WebSockets - connection keeps closing after 1 minute

[WGH]

Maxim Dounin Wrote:
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> There is proxy_read_timeout (http://nginx.org/r/proxy_read_timeout) 
> which as well applies to WebSocket connections.  You have to bump 
> it if your backend do not send anything for a long time.  
> Alternatively, you may configure your backend to send websocket 
> ping frames periodically to reset the timeout (and check if the 
> connection is still alive).

Thanks, raising the timeout resolved the problem.

Posted at Nginx Forum: http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,236382,236386#msg-236386