Mastering Nginx

Appendix A

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Directive Explanation Context/Default

merge_slashes Disables the removal of multiple

slashes. The default value of on

means that NGINX will compress

two or more / characters into one.

Valid contexts: http,

server

Default value: on

min_delete_depth Allows the WebDAV DELETE
method to remove files when at
least this number of elements is
present in the request path.

Valid contexts: http,

server, location

Default value: 0

modern_browser Specifies a browser and version
parameter, which together will
indicate that the browser is
considered modern by setting
the $modern_browser variable
to modern_browservalue.
The browser parameter may
take one of the following values:
msie, gecko, opera, safari,
or konqueror. An alternative
parameter unlisted may be
specified to indicate that any
browser not found in ancient
browser nor in modern_
browser or has a missing User-
Agent header is considered
modern.

Valid contexts: http,

server, location

Default value: -

modernbrowser
value

The value to which the $modern_

browser variable will be set.

Valid contexts: http,

server, location

Default value: 1

mp4 Activates the mp4 module for this
location.

Valid context:

location

Default value: -

mp4_buffer_size Sets the initial buffer size for
delivering MP4 files.

Valid contexts: http,

server, location

Default value: 512K

mp4_max_buffer_size Sets the maximum size of the
buffer used to process MP4
metadata.

Valid contexts: http,

server, location

Default value: 10M