Mastering Nginx

Appendix A

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Directive Explanation Context/Default

fastcgi_store Enables storing responses

retrieved from a FastCGI server as

files on the disk. The on parameter

will use the alias or root

directive as the base path under

which to store the file. A string

may instead be given, to indicate

an alternative location to store the

files.

Valid contexts: http,

server, location

Default value: off

fastcgistore
access

Sets file access permissions for the

newly-created fastcgi_store

files.

Valid contexts: http,

server, location

Default value:

user:rw

fastcgi_tempfile
write_size

Limits the amount of data buffered

to a temporary file at one time, so

that NGINX will not be blocked

for too long on a single request.

Valid contexts: http,

server, location

Default value: 8k|16k

(platform dependent)

fastcgi_temp_path A directory where temporary

files may be buffered as they

are proxied from the FastCGI

server, optionally multilevel

deep. If a second, third, or fourth

parameter is given, these specify

a subdirectory heirarchy with the

parameter value as the number

of characters in the subdirectory

name.

Valid contexts: http,

server, location

Default value:

fastcgi_temp

flv Activates the flv module for this
location.

Valid context:

location

Default value: -