How does FastCGI work under the covers?

[Maxim Dounin]

Hello!

On Mon, Jul 01, 2013 at 11:57:21AM -0400, kgk wrote:

> Hello Maxim,
> 
> Thank you so much for answering my previous questions!  Now I have a few
> more:
> 
> 1.  Will Nginx provide a FastCGI request only when it is 100% complete,
> i.e., the browser has provided every necessary byte?

Yes.

> 2.  Will Nginx always accept 100% of a FastCGI response and hold it inside
> internal buffers (or on disk), and not wait for the client (= web browser)?

Depends on configuration, see http://nginx.org/r/fastcgi_max_temp_file_size.

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Maxim Dounin
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