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Elaborate on writing proxied responses to files.
Added a note that restrictions imposed by proxy_max_temp_file_size,
proxy_temp_file_write_size and Co. do not apply to responses that
will be cached or saved on disk.
author | Ruslan Ermilov <ru@nginx.com> |
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date | Tue, 11 Nov 2014 17:31:37 +0300 |
parents | 95c3c3bbf1ce |
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<?xml version="1.0"?> <!-- Copyright (C) Igor Sysoev Copyright (C) Nginx, Inc. --> <!DOCTYPE module SYSTEM "../../../../dtd/module.dtd"> <module name="Module ngx_http_gzip_static_module" link="/en/docs/http/ngx_http_gzip_static_module.html" lang="en" rev="2"> <section id="summary"> <para> The <literal>ngx_http_gzip_static_module</literal> module allows sending precompressed files with the “<literal>.gz</literal>” filename extension instead of regular files. </para> <para> This module is not built by default, it should be enabled with the <literal>--with-http_gzip_static_module</literal> configuration parameter. </para> </section> <section id="example" name="Example Configuration"> <para> <example> gzip_static on; gzip_proxied expired no-cache no-store private auth; </example> </para> </section> <section id="directives" name="Directives"> <directive name="gzip_static"> <syntax> <literal>on</literal> | <literal>off</literal> | <literal>always</literal></syntax> <default>off</default> <context>http</context> <context>server</context> <context>location</context> <para> Enables (“<literal>on</literal>”) or disables (“<literal>off</literal>”) checking the existence of precompressed files. The following directives are also taken into account: <link doc="ngx_http_gzip_module.xml" id="gzip_http_version"/>, <link doc="ngx_http_gzip_module.xml" id="gzip_proxied"/>, <link doc="ngx_http_gzip_module.xml" id="gzip_disable"/>, and <link doc="ngx_http_gzip_module.xml" id="gzip_vary"/>. </para> <para> With the “<literal>always</literal>” value (1.3.6), gzipped file is used in all cases, without checking if the client supports it. It is useful if there are no uncompressed files on the disk anyway or the <link doc="ngx_http_gunzip_module.xml">ngx_http_gunzip_module</link> is used. </para> <para> The files can be compressed using the <command>gzip</command> command, or any other compatible one. It is recommended that the modification date and time of original and compressed files be the same. </para> </directive> </section> </module>