong>context</strong>:
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451 <code>http</code>, <code>server</code>, <code>location</code>, <code>if in location</code><br><strong>appeared in version</strong>:
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452 0.8.0<p>
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453 Sets the initial amount after which the further transmission
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454 of a response to a client will be rate limited.
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455 </p><p>
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456 Example:
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457 <blockquote><pre>
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458 location /flv/ {
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459 flv;
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460 limit_rate_after 500k;
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461 limit_rate 50k;
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462 }
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463 </pre></blockquote></p><hr><a name="listen"></a><strong>syntax</strong>:
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464 <code>listen
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465 <code><i>address</i></code>[:<code><i>port</i></code>]
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466 [<code>default</code> | <code>default_server</code>
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467 [<code>backlog</code>=<code><i>number</i></code>]
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468 [<code>rcvbuf</code>=<code><i>size</i></code>]
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469 [<code>sndbuf</code>=<code><i>size</i></code>]
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470 [<code>accept_filter</code>=<code><i>filter</i></code>]
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471 [<code>deferred</code>]
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472 [<code>bind</code>]
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473 [<code>ipv6only</code>=<code>on</code>|<code>off</code>]
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474 [<code>ssl</code>]]
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475 </code><br><code>Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā </code><code>listen
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476 <code><i>port</i></code>
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477 [<code>default</code> | <code>default_server</code>
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478 [<code>backlog</code>=<code><i>number</i></code>]
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479 [<code>rcvbuf</code>=<code><i>size</i></code>]
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480 [<code>sndbuf</code>=<code><i>size</i></code>]
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481 [<code>accept_filter</code>=<code><i>filter</i></code>]
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482 [<code>deferred</code>]
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483 [<code>bind</code>]
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484 [<code>ipv6only</code>=<code>on</code>|<code>off</code>]
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485 [<code>ssl</code>]]
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486 </code><br><strong>default</strong>:
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487 <code>listen *:80 | *:8000</code><br><strong>context</strong>:
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488 <code>server</code><br><p>
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489 Sets an <code><i>address</i></code> and a <code><i>port</i></code>, on which
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490 the server will accept requests.
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491 Only one of <code><i>address</i></code> or <code><i>port</i></code> can be
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492 specified.
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493 An <code><i>address</i></code> may also be a hostname, for example:
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494 <blockquote><pre>
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495 listen 127.0.0.1:8000;
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496 listen 127.0.0.1;
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497 listen 8000;
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498 listen *:8000;
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499 listen localhost:8000;
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500 </pre></blockquote>
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501 IPv6 addresses (0.7.36) are specified in square brackets:
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502 <blockquote><pre>
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503 listen [::]:8000;
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504 listen [fe80::1];
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505 </pre></blockquote></p><p>
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506 If only <code><i>address</i></code> is given, the port 80 is used.
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507 </p><p>
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508 If directive is not present then either the <code>*:80</code> is used
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509 if nginx runs with superuser privileges, or <code>*:8000</code> otherwise.
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510 </p><p>
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511 The <code>default</code> parameter, if present,
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512 will cause the server to become the default server for the specified
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513 <code><i>address</i></code>:<code><i>port</i></code> pair.
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514 If none of the directives have the <code>default</code>
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515 parameter then the first server with the
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516 <code><i>address</i></code>:<code><i>port</i></code> pair will be
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517 the default server for this pair.
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518 Starting from version 0.8.21 it is possible to use the
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519 <code>default_server</code>
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520 parameter.
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521 </p><p>
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522 A <code>listen</code> directive which has the <code>default</code>
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523 parameter can have several additional parameters specific to system calls
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524 <code>listen()</code> and <code>bind()</code>.
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525 Starting from version 0.8.21, these parameters can be specified in any
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526 <code>listen</code> directive, but only once for the given
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527 <code><i>address</i></code>:<code><i>port</i></code> pair.
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528 <ul><li><code>backlog</code>=<code><i>number</i></code>Ā -
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529 sets the <code>backlog</code> parameter in the
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530 <code>listen()</code> call.
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531 By default, <code>backlog</code> equals -1 on FreeBSD
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532 and 511 on other platforms.
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533 </li><li><code>rcvbuf</code>=<code><i>size</i></code>Ā -
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534 sets the <code>SO_RCVBUF</code> parameter for the listening socket.
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535 </li><li><code>sndbuf</code>=<code><i>size</i></code>Ā -
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536 sets the <code>SO_SNDBUF</code> parameter for the listening socket.
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537 </li><li><code>accept_filter</code>=<code><i>filter</i></code>Ā -
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538 sets the name of the accept filter.
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539 This works only on FreeBSD, acceptable values are <code>dataready</code>
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540 and <code>httpready</code>.
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541 On receiving <code>SIGHUP</code> signal, an accept filter can only be
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542 changed in recent versions of FreeBSD, starting from 6.0, 5.4-STABLE
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543 and 4.11-STABLE.
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544 </li><li><code>deferred</code>Ā -
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545 instructs to use a deferred <code>accept()</code> on Linux
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546 using the <code>TCP_DEFER_ACCEPT</code> option.
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547 </li><li><code>bind</code>Ā -
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548 specifies to make a separate <code>bind()</code> call for a given
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549 <code><i>address</i></code>:<code><i>port</i></code> pair.
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550 This is because nginx will only <code>bind()</code> to
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551 <code>*</code>:<code><i>port</i></code>
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552 if there are several <code>listen</code> directives with
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553 the same port and different addresses, and one of the
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554 <code>listen</code> directives listens on all addresses
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555 for the given port (<code>*</code>:<code><i>port</i></code>).
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556 It should be noted that in this case a <code>getsockname()</code>
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557 system call will be made to determine an address that accepted a
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558 connection.
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559 If parameters <code>backlog</code>, <code>rcvbuf</code>,
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560 <code>sndbuf</code>, <code>accept_filter</code>, or
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561 <code>deferred</code> are used then for a given
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562 <code><i>address</i></code>:<code><i>port</i></code> pair
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563 a separate <code>bind()</code> call will always be made.
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564 </li><li><code>ipv6only</code>=<code>on</code>|<code>off</code>Ā -
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565 this parameter (0.7.42) sets the value of the <code>IPV6_V6ONLY</code>
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566 parameter for the listening socket.
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567 This parameter can only be set once on start.
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568 </li><li><code>ssl</code>Ā -
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569 this parameter (0.7.14) does not relate to system calls
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570 <code>listen()</code> and <code>bind()</code>, but allows to
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571 specify that all connections accepted on this port should work in
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572 the SSL mode.
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573 This allows for a more compact configuration for the server operating
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574 in both HTTP and HTTPS modes simultaneously.
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575 <blockquote><pre>
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576 listen 80;
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577 listen 443 default ssl;
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578 </pre></blockquote></li></ul></p><p>
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579 Example:
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580 <blockquote><pre>
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581 listen 127.0.0.1 default accept_filter=dataready backlog=1024;
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582 </pre></blockquote></p><hr><a name="location"></a><strong>syntax</strong>:
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583 <code>location [
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584 <code>=</code> |
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585 <code>~</code> |
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586 <code>~*</code> |
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587 <code>^~</code> |
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588 <code>@</code>
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589 ] <code><i>uri</i></code>
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590 { ... }</code><br><strong>default</strong>:
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591 <strong>none</strong><br><strong>context</strong>:
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592 <code>server</code><br><p>
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593 Sets a configuration based on a request URI.
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594 A location can either be defined by a prefix string, or by a regular expression.
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595 Regular expressions are specified by prepending them with the
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596 "<code>~*</code>" prefix (for case-insensitive matching), or with the
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597 "<code>~</code>" prefix (for case-sensitive matching).
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598 To find a location matching a given request, nginx first checks
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599 locations defined using the prefix strings (prefix locations).
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600 Amongst them, the most specific one is searched.
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601 Then regular expressions are checked, in the order of their appearance
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602 in a configuration file.
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603 A search terminates on the first match, and its corresponding
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604 configuration is used.
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605 If no match with a regular expression location is found then a
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606 configuration of the most specific prefix location is used.
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607 </p><p>
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608 For case-insensitive operating systems such as Mac OS X and Cygwin,
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609 the string matching ignores a case (0.7.7).
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610 However, comparison is limited to one-byte locales.
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611 </p><p>
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612 Regular expressions can contain captures (0.7.40) that can later
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613 be used in other directives.
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614 </p><p>
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615 If the most specific prefix location has the "<code>^~</code>" prefix
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616 then regular expressions are not checked.
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617 </p><p>
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618 Also, using the "<code>=</code>" prefix it's possible to define
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619 an exact match of URI and location.
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620 If an exact match is found, the search terminates.
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621 For example, if a "<code>/</code>" request happens frequently,
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622 defining "<code>location = /</code>" will speed up the processing
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623 of these requests, as search terminates right after the first
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624 comparison.
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625 </p><p>
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626 In versions from 0.7.1 to 0.8.41, if a request matched the prefix
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627 location without the "<code>=</code>" and "<code>^~</code>"
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628 prefixes, the search also terminated and regular expressions were
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629 not checked.
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630 </p><p>
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631 Let's illustrate the above by an example:
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632 <blockquote><pre>
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633 location = / {
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634 [ configuration A ]
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635 }
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636
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637 location / {
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638 [ configuration B ]
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639 }
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640
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641 location ^~ /images/ {
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642 [ configuration C ]
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643 }
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644
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645 location ~* \.(gif|jpg|jpeg)$ {
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646 [ configuration D ]
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647 }
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648 </pre></blockquote>
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649 The "<code>/</code>" request will match configuration A,
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650 the "<code>/documents/document.html</code>" requestĀ - configuration B,
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651 the "<code>/images/1.gif</code>" requestĀ - configuration C, and
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652 the "<code>/documents/1.jpg</code>" requestĀ - configuration D.
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653 </p><p>
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654 The "<code>@</code>" prefix defines a named location.
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655 Such a location isn't used for a regular request processing, but instead
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656 used for request redirection.
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657 </p><hr><a name="log_not_found"></a><strong>syntax</strong>:
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658 <code>log_not_found <code>on</code> | <code>off</code></code><br><strong>default</strong>:
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659 <code>log_not_found on</code><br><strong>context</strong>:
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660 <code>http</code>, <code>server</code>, <code>location</code><br><p>
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661 Enables or disables logging of errors about not found files into the
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662 <u>error_log</u>.
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663 </p><hr><a name="log_subrequest"></a><strong>syntax</strong>:
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664 <code>log_subrequest <code>on</code> | <code>off</code></code><br><strong>default</strong>:
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665 <code>log_subrequest off</code><br><strong>context</strong>:
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666 <code>http</code>, <code>server</code>, <code>location</code><br><p>
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667 Enables or disables logging of subrequests into the
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668 <u>access_log</u>.
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669 </p><hr><a name="merge_slashes"></a><strong>syntax</strong>:
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670 <code>merge_slashes <code>on</code> | <code>off</code></code><br><strong>default</strong>:
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671 <code>merge_slashes on</code><br><strong>context</strong>:
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672 <code>http</code>, <code>server</code><br><p>
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673 Enables or disables compression of two or more adjacent slashes
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674 in a URI into a single slash.
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675 </p><p>
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676 Note that compression is essential for the correct prefix string
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677 and regular expressions location matching.
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678 Without it, the "<code>//scripts/one.php</code>" request would not match
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679 <blockquote><pre>
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680 location /scripts/ {
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681 ...
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682 }
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683 </pre></blockquote>
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684 and might be processed as a static file,
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685 so it gets converted to "<code>/scripts/one.php</code>".
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686 </p><p>
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687 Turning the compression <code>off</code> can become necessary if a URI
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688 contains base64-encoded names, since base64 uses the "/" character internally.
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689 However, for security considerations, it's better to avoid turning off
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690 the compression.
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691 </p><p>
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692 If a directive is specified on the
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693 <a href="#server">server</a>
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694 level, which is also a default server, its value will cover
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695 all virtual servers listening on the same address and port.
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696 </p><hr><a name="msie_padding"></a><strong>syntax</strong>:
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697 <code>msie_padding <code>on</code> | <code>off</code></code><br><strong>default</strong>:
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698 <code>msie_padding on</code><br><strong>context</strong>:
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parents: 3996
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699 <code>http</code>, <code>server</code>, <code>location</code><br><p>
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parents: 3996
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700 Enables or disables adding of comments to responses with status
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701 greater than 400 for MSIE clients, to pad the response size to 512 bytes.
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702 </p><hr><a name="msie_refresh"></a><strong>syntax</strong>:
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parents: 3996
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703 <code>msie_refresh <code>on</code> | <code>off</code></code><br><strong>default</strong>:
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parents: 3996
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704 <code>msie_refresh off</code><br><strong>context</strong>:
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parents: 3996
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705 <code>http</code>, <code>server</code>, <code>location</code><br><p>
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parents: 3996
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706 Enables or disables issuing refreshes instead of redirects, for MSIE clients.
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parents: 3996
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707 </p><hr><a name="open_file_cache"></a><strong>syntax</strong>:
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parents: 3996
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708 <code>open_file_cache
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parents: 3996
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709 <code>max</code>=<code><i>N</i></code>
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parents: 3996
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710 [<code>inactive</code>=<code><i>time</i></code>] |
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parents: 3996
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711 <code>off</code></code><br><strong>default</strong>:
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parents: 3996
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712 <code>open_file_cache off</code><br><strong>context</strong>:
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parents: 3996
diff changeset
713 <code>http</code>, <code>server</code>, <code>location</code><br><p>
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parents: 3996
diff changeset
714 Configures a cache that can store:
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parents: 3996
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715 <ul><li>
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parents: 3996
diff changeset
716 open file descriptors, their sizes and modification times;
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parents: 3996
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717 </li><li>
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718 directory lookups;
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parents: 3996
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719 </li><li>
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parents: 3996
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720 file lookup errors, such as "file not found", "no read permission",
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parents: 3996
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721 and so on.
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parents: 3996
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722 Caching of errors should be enabled separately by the
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parents: 3996
diff changeset
723 <a href="#open_file_cache_errors">open_file_cache_errors</a>
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parents: 3996
diff changeset
724 directive.
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parents: 3996
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725 </li></ul></p><p>
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parents: 3996
diff changeset
726 The directive has the following parameters:
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727 <ul><li><code>max</code>Ā -
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parents: 3996
diff changeset
728 sets the maximum number of elements in the cache;
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parents: 3996
diff changeset
729 on cache overflow the least recently used (LRU) elements get removed;
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parents: 3996
diff changeset
730 </li><li><code>inactive</code>Ā -
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parents: 3996
diff changeset
731 defines a time, after which the element gets removed from the cache
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parents: 3996
diff changeset
732 if there were no accesses to it during this time;
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parents: 3996
diff changeset
733 by default, it is 60 seconds;
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parents: 3996
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734 </li><li><code>off</code>Ā - disables the cache.
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parents: 3996
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735 </li></ul></p><p>
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736 Example:
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737 <blockquote><pre>
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parents: 3996
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738 open_file_cache max=1000 inactive=20s;
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parents: 3996
diff changeset
739 open_file_cache_valid 30s;
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parents: 3996
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740 open_file_cache_min_uses 2;
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parents: 3996
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741 open_file_cache_errors on;</pre></blockquote></p><hr><a name="open_file_cache_errors"></a><strong>syntax</strong>:
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parents: 3996
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742 <code>open_file_cache_errors <code>on</code> | <code>off</code></code><br><strong>default</strong>:
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parents: 3996
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743 <code>open_file_cache_errors off</code><br><strong>context</strong>:
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parents: 3996
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744 <code>http</code>, <code>server</code>, <code>location</code><br><p>
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parents: 3996
diff changeset
745 Enables or disables caching of file lookup errors by the
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parents: 3996
diff changeset
746 <a href="#open_file_cache">open_file_cache</a>.
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parents: 3996
diff changeset
747 </p><hr><a name="open_file_cache_min_uses"></a><strong>syntax</strong>:
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parents: 3996
diff changeset
748 <code>open_file_cache_min_uses <code><i>number</i></code></code><br><strong>default</strong>:
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parents: 3996
diff changeset
749 <code>open_file_cache_min_uses 1</code><br><strong>context</strong>:
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parents: 3996
diff changeset
750 <code>http</code>, <code>server</code>, <code>location</code><br><p>
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parents: 3996
diff changeset
751 Sets the minimum <code><i>number</i></code> of file accesses during
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parents: 3996
diff changeset
752 the period configured by the <code>inactive</code> parameter
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parents: 3996
diff changeset
753 of the <a href="#open_file_cache">open_file_cache</a> directive,
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parents: 3996
diff changeset
754 after which a file descriptor will remain open in the cache.
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parents: 3996
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755 </p><hr><a name="open_file_cache_valid"></a><strong>syntax</strong>:
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parents: 3996
diff changeset
756 <code>open_file_cache_valid <code><i>time</i></code></code><br><strong>default</strong>:
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parents: 3996
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757 <code>open_file_cache_valid 60</code><br><strong>context</strong>:
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parents: 3996
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758 <code>http</code>, <code>server</code>, <code>location</code><br><p>
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parents: 3996
diff changeset
759 Sets a time after which
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parents: 3996
diff changeset
760 <a href="#open_file_cache">open_file_cache</a>
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parents: 3996
diff changeset
761 elements should be validated.
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parents: 3996
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762 </p><hr><a name="optimize_server_names"></a><strong>syntax</strong>:
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parents: 3996
diff changeset
763 <code>optimize_server_names <code>on</code> | <code>off</code></code><br><strong>default</strong>:
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parents: 3996
diff changeset
764 <code>optimize_server_names on</code><br><strong>context</strong>:
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parents: 3996
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765 <code>http</code>, <code>server</code><br><p>
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parents: 3996
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766 This directive is obsolete.
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parents: 3996
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767 </p><p>
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parents: 3996
diff changeset
768 Enables or disables optimization of hostname checking in name-based
4dbdfd985863 Regenerate HTML for the previous revision.
Ruslan Ermilov <ru@nginx.com>
parents: 3996
diff changeset
769 virtual servers.
4dbdfd985863 Regenerate HTML for the previous revision.
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parents: 3996
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770 In particular, the checking affects hostnames used in redirects.
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parents: 3996
diff changeset
771 If optimization is enabled, and all name-based servers listening on
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parents: 3996
diff changeset
772 the same address:port pair have identical configuration, then
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Ruslan Ermilov <ru@nginx.com>
parents: 3996
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773 names are not checked during request processing, and the first
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Ruslan Ermilov <ru@nginx.com>
parents: 3996
diff changeset
774 server name is used in redirects.
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Ruslan Ermilov <ru@nginx.com>
parents: 3996
diff changeset
775 In case redirects should use hostnames sent by clients,
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parents: 3996
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776 optimization needs to be disabled.
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parents: 3996
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777 </p><hr><a name="port_in_redirect"></a><strong>syntax</strong>:
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parents: 3996
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778 <code>port_in_redirect <code>on</code> | <code>off</code></code><br><strong>default</strong>:
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parents: 3996
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779 <code>port_in_redirect on</code><br><strong>context</strong>:
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parents: 3996
diff changeset
780 <code>http</code>, <code>server</code>, <code>location</code><br><p>
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parents: 3996
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781 Enables or disables specifying the port in redirects issued by nginx.
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parents: 3996
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782 </p><hr><a name="read_ahead"></a><strong>syntax</strong>:
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parents: 3996
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783 <code>read_ahead <code><i>size</i></code></code><br><strong>default</strong>:
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parents: 3996
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784 <code>read_ahead 0</code><br><strong>context</strong>:
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parents: 3996
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785 <code>http</code>, <code>server</code>, <code>location</code><br><p>
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parents: 3996
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786 Sets the amount of pre-reading when working with files, in the kernel.
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parents: 3996
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787 </p><p>
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parents: 3996
diff changeset
788 On Linux, the
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parents: 3996
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789 <code>posix_fadvise(0, 0, 0, POSIX_FADV_SEQUENTIAL)</code>
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parents: 3996
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790 system call is used, so the <code><i>size</i></code> argument is ignored.
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parents: 3996
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791 </p><p>
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parents: 3996
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792 On FreeBSD, the
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793 <code>fcntl(O_READAHEAD,</code><code><i>size</i></code><code>)</code>
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794 system call is used, supported in FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT.
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795 FreeBSDĀ 7 needs to be
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796 <u>patched</u>.
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797 </p><hr><a name="recursive_error_pages"></a><strong>syntax</strong>:
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798 <code>recursive_error_pages <code>on</code> | <code>off</code></code><br><strong>default</strong>:
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799 <code>recursive_error_pages off</code><br><strong>context</strong>:
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800 <code>http</code>, <code>server</code>, <code>location</code><br><p>
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801 Enables or disables doing several redirects using the
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802 <a href="#error_page">error_page</a>
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803 directive.
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804 </p><hr><a name="reset_timedout_connection"></a><strong>syntax</strong>:
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805 <code>reset_timedout_connection <code>on</code> | <code>off</code></code><br><strong>default</strong>:
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806 <code>reset_timedout_connection off</code><br><strong>context</strong>:
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807 <code>http</code>, <code>server</code>, <code>location</code><br><p>
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808 Enables or disables resetting of timed out connections.
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809 The reset is performed as follows: before closing a socket, the
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810 <code>SO_LINGER</code>
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811 option is set on it with a timeout value of 0.
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812 When the socket is closed, a client is sent TCP RST, and all memory
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813 occupied by this socket is freed.
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814 This avoids keeping of an already closed socket with filled buffers
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815 for a long time, in a FIN_WAIT1 state.
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816 </p><p>
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817 It should be noted that timed out keep-alive connections are still
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818 closed normally.
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819 </p><hr><a name="resolver"></a><strong>syntax</strong>:
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820 <code>resolver <code><i>address</i></code></code><br><strong>default</strong>:
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821 <strong>none</strong><br><strong>context</strong>:
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822 <code>http</code>, <code>server</code>, <code>location</code><br><p>
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823 Sets the <code><i>address</i></code> of a name server, for example:
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824 <blockquote><pre>
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825 resolver 127.0.0.1;
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826 </pre></blockquote></p><hr><a name="resolver_timeout"></a><strong>syntax</strong>:
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827 <code>resolver_timeout <code><i>time</i></code></code><br><strong>default</strong>:
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828 <code>resolver_timeout 30s</code><br><strong>context</strong>:
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829 <code>http</code>, <code>server</code>, <code>location</code><br><p>
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830 Sets a timeout for name resolution, for example:
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831 <blockquote><pre>
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832 resolver_timeout 5s;
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833 </pre></blockquote></p><hr><a name="root"></a><strong>syntax</strong>:
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834 <code>root <code><i>path</i></code></code><br><strong>default</strong>:
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835 <code>root html</code><br><strong>context</strong>:
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836 <code>http</code>, <code>server</code>, <code>location</code>, <code>if in location</code><br><p>
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837 Sets the root directory for requests.
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838 For example, with the following configuration
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839 <blockquote><pre>
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840 location /i/ {
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841 root /data/w3;
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842 }
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843 </pre></blockquote>
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844 the request of "/i/top.gif" will be responded
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845 with the file "/data/w3/images/top.gif".
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846 </p><p>
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847 The <code><i>path</i></code> value can contain variables.
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848 </p><p>
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849 A path to the file is constructed by merely adding a URI to the value
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850 of the <code>root</code> directive.
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851 If a URI need to be modified, the
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852 <a href="#alias">alias</a> directive should be used.
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853 </p><hr><a name="satisfy"></a><strong>syntax</strong>:
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854 <code>satisfy <code>all</code> | <code>any</code></code><br><strong>default</strong>:
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855 <code>satisfy all</code><br><strong>context</strong>:
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856 <code>location</code><br><p>
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857 Allows access if any of the
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858 <u>http_access</u>
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859 or <u>http_auth_basic</u>
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860 modules grant access.
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861 <blockquote><pre>
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862 location / {
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863 satisfy any;
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864
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865 allow 192.168.1.0/32;
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866 deny all;
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867
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868 auth_basic "closed site";
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869 auth_basic_user_file conf/htpasswd;
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870 }
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871 </pre></blockquote></p><hr><a name="satisfy_any"></a><strong>syntax</strong>:
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872 <code>satisfy_any <code>on</code> | <code>off</code></code><br><strong>default</strong>:
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873 <code>satisfy_any off</code><br><strong>context</strong>:
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874 <code>location</code><br><p>
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875 This directive was renamed to the <a href="#satisfy">satisfy</a> directive.
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876 </p><hr><a name="send_timeout"></a><strong>syntax</strong>:
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877 <code>send_timeout <code><i>time</i></code></code><br><strong>default</strong>:
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878 <code>send_timeout 60</code><br><strong>context</strong>:
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879 <code>http</code>, <code>server</code>, <code>location</code><br><p>
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880 Sets a timeout for transmitting a response to the client.
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881 A timeout is only set between two successive write operations,
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882 not for the transmission of the whole response.
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883 If a client does not receive anything within this time,
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884 a connection is closed.
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885 </p><hr><a name="sendfile"></a><strong>syntax</strong>:
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886 <code>sendfile <code>on</code> | <code>off</code></code><br><strong>default</strong>:
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887 <code>sendfile off</code><br><strong>context</strong>:
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888 <code>http</code>, <code>server</code>, <code>location</code><br><p>
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889 Enables or disables the use of
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890 <code>sendfile()</code>.
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891 </p><hr><a name="server"></a><strong>syntax</strong>:
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892 <code>server { ... }</code><br><strong>default</strong>:
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893 <strong>none</strong><br><strong>context</strong>:
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894 <code>http</code><br><p>
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895 Sets a configuration for the virtual server.
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896 There is no clean separation between IP-based (based on the IP address)
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897 and name-based (based on the <code>Host</code> header string)
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898 virtual servers.
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899 Instead, the <a href="#listen">listen</a> directives describe all
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900 addresses and ports that should accept connections for a server, and the
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901 <a href="#server_name">server_name</a> directive lists all server names.
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902 An example configuration is provided in the
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903 <u>
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904 Setting Up Virtual Servers</u> document.
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905 </p><hr><a name="server_name"></a><strong>syntax</strong>:
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906 <code>server_name <code><i>name ...</i></code></code><br><strong>default</strong>:
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907 <code>server_name hostname</code><br><strong>context</strong>:
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908 <code>server</code><br><p>
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909 Sets names of the virtual server, for example:
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910 <blockquote><pre>
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911 server {
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912 server_name example.com www.example.com;
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913 }
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914 </pre></blockquote></p><p>
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915 The first name becomes a primary server name.
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916 By default, the machine's hostname is used.
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917 Server names can include an asterisk ("<code>*</code>")
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918 to replace the first or last part of a name:
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919 <blockquote><pre>
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920 server {
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921 server_name example.com *.example.com www.example.*;
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922 }
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923 </pre></blockquote></p><p>
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924 The first two of the above mentioned names can be combined:
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925 <blockquote><pre>
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926 server {
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927 server_name .example.com;
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928 }
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929 </pre></blockquote></p><p>
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930 It is also possible to use regular expressions in server names,
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931 prepending the name with a tilde ("<code>~</code>"):
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932 <blockquote><pre>
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933 server {
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934 server_name www.example.com ~^www\d+\.example\.com$;
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935 }
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936 </pre></blockquote></p><p>
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937 Regular expressions can contain captures (0.7.40) that can later
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938 be used in other directives:
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939 <blockquote><pre>
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940 server {
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941 server_name ~^(www\.)?(.+)$;
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942
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943 location / {
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944 root /sites/$2;
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945 }
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946 }
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947
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948 server {
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949 server_name _;
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950
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951 location / {
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952 root /sites/default;
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953 }
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954 }
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955 </pre></blockquote></p><p>
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956 Starting from version 0.8.25, named captures in regular expressions create
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957 variables that can later be used in other directives:
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958 <blockquote><pre>
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959 server {
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960 server_name ~^(www\.)?(?&lt;domain&gt;.+)$;
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961
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962 location / {
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963 root /sites/$domain;
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964 }
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965 }
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966
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967 server {
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968 server_name _;
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969
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970 location / {
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971 root /sites/default;
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972 }
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973 }
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974 </pre></blockquote></p><p>
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975 Starting from version 0.7.11, it is possible to specify an empty name "":
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976 <blockquote><pre>
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977 server {
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978 server_name www.example.com "";
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979 }
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980 </pre></blockquote>
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981 It allows this server to process requests without the <code>Host</code>
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982 header, instead of the default server for the given address:port pair.
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983 </p><p>
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984 The name checking order is as follows:
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985 <ol><li>
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986 full names
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987 </li><li>
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988 names with the prefix maskĀ - *.example.com
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989 </li><li>
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990 names with the suffix maskĀ - mail.*
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991 </li><li>
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992 regular expressions
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993 </li></ol></p><hr><a name="server_name_in_redirect"></a><strong>syntax</strong>:
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994 <code>server_name_in_redirect <code>on</code> | <code>off</code></code><br><strong>default</strong>:
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995 <code>server_name_in_redirect on</code><br><strong>context</strong>:
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996 <code>http</code>, <code>server</code>, <code>location</code><br><p>
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997 Enables or disables the use of the primary server name, specified by the
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998 <a href="#server_name">server_name</a>
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parents: 3996
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999 directive, in redirects issued by nginx.
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1000 When disabled, the name from the <code>Host</code> request header string
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1001 is used.
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1002 If there's no such a string, an IP address of the server is used.
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1003 </p><hr><a name="server_names_hash_max_size"></a><strong>syntax</strong>:
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1004 <code>server_names_hash_max_size <code><i>size</i></code></code><br><strong>default</strong>:
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1005 <code>server_names_hash_max_size 512</code><br><strong>context</strong>:
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1006 <code>http</code><br><p>
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1007 Sets the maximum <code><i>size</i></code> of the server names hash tables.
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1008 For more information, please refer to
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parents: 3996
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1009 <u>Setting Up Hashes</u>.
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1010 </p><hr><a name="server_names_hash_bucket_size"></a><strong>syntax</strong>:
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1011 <code>server_names_hash_bucket_size <code><i>size</i></code></code><br><strong>default</strong>:
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1012 <code>server_names_hash_bucket_size 32/64/128</code><br><strong>context</strong>:
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1013 <code>http</code><br><p>
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parents: 3996
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1014 Sets the bucket size for the server names hash tables.
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parents: 3996
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1015 Default value depends on the size of the processor's cache line.
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parents: 3996
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1016 For more information, please refer to
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parents: 3996
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1017 <u>Setting Up Hashes</u>.
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1018 </p><hr><a name="server_tokens"></a><strong>syntax</strong>:
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1019 <code>server_tokens <code>on</code> | <code>off</code></code><br><strong>default</strong>:
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1020 <code>server_tokens on</code><br><strong>context</strong>:
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1021 <code>http</code>, <code>server</code>, <code>location</code><br><p>
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parents: 3996
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1022 Enables or disables emitting of nginx version in error messages and in the
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parents: 3996
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1023 <code>Server</code> response header string.
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1024 </p><hr><a name="tcp_nodelay"></a><strong>syntax</strong>:
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1025 <code>tcp_nodelay <code>on</code> | <code>off</code></code><br><strong>default</strong>:
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1026 <code>tcp_nodelay on</code><br><strong>context</strong>:
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1027 <code>http</code>, <code>server</code>, <code>location</code><br><p>
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1028 Enables or disables the use of the <code>TCP_NODELAY</code> option.
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1029 The option is enabled only when a connection is transitioned into the
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parents: 3996
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1030 keep-alive state.
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1031 </p><hr><a name="tcp_nopush"></a><strong>syntax</strong>:
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1032 <code>tcp_nopush <code>on</code> | <code>off</code></code><br><strong>default</strong>:
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1033 <code>tcp_nopush off</code><br><strong>context</strong>:
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1034 <code>http</code>, <code>server</code>, <code>location</code><br><p>
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parents: 3996
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1035 Enables or disables the use of
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1036 the <code>TCP_NOPUSH</code> socket option on FreeBSD
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1037 or the <code>TCP_CORK</code> socket option on Linux.
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1038 Opitons are enables only when <a href="#sendfile">sendfile</a> is used.
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1039 Enabling the option allows to
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1040 <ul><li>
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1041 send the response header and the beginning of a file in one packet,
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parents: 3996
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1042 on Linux and FreeBSDĀ 4.*;
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1043 </li><li>
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1044 send a file in full packets.
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1045 </li></ul></p><hr><a name="try_files"></a><strong>syntax</strong>:
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1046 <code>try_files <code><i>file ... uri</i></code></code><br><code>Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā </code><code>try_files <code><i>file ...</i></code> =<code><i>code</i></code></code><br><strong>default</strong>:
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1047 <strong>none</strong><br><strong>context</strong>:
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1048 <code>location</code><br><p>
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1049 Checks the existence of files in the specified order, and uses
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1050 the first found file for request processing; the processing
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1051 is performed in this location's context.
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1052 It is possible to check the directory existence by specifying
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1053 the slash at the end of a name, e.g. "<code>$uri/</code>".
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1054 If none of the files were found, an internal redirect to the
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1055 <code><i>uri</i></code> specified by the last argument is made.
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1056 As of version 0.7.51, the last argument can also be a
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1057 <code><i>code</i></code>:
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1058 <blockquote><pre>
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1059 location / {
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1060 try_files $uri $uri/index.html $uri.html =404;
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1061 }
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1062 </pre></blockquote></p><p>
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1063 Example when proxying Mongrel:
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1064 <blockquote><pre>
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1065 location / {
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1066 try_files /system/maintenance.html
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1067 $uri $uri/index.html $uri.html
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1068 @mongrel;
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1069 }
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1070
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1071 location @mongrel {
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1072 proxy_pass http://mongrel;
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1073 }
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1074 </pre></blockquote></p><p>
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1075 Example for Drupal/FastCGI:
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1076 <blockquote><pre>
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1077 location / {
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1078 try_files $uri $uri/ @drupal;
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1079 }
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1080
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1081 location ~ \.php$ {
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1082 try_files $uri @drupal;
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1083
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1084 fastcgi_pass ...;
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1085
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1086 fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME /path/to$fastcgi_script_name;
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1087 fastcgi_param SCRIPT_NAME $fastcgi_script_name;
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1088 fastcgi_param QUERY_STRING $args;
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1089
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1090 ... other fastcgi_param's
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1091 }
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1092
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1093 location @drupal {
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1094 fastcgi_pass ...;
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1095
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1096 fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME /path/to/index.php;
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1097 fastcgi_param SCRIPT_NAME /index.php;
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1098 fastcgi_param QUERY_STRING q=$uri&amp;$args;
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1099
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1100 ... other fastcgi_param's
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1101 }
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1102 </pre></blockquote>
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1103 In the following example,
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1104 <blockquote><pre>
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1105 location / {
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1106 try_files $uri $uri/ @drupal;
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1107 }
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1108 </pre></blockquote>
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1109 the <code>try_files</code> directive is equivalent to
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1110 <blockquote><pre>
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1111 location / {
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1112 error_page 404 = @drupal;
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1113 log_not_found off;
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1114 }
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1115 </pre></blockquote>
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1116 And here,
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1117 <blockquote><pre>
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1118 location ~ \.php$ {
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1119 try_files $uri @drupal;
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1120
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1121 fastcgi_pass ...;
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1122
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1123 fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME /path/to$fastcgi_script_name;
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1124
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1125 ...
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1126 }
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1127 </pre></blockquote><code>try_files</code> checks the existence of the PHP file
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1128 before passing the request to the FastCGI server.
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1129 </p><p>
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1130 Example for Wordpress and Joomla:
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1131 <blockquote><pre>
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1132 location / {
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1133 try_files $uri $uri/ @wordpress;
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1134 }
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1135
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1136 location ~ \.php$ {
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1137 try_files $uri @wordpress;
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1138
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1139 fastcgi_pass ...;
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1140
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1141 fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME /path/to$fastcgi_script_name;
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1142 ... other fastcgi_param's
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1143 }
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1144
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1145 location @wordpress {
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1146 fastcgi_pass ...;
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1147
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1148 fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME /path/to/index.php;
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1149 ... other fastcgi_param's
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1150 }
4071
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1151 </pre></blockquote></p><hr><a name="types"></a><strong>syntax</strong>:
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1152 <code>types { ... }</code><br><strong>default</strong>:
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1153 <code>see below</code><br><strong>context</strong>:
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1154 <code>http</code>, <code>server</code>, <code>location</code><br><p>
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1155 Maps file name extensions to MIME types of responses.
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1156 Several extensions can map to one type.
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1157 The following mappings are configured by default:
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1158 <blockquote><pre>
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1159 types {
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1160 text/html html;
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1161 image/gif gif;
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1162 image/jpeg jpg;
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1163 }
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1164 </pre></blockquote></p><p>
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1165 A sufficiently full mapping table is distributed with nginx in the
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1166 <code>conf/mime.types</code> file.
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1167 </p><p>
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1168 To make a particular location emit the "<code>application/octet-stream</code>"
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1169 MIME type for all requests, try the following:
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1170 <blockquote><pre>
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1171 location /download/ {
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1172 types { }
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1173 default_type application/octet-stream;
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1174 }
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1175 </pre></blockquote></p><hr><a name="underscores_in_headers"></a><strong>syntax</strong>:
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1176 <code>underscores_in_headers <code>on</code> | <code>off</code></code><br><strong>default</strong>:
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1177 <code>underscores_in_headers off</code><br><strong>context</strong>:
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1178 <code>http</code>, <code>server</code><br><p>
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1179 Enables or disables the use of underscores in client request header strings.
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1180 </p></body></html>