Try files refers to local files so that wont work. You need a failover in
the upstream.
On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 8:39 PM, keith <keith@scott-land.net> wrote:
> We have nginx setup as a reverse proxy and on one of the backend servers we
> have a Sharepoint website that we want to failover to a Wordpress website
> hosted on another server if there's a problem with Sharepoint website. I've
> googled and red through books etc but can't we an example for this. I think
> i need "try_files" and some type of error code checking but havent been able
> to figure it out. Could someone advice ? Below is the type of thing that I
> think I am after.
>
> Thanks for looking.
> Keith
>
> upstream primaryserver { server 10.1.1.1:80; }
> upstream secondaryserver { server 10.1.1.2:80; }
>
> server
> {
> listen 80;
> server_name _;
> server_name_in_redirect off;
>
> location /
> {
> try_files @sharepoint @wordpress;
> }
> location @sharepoint
> {
> proxy_pass http://primaryserver;
> proxy_set_header Host $host;
> proxy_connect_timeout 3;
> proxy_next_upstream error timeout;
> }
>
> location @wordpress
> {
> proxy_pass http://secondaryserver;
> proxy_set_header Host $host;
> proxy_connect_timeout 3;
> proxy_next_upstream error timeout;
> }
>
> }
>
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