Replacing apache with nginx

[Gena Makhomed]

On Tuesday, September 30, 2008 at 21:30:53, mike wrote:

>> Sessions need to be sticky - so the user goes to the same server
>> all the time, after the session is started.

yes, it is possible: use ip_hash directive of ngx_http_upstream module.

m> i'm always curious why people require sticky sessions.
m> with database-backed or some other central storage
m> (hell even files over NFS) i don't see the need for this at all.
m> i've never used session affinity and i've never had a single issue...

there is one good reason: shared session storage is single point of failure.

>> 3) All http traffic needs to be coerced to https apart from www.mysite.com/xml

m> use a rewrite. that should work. or if it's a unique hostname you could do a

m> server {
m>    listen 80;
m>    server_name foo.com;
m>    rewrite ^(.*) https://foo.com/$1 last;
m> }

unique location quite enough:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name example.com;
    location /xml {
        rewrite ^  https://example.com$request_uri permanent;
    }
}

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Best regards,
 Gena