Mastering Nginx

Directive Reference

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Directive Explanation Context/Default

fastcgi_pass Specifies the FastCGI server to

which the request is passed, either

as an address:port combination

or as unix:path for a UNIX-

domain socket.

Valid contexts:

location, if in

location

Default value: -

fastcgi_pass_header Overrides the disabled headers

set in fastcgi_hide_header,

allowing them to be sent to the

client.

Valid contexts: http,

server, location

Default value: -

fastcgi_read_

timeout

Specifies the length of time that

needs to elapse between two

successive read operations from

a FastCGI server before the

connection is closed.

Valid contexts: http,

server, location

Default value: 60s

fastcgi_send_lowat This is a FreeBSD directive. When

non-zero, it will tell NGINX to use

either the NOTE_LOWAT kqueue

method or the SO_SNDLOWAT

socket option with the specified

size when communicating with an

upstream server. Ignored in Linux,

Solaris, and Windows.

Valid contexts: http,

server, location

Default value: 0

fastcgi_send_

timeout

The length of time that needs to

elapse between two successive

write operations to a FastCGI

server before the connection is

closed.

Valid contexts: http,

server, location

Default value: 60s

fastcgi_split_path_

info

Defines a regular expression with

two captures. The first capture will

be the value of the $fastcgi_

script_name variable. The

second capture becomes the value

of the $fastcgi_path_info

variable.

Valid context:

location

Default value: -