Is it possible to turn off file upload buffering in nginx ?

[Brice Figureau]

On Thu, May 8, 2008 15:06, Chris wrote:
> Brice Figureau <brice+nginx at ...> writes:
>
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> On Thu, May 8, 2008 01:48, Chris wrote:
>> > I just wanted to follow-up on an issue that was first
>> > raised back in 2006 - are any options planned in nginx
>> > to allow users to turn off the buffering of file uploads ?
>> >
>> > If so do you know the likely timeframe for this ?
>> >
>> > Currently this is the only problem stopping me migrating over
>> > to nginx from pound.
>> >
>> > See this link for backgound information:
>> > http://osdir.com/ml/web.nginx.english/2006-11/msg00017.html
>>
>> There is still my nginx_upload_progress module.
>> This is a hack that works only with 1 worker process.
>> This also hasn't really been tested under load (and I have at least one
>> user reporting a few crash that are being investigated (but couldn't be
>> reproduced in the lab)), but YMMV.
>>
>> You can find the source code and more information here:
>> http://wiki.codemongers.com/NginxHttpUploadProgressModule
>>
>> Let me know if you use this.
>
> Hey Brice,
>
> Thanks - yes I have seen this and it looks like a really useful
> module. Does it support tracking for multiple file uploads within
> the same HTTP POST ?

No, it tracks the whole POST. If you uploads several file in the same
POST, they can't be tracked independantly.

> I have an existing upload bar that updates for multiple file uploads
> and am reluctant to switch from this code unless absolutely necessary.

Sure, if it ain't broken, don't fix it :-)

> My best-case solution would be a simple flag to switch off the file
> upload buffering in nginx - are you aware of any patches for this ?

No sorry, I don't know any patch for this.

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Brice Figureau
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