infestdead Wrote:
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> Igor Sysoev Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> >
> > location ~ \.php$ {
> > proxy_pass http://backend;
> > }
> >
>
> When I try using proxy_pass within location ~
> something I get :
> : "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
>

Hm I found out what the problem was,
You cant have proxy_pass http://ip:port if you have a regexp in the location directive, if you do - you need to define upstream first :
upstream php_server {
server http://ip:port/;
}
and then
proxy_pass http://php_server;

That did it for me.
Cheers,
Ivo