Chapter 4[ 71 ]- The proxy_read_timeout and proxy_send_timeout directives define
how long NGINX will wait between successive operations with the
upstream server. - The proxy_send_lowat directive is only effective on FreeBSD systems
and specifies the number of bytes the socket send buffer should hold
before passing the data on to the protocol. - The proxy_buffer_size, proxy_buffers, and proxy_busy_buffers_size
directives will be discussed in detail in the next chapter. Suffice it to say
that these buffers control how quickly NGINX appears to respond to
user requests. - The proxy_temp_file_write_size directive controls how long a worker
process blocks while spooling data: the higher the value, the longer the
process blocks.
These directives are included in a file as follows, and may be used multiple times
in the same configuration:
location / {include proxy.conf;proxy_pass http://localhost:8080;
}If one of these directives should have a different value than what's in the include file,
then override it in that particular location.
location /uploads {include proxy.conf;client_max_body_size 500m;proxy_connect_timeout 75;proxy_send_timeout 90;proxy_read_timeout 90;proxy_pass http://localhost:8080;
}The order is important here. If there is more than one occurrence of
a directive in a configuration file (or include), NGINX will take the
value of the directive defined last.