Here's a simplified version of I use the following to accomplish this,
inside my location block:
if ($uri ~* (\.css|\.js|\.ico|\.gif|\.jpg|\.png)) {
break;
}
Note that I haven't tested this simplified form directly, but I believe it
should work.
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 1:14 PM, Marcelo Barbudas <nostef@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a setup where I am using nginx with RubyOnRails.
>
> The setup looks simple:
> if (!-f $request_filename) {
> proxy_pass http://domain1;
> break;
> }
>
> However I have a directory that holds images that sometimes get deleted.
> People keep linking to those images and the 404s go to the rails process.
>
> How can I tell nginx that any request towards:
> /images/subassets/*.gif
> should never be forwarded to rails?
>
> --
> Cheers,
> M.
>
>