Igor Sysoev Wrote:
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> On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 03:17:20PM +0200, Smrchy
> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > i setup nginx and it's working great for us for
> static files. I'm wondering
> > if nginx would be suited for the following
> scenario:
> >
> > We have an application server that has a lot of
> .php files and even more
> > static files (.gif, .jpg etc).
> >
> > Can i put nginx in front of if like a proxy but
> have nginx cache the static
> > files (everything except the .php stuff). So
> that only .php requests reach
> > the server and the static files will be cached
> on the nginx machine once the
> > get retrieved from the upstream server.
>
> First, you may separate static files from PHP:
>
> server {
>
> location ~ \.(gif|jpg|png)$ {
> root /data/www;
> }
>
> location ~ \.php$ {
> proxy_pass http://backend;
> }
>
> However, you have to retrieve the files by
> yourself.
>
> Second, you may use mirror on demand:
>
> server {
>
> location ~ \.(gif|jpg|png)$ {
> root /data/www;
> error_page 404 = @fetch;
> }
>
> location @fetch {
> internal;
>
> proxy_pass http://backend;
> proxy_store on;
> proxy_store_access user:rw group:rw
> all:r;
> proxy_temp_path /data/temp;
>
> root /data/www;
> }
>
> location ~ \.php$ {
> proxy_pass http://backend;
> }
>

When I try using proxy_pass within location ~ something I get :
[emerg]: "proxy_pass" may not have URI part in location given by regular expression, or inside named location, or inside the "if" statement, or inside the "limit_except" block in /etc/nginx/nginx.conf:52

the line is proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8080/;

Do you have an idea what the problem might be?

Thanks,
Ivo



> And finally, you may use proxy cache:
>
> proxy_cache_path /data/nginx/cache levels=1:2
> keys_zone=STATIC:10m
> inactive=24h
> max_size=1g;
> server {
>
> location ~ \.(gif|jpg|png)$ {
> proxy_pass http://backend;
> proyx_cache STATIC;
> proyx_cache_valid 200 1d;
> proxy_cache_use_stale error timeout
> invalid_header updating
> http_500 http_502
> http_503 http_504;
> }
>
> location ~ \.php$ {
> proxy_pass http://backend;
> }
>
>
> --
> Igor Sysoev
> http://sysoev.ru/en/