|
Directive
|
Module
|
|
accept_mutex: Enables or disables the use of an accept mutex
Chapter 2, Events module section
|
Events
|
|
accept_mutex_delay: Sets the delay of the accept mutex
Chapter 2, Events module section
|
Events
|
|
access_log: Defines access log settings
Chapter 4, Website access and logging section
|
Log
|
|
add_after_body: Adds content after response body
Chapter 4, Content and encoding section
|
Addition*
|
|
add_before_body
: Adds content before response body
Chapter 4, Content and encoding section
|
Addition*
|
|
add_header
: Adds arbitrary headers to responses
Chapter 4, Content and encodi
ng section
|
Headers
|
|
alias
: Sets a folder alias
Chapter 3, Paths and documents section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
allow
: Allows an IP address or address range to access a resource
Chapter 4, Limits and restrictions section
|
Access
|
|
ancient_browser
: Affects $ancient_browser
if the request user agent matches a specified string
Chapter 4, About your visitors section
|
Browser
|
|
ancient_browser_value
: Sets the value to be affected to $ancient_browser
Chapter 4, About your visitors section
|
Browser
|
|
auth_basic: Sets a text message to be displayed in basic authentication dialogs
Chapter 4, Limits and restrictions section
|
Auth Basic
|
|
auth_basic_user_file: Defines the file containing usernames and passwords for basic authentication
Chapter 4, Limits and restrictions section
|
Auth Basic
|
|
autoindex: Enables automatic folder indexes
Chapter 4, Website access and logging section
|
Autoindex
|
|
autoindex_exact_size: Shows file sizes in bytes for automatic folder indexes
Chapter 4, Website access and loggin
g section
|
Autoindex
|
|
autoindex_localtime: Enables or disables adjusting file dates to match server local time
Chapter 4, Website access and logging section
|
Autoindex
|
|
break: Prevents further URL rewrites
Chapter 4, Rewrite module section
|
Rewrite
|
|
charset: Sets charset value in Content-Type HTTP header
Chapter 4, Content and encoding section
|
Charset
|
|
charset_map: Defines character re-encoding tables
Chapter 4, Content and encoding section
|
Charset
|
|
charset_types: Defines MIME types eligible for charset re-encoding
Chapter 4, Content and encoding section
|
Charset
|
|
chunked_transfer_encoding: Allows disabling of chunked transfers
Chapter 3, Client request section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
client_body_buffer_size: Specifies the buffer size for client request body
Chapter 3, Client requests section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
client_body_in_file_only: Forces Nginx to store the client request body as a file in all cases
Chapter 3, Client requests section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
client_body_in_single_buffer: Defines whether or not the body of client requests should be stored in a single buffer
Chapter 3, Client requests section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
client_body_temp_path: Sets the path for storing temporary client request body files
Chapter 3, Client requests section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
client_body_timeout: Sets inactivity timeout for reading client request body
Chapter 3, Client requests section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
client_header_buffer_size: Sets the size of buffers allocated to request headers
Chapter 3, Client reques
ts section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
client_header_timeout
: Sets inactivity timeout for reading client request headers
Chapter 3, Client requests section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
client_max_body_size: Sets the maximum
size for client request body
Chapter 3, Client requests section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
connection_pool_size: Defines the size of the pool memory space to be allocated to connections
Chapter 3, Socket and host configuration section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
connections: Deprecated (see worker_connections)
Chapter 2, Events module section
|
Events
|
|
create_full_put_path: Enables or disables recursive folder creation (creates full path) for PUT requests
Chapter 4, Other miscellaneous modules section
|
DAV*
|
|
daemon: Enables or disables daemon mode
Chapter 2, Core module directives section
|
Core
|
|
dav_access: Defines access permissions at the current level
Chapter 4, Other miscellaneous modules section
|
DAV*
|
|
dav_methods: Selects DAV
methods to be enabled
Chapter 4, Other miscellaneous modules section
|
DAV*
|
|
debug_connection: Enables detailed logs for the specified IP address or address range
Chapter 2, Events module section
|
Events
|
|
debug_points: Enables or disables
debug points
Chapter 2, Core module directives section
|
Core
|
|
degradation: Sets memory condition to enable degradation error page
Chapter 4, Other miscellaneous modules section
|
Degradation
|
|
degrade: Sets error
code to be returned by Nginx when low memory conditions are met
Chapter 4, Other miscellaneous modules section
|
Degradation
|
|
default_type: Sets the default MIME type for served files
Chapter 3, MIME types section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
deny: Denies an IP address or address range access to a resource
Chapter 4, Limits and restrictio
ns section
|
Access
|
|
directio: Enables or disables the use of direct I/O
Chapter 3, File processing and caching section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
directio_alignment: Sets direct I/O byte alignment
Chapter 3, File processing
and caching section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
disable_symlinks: Defines the way Nginx should handle symbolic links
Chapter 3, File processing and caching section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
empty_gif: Serves an empty gif from memory
Chapter 4, Content and encoding section
|
Empty GIF
|
|
env: Defines or redefines environment variables
Chapter 2, Core module directives section
|
Core
|
|
error_log: Specifies error logging settings
Chapter 2, Core module directives section
|
Core
|
|
error_page: Defines behavior for specific error codes
Chapter 3, Paths and documents section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
expires: Controls
cache headers sent in responses
Chapter 4, Content and encoding section
|
Headers
|
|
fastcgi_buffer_size: Sets the size of the FastCGI response buffer
Chapter 5, Main directives section
|
FastCGI
|
|
fastcgi_buffers: Sets buffer amount and buffer size for communications with the FastCGI backend
Chapter 5, Main directives section
|
FastCGI
|
|
fastcgi_cache: Defines a FastCGI cache zone
Chapter 5, FastCGI caching section
|
FastCGI
|
|
fastcgi_cache_bypass: Defines conditions for bypassing cache
Chapter 5, FastCGI caching section
|
FastCGI
|
|
fastcgi_cache_key: Sets the key for caching FastCGI-processed requests
Chapter 5, FastCGI caching section
|
FastCGI
|
|
fastcgi_cache_lock: Locks cache entries for a specified time
Chapter 5, FastCGI cachin
g section
|
FastCGI
|
|
fastcgi_cache_lock_timeout: Sets amount of time cache entries should be locked
Chapter 5, FastCGI caching section
|
FastCGI
|
|
fastcgi_cache_methods: Sets eligible HTTP methods for FastCGI caching
Chapter 5, FastCGI caching section
|
FastCGI
|
|
fastcgi_cache_path: Configures FastCGI caching options for a specified zone
Chapter 5, FastCGI caching section
|
FastCGI
|
|
fastcgi_cache_use_stale: Defines whether or not stale cache data should be used in certain circumstances
Chapter 5, FastCGI caching section
|
FastCGI
|
|
fastcgi_cache_valid: Sets caching validity period for specific response codes
Chapter 5, FastCGI caching section
|
FastCGI
|
|
fastcgi_catch_stderr: Allows you to intercept some of the error messages sent to stderr and store them in the Nginx error log
Chapter 5
,
Main directives
section
|
FastCGI
|
|
fastcgi_connect_timeout: Defines the backend server connection timeout
Chapter 5, Main directives
section
|
FastCGI
|
|
fastcgi_bind: Binds socket to specified network interface
Chapter 5, Main directives section
|
FastCGI
|
|
fastcgi_hide_header: Skips FastCGI headers
Chapter 5, Main directives section
|
FastCGI
|
|
fastcgi_ignore_client_abort: Sets FastCGI module behavior when clients abort requests
Chapter 5, Main directives section
|
FastCGI
|
|
fastcgi_ignore_headers: Prevents Nginx from processing one of the following four headers from the backend server response: X-Accel-Redirect, X-Accel-Expires, Expires, Cache-Control
Chapter 5, Main directives section
|
FastCGI
|
|
fastcgi_index: Specifies
folder index for FastCGI
Chapter 5, Main directives section
|
FastCGI
|
|
fastcgi_intercept_errors: Defines whether or not FastCGI backend generated errors should be returned as it is
Chapter 5, Main directiv
es section
|
FastCGI
|
|
fastcgi_keep_conn: Allows keeping connections to the FastCGI backend alive
Chapter 5, Main directives section
|
FastCGI
|
|
fastcgi_max_temp_file_size: Sets maximum size for temporary files
Chapter 5, Main directives section
|
FastCGI
|
|
fastcgi_next_upstream: Defines the cases where requests should be abandoned and resent to the next upstream server of the block
Chapter 5, Main directives section
|
FastCGI
|
|
fastcgi_no_cache: Sets conditions for disabling caching
Chapter 5, FastCGI caching section
|
FastCGI
|
|
fastcgi_param: Configures a FastCGI header to be passed to the backend
Chapter 5, Main directives section
|
FastCGI
|
|
fastcgi_pass: Enables FastCGI backend by specifying its location
Chapter 5, Main directives section
|
FastCGI
|
|
fastcgi_pass_header: Re-enables FastCGI omitted headers
Chapter 5, Main directives section
|
FastCGI
|
|
fastcgi_pass_request_body: Defines whether or not the request body should be passed on to the backend server
Chapter 5
,
Main directives
section
|
FastCGI
|
|
fastcgi_pass_request_headers: Defines whether or not extra request headers should be passed on to the backend server
Chapter 5
,
Main directives
section
|
FastCGI
|
|
fastcgi_read_timeout: Sets the timeout for reading response from FastCGI backend
Chapter 5,
Main directives section
|
FastCGI
|
|
fastcgi_send_lowat: Allows you to make use of the SO_SNDLOWAT flag for TCP sockets for FastCGI communications (under BSD-based systems only)
Chapter 5, Main directives section
|
FastCGI
|
|
fastcgi_send_timeout: Timeout for sending data to the backend server
Chapter 5, Main directives section
|
FastCGI
|
|
fastcgi_split_path_info: Splits a URI path according to a regular expression
Chapter 5,
Main directives section
|
FastCGI
|
|
fastcgi_store: Defines FastCGI cache store settings
Chapter 5, Main directives section
|
FastCGI
|
|
fastcgi_store_access: Sets FastCGI cache store access permissions
Chapter 5, Main directives section
|
FastCGI
|
|
fastcgi_temp_file_write_size: Sets the write buffer size when saving temporary files to the storage device
Chapter 5
,
Main directives section
|
FastCGI
|
|
fastcgi_temp_path: Sets folder path for FastCGI temporary files
Chapter 5, Main directives section
|
FastCGI
|
|
flv: Enables seeking in FLV files
Chapter 4, Content
and encoding section
|
FLV*
|
|
geo: Defines a map of values based on the client's IP address
Chapter 4, About your visitors section
|
Geo
|
|
geoip_city: Sets the path to your IP-to-city database
Chapter 4, About your visitors section
|
GeoIP*
|
|
geoip_country: Sets the path to your IP-to-country database
Chapter 4, About your visitors section
|
GeoIP*
|
|
geoip_proxy: Defines a trusted IP address or range
Chapter 4, About your visitors section
|
GeoIP*
|
|
geoip_proxy_recursive: Enables recursive search for client IP addresses
Chapter 4, About your visitors section
|
GeoIP*
|
|
google_perftools_profiles: Sets path of Google-perftools profiles file
Chapter 4, Other miscellaneous modules section
|
Google Perftools*
|
|
gzip_buffers: Defines the size of buffers for storing a Gzipped response
Chapter 4, Content and encoding section
|
Gzip
|
|
gzip_comp_level: Defines the compression level for Gzipped responses
Chapter 4, Content and encoding section
|
Gzip
|
|
gzip_disable: Disables Gzip compression for requests with a user-agent matching the specified regular expression
Chapter 4, Content and encoding section
|
Gzip
|
|
gzip_hash: Sets the amount of memory that should be allocated for the internal compression state (memLevel argument)
Chapter 4, Content and encoding section
|
Gzip
|
|
gzip_http_version: Enables Gzip compression for the specified HTTP version
Chapter 4, Content and encoding section
|
Gzip
|
|
gzip_min_length: Sets a minimum length for responses to be eligible to GZIP compression
Chapter 4, Content and encoding section
|
Gzip
|
|
gzip_no_buffer: Enabling this directive disables buffering for Gzipped responses
Chapter 4, Content and encoding section
|
Gzip
|
|
gzip_proxied: Enables or disables Gzip compression for the body of responses received from a proxy
Chapter 4, Content and encoding section
|
Gzip
|
|
gzip_static: Enables
pre-compressed response module
Chapter 4, Content and encoding section
|
Gzip static*
|
|
gzip_types: Sets MIME
types eligible for Gzip compression
Chapter 4, Content and encoding section
|
Gzip
|
|
gzip_vary: Enables
or disables including the Vary HTTP header in the response
Chapter 4, Content and encoding section
|
Gzip
|
|
gzip_window: Sets the size of the window buffer (windowBits argument) for Gzipping operations
Chapter 4
,
Content and encoding
section
|
Gzip
|
|
if_modified_since
: Defines how Nginx handles the If-Modified-Since HTTP header
Chapter 3, Paths and documents section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
ignore_invalid_headers: When disabled, Nginx returns a 400 Bad Request HTTP error, in case request headers are misformed
Chapter 3, Client requests
section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
image_filter: Applies transformations on images
Chapter 4, Content and encoding section
|
Image Filter*
|
|
image_filter_buffer: Sets the maximum file size for images
Chapter 4, Content and encoding section
|
Image Filter*
|
|
image_filter_jpeg_quality: Sets
JPEG quality for image filter output
Chapter 4, Content and encoding section
|
Image Filter*
|
|
image_filter_sharpen: Applies a sharpening filter on images
Chapter 4, Content and encoding section
|
Image Filter*
|
|
image_filter_transparency: Sets transparency settings for image filtering
Chapter 4, Content and encoding section
|
Image Filter*
|
|
include: Includes an external configuration file
Chapter 2, Core module directives section
|
Core
|
|
index: Sets the default filename(s) for folder indexes
Chapter 4, Website access and logging section
|
Index
|
|
internal: Restricts a location block to internal sub-requests and redirects
Chapter 3, Limits and restrictions section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
keepalive_disable: Allows disabling keepalive functionality for the browser families of your choice
Chapter 3, Client requests section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
keepalive_requests: Maximum amount of requests served over a single keepalive connection
Chapter 3, Client requests section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
keepalive_timeout: Amount of seconds Nginx waits before closing a keepalive connection
Chapter 3, Client requests section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
large_client_header_buffers: Sets the size of buffers for client request with larger headers
Chapter 3, Client requests section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
limit_conn: Limits the amount of connections per zone
Chapter 4, Limits and restrictions section
|
Limit Zone
|
|
limit_except: Sets the allowed HTTP methods
Chapter 3, Limits and restrictions section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
limit_rate: Limits transfer rate per connection
Chapter 3, Limits and restrictions section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
limit_rate_after: Limits
transfer rate after a specified limit
Chapter 3, Limits and restrictions section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
limit_req: Limits the amount of requests per zone
Chapter 4, Limits and restrictions section
|
Limit Req
|
|
limit_req_log_level: Sets level required to log denied requests
Chapter 4, Limits and restriction section
|
Limit Req
|
|
limit_req_zone: Defines a zone to be used with limit_req
Chapter 4, Limits and restrictions section
|
Limit Req
|
|
limit_conn: Sets connection limit for a zone defined with limit_conn_zone
Chapter 4, Limits and restrictions section
|
Limit Conn
|
|
limit_conn_log_level: Sets level required to log denied requests
Chapter 4, Limits and restrictions section
|
Limit Conn
|
|
limit_conn_zone: Defines a zone to be used with limit_conn
Chapter 4, Limits and restrictions section
|
Limit Conn
|
|
lingering_close: Controls the way Nginx closes client connections
Chapter 3
,
Client requests
section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
lingering_time: Defines behavior when a client submits a request that exceeds the maximum allowed size
Chapter 3
,
Client requests
section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
lingering_timeout: Amount
of time that Nginx should wait between two read operations before closing the client connection
Chapter 3, Client requests section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
listen: Specifies settings for listening sockets
Chapter 3, Socket and Host configuration section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
lock_file: Sets the path of the lock file
Chapter 2, Core module directives section
|
Core
|
|
log_format: Defines format of access log entries
Chapter 4, Website access and logging section
|
Log
|
|
log_not_found: Enables or disables logging of 404 errors
Chapter 3, Other directives section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
log_subrequest: Enables or disables whether details about sub-requests in the logfiles will be included
Chapter 3, Other directives section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
map: Defines a map of values to be matched against a variable; the result is stored in another variable
Chapter 4, About your visitors section
|
Map
|
|
map_hash_bucket_size: Sets the maximum size of a map entry
Chapter 4, About your visitors section
|
Map
|
|
map_hash_max_size: Sets the maximum amount of entries in a map
Chapter 4, About your visitors section
|
Map
|
|
master_process: Enables or disables master process
Chapter 2, Core module directives section
|
Core
|
|
max_ranges: Allows limiting byte ranges for clients requesting partial content
Chapter 3, Client requests section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
memcached_bind: Binds socket to specified network interface
Chapter 4, Content and encoding section
|
Memcached
|
|
memcached_buffer_size: Sets memcached data buffer size
Chapter 4, Content and encoding section
|
Memcached
|
|
memcached_connect_timeout: Sets memcached connect timeout
Chapter 4, Content and encoding
section
|
Memcached
|
|
memcached_next_upstream: Sets conditions for switching to the next upstream server for memcached configurations
Chapter 4, Content and encodi
ng section
|
Memcached
|
|
memcached_pass: Configures memcached access
Chapter 4, Content and encoding section
|
Memcached
|
|
memcached_read_timeout: Sets memcached data read operations timeout
Chapter 4, Content and encoding section
|
Memcached
|
|
memcached_send_timeout: Sets memcached data send operations timeout
Chapter 4, Content and encoding section
|
Memcached
|
|
merge_slashes: Enables or disables merging of double slashes in URLs
Chapter 3, Other directives section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
min_delete_depth: Defines a minimum URI depth for deleting files or directories when processing the DELETE command
Chapter 4, Other miscellaneous modules section
|
DAV*
|
|
modern_browser: Affects the $modern_browser if the request user agent matches specified string
Chapter 4, About your visitors section
|
Browser
|
|
modern_browser_value: Sets the value to be affected to $modern_browser
Chapter 4, About your visitors section
|
Browser
|
|
mp4: Enables seeking in MP4 files
Chapter 4, Content and encoding section
|
MP4*
|
|
msie_padding: Enables response padding for MSIE browsers
Chapter 3, Other directives section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
msie_refresh: Enables MSIE-specific redirects for the MSIE browser family
Chapter 3, Other directives section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
multi_accept: Enables or disables accepting multiple connections from the queue at once
Chapter 2, Events module section
|
Events
|
|
open_file_cache: Defines open file cache store settings
Chapter 3, File processing and caching section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
open_file_cache_errors: Defines whether or not file errors should be cached in the open file cache store
Chapter 3, File processing and caching section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
open_file_cache_min_uses: Defines the minimum amount of uses for a file to remain in the cache
Chapter 3, File processing and caching section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
open_file_cache_valid: Sets the cache verification interval
Chapter 3, File processing and caching section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
open_log_file_cache: Configures the cache of log file descriptors
Chapter 4, Website access and logging section
|
Log
|
|
override_charset: Overrides charset for documents received via proxy or FastCGI
Chapter 4, Content and encoding section
|
Charset
|
|
pcre_jit: Toggles Just-In-Time compilation for regular expressions
Chapter 2, Core module directives section
|
Core
|
|
pid: Sets the path of the PID file
Chapter 2, Core module directives section
|
Core
|
|
port_in_redirect: Enables or disables including port number for internal redirects
Chapter 3, Socket and host configuration section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
post_action: Defines a post-completion action, a URI that will be called by Nginx after the request has been
completed
Chapter 3
,
Other directives
section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
postpone_gzipping
: Defines a minimum data threshold to be reached before starting the Gzip compression
Chapter 4
,
Content and encoding
section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
postpone_output: Postpones the sending of the response; this directive defines the size of data to be sent in each packet
Chapter 3, Socket and host configuration section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
proxy_bind: Binds socket to specified network interface
Chapter 6, Main directives section
|
Proxy
|
|
proxy_buffer_size:
Sets the size of backend response buffer
Chapter 6, Caching, buffering, and temporary files section
|
Proxy
|
|
proxy_buffering: Enables or disables backend response buffering
Chapter 6, Caching, buffering, and temporary files section
|
Proxy
|
|
proxy_buffers: Sets the amount and size of buffers for backend communications
Chapter 6, Caching, buffering, and temporary files section
|
Proxy
|
|
proxy_busy_buffers_size: Sets the size of buffers for busy backend servers
Chapter 6, Caching, buffering, and temporary files section
|
Proxy
|
|
proxy_cache: Defines a proxy cache zone
Chapter 6, Caching, buffering, and temporary files section
|
Proxy
|
|
proxy_cache_bypass: Defines conditions for bypassing cache
Chapter 6, Caching, buffering, and temporary files section
|
Proxy
|
|
proxy_cache_key: Sets the key
for caching proxied requests
Chapter 6, Caching, buffering, and temporary files section
|
Proxy
|
|
proxy_cache_methods: Sets eligible HTTP methods for proxy caching
Chapter 6, Caching, buffering, and temporary files section
|
Proxy
|
|
proxy_cache_min_uses: Sets the amount of times a cache entry should be used before being protected from cache sweeping
Chapter 6, Caching, buffering, and temporary files section
|
Proxy
|
|
proxy_cache_path: Configures proxy caching options for a specified zone
Chapter 6, Caching, buffering, and temporary files section
|
Proxy
|
|
proxy_cache_use_stale: Defines whether or not stale cache data should be used in certain circumstances
Chapter 6, Caching, buffering, and temporary files section
|
Proxy
|
|
proxy_cache_valid: Sets caching validity period for specific response codes
Chapter 6, Caching, buffering, and temporary files section
|
Proxy
|
|
proxy_connect_timeout: Sets timeout for connecting to the backend
Chapter 6, Limits, timeouts, and errors section
|
Proxy
|
|
proxy_cookie_domain: Applies on-the-fly modification to the domain attribute of a cookie forwarded to the backend
Chapter 6, Other directives section
|
Proxy
|
|
proxy_cookie_path: Applies on-the-fly modification to the path attribute of a cookie forwarded to the backend
Chapter 6, Other directives section
|
Proxy
|
|
proxy_headers_hash_bucket_size: Sets the maximum size of entries in the headers hash table
Chapter 6, Other directives section
|
Proxy
|
|
proxy_headers_hash_max_size: Sets the maximum amount of entries in the headers hash table
Chapter 6, Other directives section
|
Proxy
|
|
proxy_hide_header: Skips specified header for reverse proxying
Chapter 6, Main directives section
|
Proxy
|
|
proxy_http_version: Sets the HTTP version to be used for communicating with the proxy backend
Chapter 6, Other directives section
|
Proxy
|
|
proxy_ignore_client_abort: Sets proxy module behavior when clients abort requests
Chapter 6, Limits, timeouts, and errors section
|
Proxy
|
|
proxy_ignore_headers: Prevents Nginx from processing specified headers
Chapter 6, Other directives section
|
Proxy
|
|
proxy_intercept_errors: Defines whether or not backend generated errors should be returned as it is
Chapter 6, Limits, timeouts, and errors section
|
Proxy
|
|
proxy_max_temp_file_size: Sets the maximum size for temporary files
Chapter 6, Caching, buffering, and temporary files section
|
Proxy
|
|
proxy_method: Allows additional HTTP methods for reverse proxying
Chapter 6, Main directives section
|
Proxy
|
|
proxy_next_upstream: Defines upstream server skipping conditions
Chapter 6, Main directives section
|
Proxy
|
|
proxy_no_cache: Sets conditions for disabling caching
Chapter 6, Caching, buffering, and temporary files section
|
Proxy
|
|
proxy_pass: Enables reverse proxying to a backend server by specifying its location
Chapter 6, Main directives section
|
Proxy
|
|
proxy_pass_header: Disables skipping of specified header for reverse proxying
Chapter 6, Main directives section
|
Proxy
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proxy_pass_request_body: Allows request body to be passed to backend
Chapter 6, Main directives section
|
Proxy
|
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proxy_pass_request_header: Allows extra request headers to be passed to backend
Chapter 6, Main directives section
|
Proxy
|
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proxy_read_timeout: Sets read timeout for backend communications
Chapter 6, Limits, timeouts, and errors section
|
Proxy
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proxy_redirect: Enables or disables handling of redirects generated by backend
Chapter 6, Main directives section
|
Proxy
|
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proxy_send_lowat: Allows you to make use of the SO_SNDLOWAT flag for TCP sockets for communications with backends (under BSD-based operating systems only)
Chapter 6, Limits, timeouts, and errors section
|
Proxy
|
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proxy_send_timeout: Sets
write timeout for backend communications
Chapter 6, Limits, timeouts, and errors section
|
Proxy
|
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proxy_set_body: Sets request body for debugging purposes
Chapter 6, Other directives section
|
Proxy
|
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proxy_set_header: Sets extra header data for debugging purposes
Chapter 6, Other directives section
|
Proxy
|
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proxy_store: Enables cache store for proxy communications
Chapter 6, Other directives section
|
Proxy
|
|
proxy_store_access: Sets cache store access permissions
Chapter 6, Other directives section
|
Proxy
|
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proxy_temp_file_write_size: Sets write buffer size when writing temporary files
Chapter 6, Caching, buffering, and temporary files section
|
Proxy
|
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proxy_temp_path: Sets folder path for proxy temporary files
Chapter 6, Caching, buffering, and temporary files section
|
Proxy
|
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random_index: Enables or disables selecting a random file to be served as folder index
Chapter 4, Website access and logging section
|
Random Index*
|
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read_ahead: Enables file pre-reading
Chapter 3, File processing and cachin
g section
|
HTTP Core
|
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real_ip_header: Sets the HTTP header to be used for the replacement IP address
Chapter 4, About your visitors section
|
Real IP*
|
|
real_ip_recursive: Enables recursive search for client IP addresses
Chapter 4, About your visitors section
|
Real IP*
|
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recursive_error_pages: Enables or disables the use of recursive error pages with the error_page directive
Chapter 3, Paths and documen
ts section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
referer_hash_bucket_size: Sets the bucket size of the referers hash tables
Chapter 3, Other directives section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
referer_hash_max_size: Sets the maximum size of the referers hash tables
Chapter 3, Other directives section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
request_pool_size: Defines the size of the pool memory space to be allocated to requests
Chapter 3, Socket and host configuration section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
reset_timedout_connection: Enables or disables erasing connection information after timeouts
Chapter 3, Socket and host configuration section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
resolver: Sets the IP address of the DNS server
Chapter 3, Other directives section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
resolver_timeout: Sets the timeout for resolving hostnames
Chapter 3, Other directives section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
return: Interrupts request and returns specified code
Chapter 4, Rewrite module section
|
Rewrite
|
|
rewrite: Rewrites a URL
Chapter 4, Rewrite module section
|
Rewrite
|
|
rewrite_log: Enables or disables issuing log messages from the rewrite engine at the notice log level
Chapter 4, Rewrite module section
|
Rewrite
|
|
root: Sets the document root of a virtual host or virtual path
Chapter 3, Paths and documents section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
satisfy: Defines resource access conditions
Chapter 3, Limits and restrictions section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
secure_link: Specifies a string from which checksum and expiration date of a link should be extracted
Chapter 4, SSL and security section
|
Secure Link*
|
|
secure_link_md5: Sets an expression to be MD5-hashed and compared to the value extracted from secure_link
Chapter 4, SSL and security section
|
Secure Link*
|
|
secure_link_secret: Sets the secret word for the secure URL (note: as of Nginx 0.8.50 this directive has been deprecated so use secure_link and secure_link_md5 instead)
Chapter 4, SSL and security section
|
Secure Link*
|
|
send_lowat: Enables or disables the use of the SO_SNDLOWAT TCP
socket flag under BSD systems for communications with the client
Chapter 3, Socket and host configuration section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
send_timeout: The number of seconds after the last packet received before Nginx closes a client connection
Chapter 3, Client requests section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
sendfile: Enables or disables the use of the sendfile kernel call to handle file transmissions
Chapter 3, Socket and Host Configuration section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
sendfile_max_chunk: Maximum size of data to be used for each call to sendfile
Chapter 3, Socket and Host Configuration section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
server: Declares a server entry in an upstream block
Chapter 5, Upstream blocks section
|
Upstream
|
|
server_name: Sets the virtual host server names
Chapter 3, Socket and Host Configuration section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
server_name_in_redirect:
Enables or disables server name for internal redirects
Chapter 3, Socket and Host Configuration section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
server_names_hash_bucket_size: Sets the maximum size of a server name in the hash table
Chapter 3, Socket and Host Configuration section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
server_names_hash_max_size: Sets the maximum amount of server names in the hash table
Chapter 3, Socket and Host Configuration section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
server_tokens: Enables or disable server information display
Chapter 3, Other directives section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
set: Sets the value of a variable
Chapter 4, Rewrite module section
|
Rewrite
|
|
set_real_ip_from: Declares a trusted IP address, range, or socket
Chapter 4, About your visitors section
|
Real IP*
|
|
source_charset: Sets the source charset for documents
Chapter 4, Content and encoding section
|
Charset
|
|
split_clients: Splits visitors into groups based on the variable(s) of your choice
Chapter 4, About your visitors section
|
Split Clients
|
|
ssi: Activates server-side includes
Chapter 4, SSI module directives and variables section
|
SSI
|
|
ssi_ignore_recycled_buffers: Prevents Nginx from making use of recycled buffers
Chapter 4, SSI module directives and variables section
|
SSI
|
|
ssi_min_file_chunk: Defines buffering and storage settings for SSI requests
Chapter 4
,
SSI module directives and variables
section
|
SSI
|
|
ssi_silent_errors: Defines whether or not SSI errors should be silent
Chapter 4, SSI module directives and variables section
|
SSI
|
|
ssi_types: Defines MIME types eligible for SSI parsing
Chapter 4, SSI module directives and variables section
|
SSI
|
|
ssi_value_length: Defines the maximum size for SSI tag values
Chapter 4, SSI module directives and variables section
|
SSI
|
|
ssl: Enables HTTPS for a virtual host
Chapter 4, SSL and security section
|
SSL*
|
|
ssl_certificate: Sets the path of the PEM certificate file
Chapter 4, SSL and security section
|
SSL*
|
|
ssl_certificate_key: Sets the path of the PEM secret key file
Chapter 4, SSL and security
section
|
SSL*
|
|
ssl_ciphers: Sets ciphers to be used by the SSL engine
Chapter 4, SSL and security section
|
SSL*
|
|
ssl_client_certificate: Sets the path of the client PEM certificate file
Chapter 4, SSL and security section
|
SSL*
|
|
ssl_crl: Sets the path of the CRL file (Certificate Revocation List)
Chapter 4, SSL and securi
ty section
|
SSL*
|
|
ssl_dhparam: Sets the path of the DH file
Chapter 4, SSL and security section
|
SSL*
|
|
ssl_engine: Specifies the name of the desired SSL engine
Chapter 2, Core module directives section
|
Core
|
|
ssl_prefer_server_ciphers: Defines whether or not the server ciphers should be preferred over the client servers
Chapter 4, SSL and security section
|
SSL*
|
|
ssl_protocols: Sets protocols to be used by the SSL engine
Chapter 4, SSL and security section
|
SSL*
|
|
ssl_session_cache: Configures SSL
session cache settings
Chapter 4, SSL and security section
|
SSL*
|
|
ssl_session_timeout: Sets the timeout for SSL sessions
Chapter 4, SSL and security section
|
SSL*
|
|
ssl_verify_client: Enables or disables verifying client certificates
Chapter 4, SSL and security section
|
SSL*
|
|
ssl_verify_depth: Sets certificate verification depth
Chapter 4, SSL and security section
|
SSL*
|
|
stub_status: Enables or disables stub status information
Chapter 4, Other miscellaneous modules section
|
Stub Status*
|
|
sub_filter: Searches and replaces text in the response
Chapter 4, Content and encoding section
|
Substitution*
|
|
sub_filter_once: Defines whether or not sub_filter should search and replace only one occurrence
Chapter 4, Content and encoding section
|
Substitution*
|
|
sub_filter_types: Defines MIME types to be affected by the search and replace filter
Chapter 4, Content and encoding section
|
Substitution*
|
|
tcp_nodelay: Enables or disables TCP_NODELAY socket option for keep-alive connections
Chapter 3, Socket and Host configuration section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
tcp_nopush: Enables or disables TCP_NOPUSH (BSD) or TCP_CORK (Linux) socket option for keep-alive connections
Chapter 3, Socket and Host configuration section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
thread_stack_size: Sets the size of the thread stack
Chapter 2, Core module directives section
|
Core
|
|
timer_resolution: Interval for synchronizing the internal clock
Chapter 2, Core module directives section
|
Core
|
|
try_files: Attempts to serve files, and if none are found, jump to a named block
Chapter 3, Paths and documents section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
types: Matches MIME types with file extensions
Chapter 3, MIME types section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
types_hash_bucket_size: Sets the bucket size for the MIME types hash table
Chapter 3
,
MIME types
section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
types_hash_max_size: Defines the maximum size of the MIME types hash table
Chapter 3, MIME types section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
underscores_in_headers: Allows or disallows underscores in HTTP header names
Chapter 3, Other directive
s section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
uninitialized_variable_warn: Enables or disables logging of directives that use variables which are not initialized
Chapter 4, Rewrite module section
|
Rewrite
|
|
upstream: Defines an upstream block for load-balanced architectures
Chapter 5, Upstream blocks section
|
Upstream
|
|
use: Sets the preferred event model
Chapter 2, Events module section
|
Events
|
|
user: Sets
the user and group for running worker processes
Chapter 2, Core module directives section
|
Core
|
|
userid Enables or disables the user-ID module
Chapter 4, About your visitors section
|
User ID
|
|
userid_domain: Sets the domain assigned to the cookie
Chapter 4, About your visitors section
|
User ID
|
|
userid_expires: Sets the cookie expiration date
Chapter 4, About your visitors section
|
User ID
|
|
userid_name: Sets the name assigned to the cookie
Chapter 4, About your visitors section
|
User ID
|
|
userid_p3p: Sets the value of the p3p header
Chapter 4, About your visitors section
|
User ID
|
|
userid_path: Sets the path part of the cookie
Chapter 4, About your visitors section
|
User ID
|
|
userid_service: Sets the IP address of the service issuing the cookie
Chapter 4, About your visitors section
|
User ID
|
|
valid_referers: Defines a list of accepted referrers for a location
Chapter 4, About your visitors section
|
Referrer
|
|
variables_hash_bucket_size: Defines the maximum length of a variable in the variables hash table
Chapter 3, Other directive
s section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
variables_hash_max_size: Defines the maximum size of the variables hash table
Chapter 3, Other directives section
|
HTTP Core
|
|
worker_aio_requests: Sets the maximum number of outstanding asynchronous I/O operations
for a single worker process
Chapter 2, Core module directives section
|
Core
|
|
worker_connections: Defines the amount of simultaneous connections per worker process
Chapter 2, Events Module section
|
Events
|
|
worker_cpu_affinity: Defines affinity of worker processes with CPU cores
Chapter 2, Core module directives section
|
Core
|
|
worker_priority: Sets the priority of worker processes
Chapter 2, Core module directives section
|
Core
|
|
worker_processes: Sets the amount of worker processes
Chapter 2, Core module directives section
|
Core
|
|
worker_rlimit_core: Sets the size of core files for worker processes
Chapter 2, Core module directives section
|
Core
|
|
worker_rlimit_nofile: Sets the amount of file a worker process can use simultaneously
Chapter 2, Core module directives section
|
Core
|
|
worker_rlimit_sigpending: Defines the amount of signals a worker process can queue
Chapter 2, Core module directives section
|
Core
|
|
worker_threads: Enables threading (not recommended)
Chapter 2, Core module directives section
|
Core
|
|
working_directory: Sets the working folder for worker processes
Chapter 2, Core module directives section
|
Core
|
|
xml_entities: Specifies a DTD file containing symbolic element definitions
Chapter 4, Content and encoding section
|
XSLT*
|
|
xslt_param: Defines an XSLT parameter
Chapter 4, Content and encoding section
|
XSLT*
|
|
xslt_string_param:
Defines an XSLT string parameter
Chapter 4, Content and encoding section
|
XSLT*
|
|
xslt_stylesheet: Specifies the XSLT template file path with its parameters
Chapter 4, Content and encoding section
|
XSLT*
|
|
xslt_types: Sets MIME types, on which transformations should be applied
Chapter 4, Content and encoding section
|
XSLT*
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