Directive Reference
[ 240 ]Directive Explanation Context/Default
msie_padding Enables the disabling of adding
comments to responses with
a status greater than 400 for
MSIE clients, in order to pad the
response size to 512 bytes.Valid contexts: http,
server, location
Default value: onmsie_refresh This directive enables the sending
of a refresh instead of a
redirect for MSIE clients.Valid contexts: http,
server, location
Default value: off
multi_accept Instructs a worker process to
accept all new connections at
once. Disregarded if the kqueue
event method is used because
kqueue reports the number of
new connections waiting to be
accepted.Valid context: events
Default value: offopen_file_cache Configures a cache that can store
open file descriptors, directory
lookups, and file lookup errors.Valid contexts: http,
server, location
Default value: off
open_file_cache_
errorsEnables the caching of the file
lookup errors by the open_file_
cache directive.Valid contexts: http,
server, location
Default value: off
open_file_cache_
min_usesConfigures the minimum
number of uses for a file within
the inactive parameter to
open_file_cache for that file
descriptor to remain open in the
cache.Valid contexts: http,
server, location
Default value: 1open_file_cache_
validSpecifies the time interval between
the validity checks for the items in
the open_file_cache directive.Valid contexts: http,
server, location
Default value: 60s
open_log_file_cache Refer to the HTTP logging directives
table in the Logging section in
Chapter 6, The NGINX HTTP Server.Valid contexts: http,
server, location
Default value: off
optimize_server_
namesThis is deprecated. Use the
server_name_in_redirect
directive instead.Valid contexts: http,
server
Default value: off