Mastering Nginx

Directive Reference

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Directive Explanation Context/Default

lingering_timeout Also in conjunction with

lingering_close, this directive

indicates how long NGINX will

wait for additional data before

closing the client connection.

Valid contexts: http,

server, location

default value: 5s

listen (http) Refer to the listen parameters table

in the section named The virtual

server section in Chapter 2, A

Configuration Guide.

Valid context: server

Default value: *:80 |

*:8000

listen (mail) The listen directive uniquely

identifies a socket binding under

NGINX. It takes the following

parameter:

• bind: make a separate
  bind() call for this
  address:port pair.

Valid context: server

Default value: -

location Defines a new context based on

the request URI.

Valid context: server,

location

Default value: -

lock_file The prefix name for lock files.

Depending on the platform, a lock

file may be needed to implement

accept_mutex and shared

memory access serialization.

Valid context: main

Default value: logs/

nginx.lock.

log_format Specifies which fields should

appear in the log file and what

format they should take.

Valid context: http

Default value:

combined

$remote_addr

• $remote_user
  [$time_local],
  "$request"
  $status
  $bodybytes
  sent, "$http
  referer""$http
  user_agent"'
  log_not_found Disables reporting of 404 errors in
  the error log.

Valid contexts: http,

server, location

Default value: on