mogilefs module 1.0.2

[Valery Kholodkov]

Daniel wrote:
> Hi Valery,
> 
> I just installed the module and recompiled nginx, set the config file as 
> in the example from your site.  Now i can download the files from 
> reverse proxy directly.  Very Cool.  Thanks a lot.
> Can you give us examples of the config to push files into the mogilefs 
> storage?.

location /upload/ {
   mogilefs_tracker tracker;
   mogilefs_domain domain;
   mogilefs_methods PUT;
   mogilefs_pass {
     proxy_pass $mogilefs_path;
   }
}

>> Yes, but making a mogstored node out of it is a bad idea.
> I'm using nginx as a mogstored frontend without problems.

It wasn't about nginx, it was about using nginx+mogilefs module as 
storage node.

> 
> Tuqui
> 
> Valery Kholodkov さんは書きました:
>> Hello Michael!
>>
>> Michael Shadle wrote:
>>> Ah, so the module does all the work, instead of the client contacting
>>> the tracker, and the tracker using the nginx-based mogstored; this
>>> actually takes the file itself and pushes it into the mogilefs system
>>> for you?
>>
>> Yes, this is what it was written for.
>>
>>> I suppose that's a pretty cool feature then. Anything to keep
>>> configuration light and usability the easiest.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 2:48 AM, Valery
>>> Kholodkov<valery+nginxen at grid.net.ru> wrote:
>>>> This is to use nginx as a frontend to MogileFS and hide interaction 
>>>> with the tracker while store files.
>>>>
>>>> ----- Michael Shadle <mike503 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Just for discussion sake why is that? I actually have the same
>>>>> instance of nginx with two separate http{} blocks. One for mogstored
>>>>> and one for normal web serving. It might even be possible to have it
>>>>> under the same http block. I never looked into it that much.
>>>>>
>>>>> I guess explaining the pros and cons of doing it that way vs. Using
>>>>> the module would be good info to know.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>
>>>>> On Jul 25, 2009, at 2:20 PM, Valery Kholodkov 
>>>>> <valery+nginxen at grid.net.ru
>>>>>  > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes, but making a mogstored node out of it is a bad idea.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Michael Shadle wrote:
>>>>>>> So this means this module now handles the DAV requests as well, 
>>>>>>> so it
>>>>>>> can be a mogstored node?
>>>>>>> nginx technically already supported that :) However this could be
>>>>>>> more
>>>>>>> efficient, etc. I'm wondering if I am understanding this properly.
>>>>>>> On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 10:22 AM, Valery
>>>>>>> Kholodkov<valery+nginxen at grid.net.ru> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Changes in version 1.0.2 (July 25 2009):
>>>>>>>> * Added feature: directive mogilefs_methods and support for PUT
>>>>>>>> and DELETE
>>>>>>>> methods
>>>>>>>> * Added feature: dynamic evaluation of tracker name
>>>>>>>> * Added feature: ability to pass noverify parameter to tracker
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The first 2 features were commissioned by GG Network SA 
>>>>>>>> (gadu-gadu.pl
>>>>>>>> ).
>>>>>>>> These features allow write access to MogileFS using nginx, as well
>>>>>>>> as
>>>>>>>> locating of tracker dynamically. The Gadu-Gadu developers were
>>>>>>>> very kind to
>>>>>>>> test these features. Hopefully there are no major issues.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The noverify parameter instructs MogileFS tracker to avoid
>>>>>>>> querying the
>>>>>>>> database for location of files if possible and use cached results,
>>>>>>>> thus
>>>>>>>> eliminating some of the database server load.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The details on the following page:
>>>>>>>> http://www.grid.net.ru/nginx/mogilefs.en.html
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Feel free to contact me if you have problems with this!
>>
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Best regards,
Valery Kholodkov