Problem solved, strangely enough the order in which my servers are loaded
seams to trigger this error, it's actually nothing to do with the upstream
settings but forcing one of my server configs to be loaded last resolved the
issue.

On 16 November 2010 13:16, Phil Bayfield <phil@techlightenment.com> wrote:

> I'm having some problems configuring upstream servers with localhost backup
> (error page)
>
> upstream backend1 {
> server 1.2.3.4;
> server 2.3.4.5;
> server localhost backup;
> }
>
> upstream backend2 {
> server 3.4.5.6;
> server 4.5.6.7;
> }
>
> Works, but:
>
> upstream backend1 {
> server 1.2.3.4;
> server 2.3.4.5;
> server localhost backup;
> }
>
> upstream backend2 {
> server 3.4.5.6;
> server 4.5.6.7;
> server localhost backup;
> }
>
> Causes:
>
> Testing nginx configuration: [emerg]: invalid parameter "backup"
>
> Is this a bug?
>
> Cheers
> Phil.
>



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