Mastering Nginx

Appendix A

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Directive Explanation Context/Default

override_charset Indicates whether the charset

specified in the Content-Type

header of a response received from

a proxy_pass or fastcgi_pass

request should be converted or

not. If the response comes as a

result of a subrequest, conversion

to the main request's charset will

always be performed.

Valid contexts: http,

server, location,

if in location

Default value: off

pcre_jit Enables just-in-time compilation
of Perl-compatible regular
expressions known at
configuration time. JIT support
needs to be enabled in the PCRE
library to make use of this
speedup.

Valid context: main

Default value: off

perl Activates a Perl handler for this
location. The argument is the
name of the handler or a string
describing a full subroutine.

Valid contexts:

location, limit_

except

Default value: -

perl_modules Specifies an additional search path

for Perl modules.

Valid context: http

Default value: -

perl_require Indicates a Perl module that
will be loaded at each NGINX
reconfiguration. It may be
specified multiple times for
separate modules.

Valid context: http

Default value: -

perl_set Installs a Perl handler to set the

value of a variable. The argument

is the name of the handler or a

string describing a full subroutine.

Valid context: http

Default value: -

pid This is the file where the process
ID of the main process will be
written, overwriting the compiled-
in default.

Valid context: main

Default value: nginx.

pid

pop3_auth Sets the supported client
authentication mechanism. It can
be one or more of plain, apop, or
cram-md5.

Valid contexts: mail,

server

Default value: plain