Mastering Nginx

Appendix A

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Directive Explanation Context/Default

include The path to a file containing

additional configuration

directives. It may be specified as a

glob to include multiple files.

Valid context: any

Default value: -

index Defines which file will be served
to the client when a URI ending
with / is received. It may be
multivalued.

Valid contexts: http,

server, location

Default value: index.

html

internal Specifies a location that
can only be used for internal
requests (redirects defined in
other directives, rewrite requests,
and similar request processing
directives).

Valid context:

location

Default value: -

ip_hash Ensures the distribution of clients
evenly over all server by hashing
the IP address, keying on its class
C network.

Valid context:

upstream

Default value: -

keepalive The number of connections to
upstream servers that are cached
per worker process. When used
with HTTP connections, proxy_
http_version should be set to
1.1 and proxy_set_header to
Connection.

Valid context:

upstream

Default value: -

keepalive_disable Disables keep-alive requests for

certain browser types.

Valid contexts: http,

server, location

Default value: msie6

keepalive_requests Defines how many requests may

be made over one keepalive

connection before it is closed.

Valid contexts: http,

server, location

Default value: 100

keepalive_timeout Specifies how long a keep-alive

connection will stay open. A

second parameter may be given,

to set a Keep-Alive header in the

response.

Valid contexts: http,

server, location

Default value: 75s

largeclient
header_buffers

Defines the maximum number

and size of a large client request

header.

Valid contexts: http,

server

Default value: 4 8k