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Directive Explanation Context/Default
fastcgiignore
client_abort
If set to on, NGINX will not abort
the connection to a FastCGI server
if the client aborts the connection.
Valid contexts: http,
server, location
Default value: off
fastcgiignore
headers
Sets which headers may be
disregarded when processing the
response from the FastCGI server.
Valid contexts: http,
server, location
Default value: -
fastcgi_index Sets the name of a file to be
appended to $fastcgiscript
name that ends with a slash.
Valid contexts: http,
server, location
Default value: -
fastcgiintercept
errors
If enabled, NGINX will display a
configured error_page directive
instead of the response directly
from the FastCGI server.
Valid contexts: http,
server, location
Default value: off
fastcgi_keep_conn Enables the keepalive
connections to the FastCGI servers
by instructing the server not to
immediately close the connection.
Valid contexts: http,
server, location
Default value: off
fastcgi_maxtemp
file_size
The maximum size of the overflow
file, written when the response
doesn't fit into the memory
buffers.
Valid contexts: http,
server, location
Default value: 1024m
fastcginext
upstream
Refer to the FastCGI directives
table in the Using NGINX with
PHP-FPM section in Chapter 6,
The NGINX HTTP Server.
Valid contexts: http,
server, location
Default value: error
timeout
fastcgi_no_cache One or more string variables,
which when non-empty or non-
zero will instruct NGINX not
to save the response from the
FastCGI server in the cache.
Valid contexts: http,
server, location
Default value: -
fastcgi_param Sets a parameter and its value to
be passed to the FastCGI server.
If the parameter should only be
passed when the value is non-
empty, the additional ifnot
empty parameter should be set.
Valid contexts: http,
server, location
Default value: -