fastcgi_pass inheritance

[Igor Sysoev]

On Sat, Dec 29, 2007 at 08:39:56PM -0500, Ben Maurer wrote:

> I've been trying to get a setup like this to work:
> 
> location /fastcgi {
> 	fastcgi_pass ...;
> }
> location /fastcgi/specialscript {
> 	error_page 500 ...;
> }
> 
> However, the existance of a location directive seems to make 
> fastcgi_pass stop working -- it only works once I duplicate that 
> directive (as well as any fastcgi related directive).

> Subject: Re: fastcgi_pass inheritance

nginx does not inherit configuration in run time from location to location.

> Is there a better way to set settings on a specific part of the upstream 
> fastcgi tree without duplicating stuff in the config file?

You may describe all fastcgi stuff (fastcgi_param/etc) except fastcgi_pass
even on http level, and it will be inherited to all servers and locations
until will be overriden in them.


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