mod_mogilefs for nginx was (A hardware question)

[mike]

Oh and it would be nice if there was an X-Accel-Mogilefs: or something
header where you passed it the file domain/key or something. That way
the apps can do application-level checks (like user
authentication/etc) and pass it off to nginx to allow it to fulfill
the request instead of throwing an access denied

On 4/29/08, mike <mike503 at gmail.com> wrote:

> > > > > On 4/28/08, Igor Sysoev <is at rambler-co.ru> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 12:16:59PM +0200, Chavelle Vincent wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Igor Sysoev wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > We use the proxying in this case instead of NFS:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > client   >      nginx (1)   >      nginx
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > On nginx (1) it's better to set "proxy_max_temp_file_size 0" for
> > > > > > > > the proxied location.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > You recommend to use proxying for mass file serving. I am in this
> > case,
> > > > > > > I use nginx and a specific module that I have coded. (to simplify
> > > > > > > things, it control access files and redirect client to
> > > > > > > ngx_http_internal_redirect)
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I have think to use NFS for serve the files. I don't understand
> > how to
> > > > > > > use proxying instead of that.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Set up nginx on NFS server and proxy to it instead of getting files
> > via NFS:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >      location /files/ {
> > > > > >           proxy_pass                 http://nfs_server_nginx;
> > > > > >           proxy_max_temp_file_size   0;
> > > > > >      }
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > Igor Sysoev
> > > > > > http://sysoev.ru/en/