trouble with set_escape_uri directive in nginx 1.8.0

[Maxim Dounin]

Hello!

On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 07:07:22PM +0530, gaurav gupta wrote:

> Hello Folks,
> 
> We are setting up a new server(from a VM image) and it works absolutely
> fine with nginx 1.6. When we upgrade to latest stable version(1.8.0), nginx
> fails to start with following error:
> 
> nginx: [emerg] unknown directive "set_escape_uri" in
> /etc/nginx/xyx_company.conf:8
> nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test failed
> 
> 
> We upgraded nginx version to 1.9.3 and nginx is starting perfectly fine. So
> before moving with 1.9.3, just wanted to check if it's a know issue with
> 1.8.0 or we might be missing something. Please let me know if I can share
> some more information to help us.

In nginx there is no "set_escape_uri" directive.  You are probably 
using some 3rd party module for it (set misc?), so check if your 
new nginx build includes the module you are using.

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Maxim Dounin
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