Hi,

saltyflorida wrote:
> Is it possible to switch backend clusters of servers based on a cookie?
>
> I would like to set a cookie named "env" and do something like this:
>
> if ($http_cookie ~* "env=testing(;|$)") {
> proxy_pass http://backend_testing;
> }
> if ($http_cookie ~* "env=staging(;|$)") {
> proxy_pass http://backend_staging;
> }
> if ($http_cookie ~* "env=production(;|$)") {
> proxy_pass http://backend_production;
> }
>
> However the "proxy_pass" directive is not allowed inside an "if". Is there another way I can approach this?
>
>
Take a look at the map module :

http://wiki.nginx.org/NginxHttpMapModule

One possibility would be :

http {

map $cookie_env $backend {

testing http://backend_testing;
staging http://backend_staging;
production http://backend_production;
}

server {
...
proxy_pass $backend;

}

}

Marcus.


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