try_files... don't think I'm doing it right.

[Igor Sysoev]

On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 09:06:11AM +0000, Phillip B Oldham wrote:

> Igor Sysoev wrote:
> >The try_files test files existance and fallback to last parameter.
> >As there is no @zine file it always goes to @fallback.
> >You config should be
> >
> >server {
> >      listen 80;
> >      server_name mysite.com;
> >
> >      error_page 500 502 503 504  /maintenance.html;
> >
> >      location / {
> >               include conf/fastcgi_params;
> >               fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_script_name;
> >               fastcgi_param SCRIPT_NAME "";
> >               fastcgi_pass unix:/tmp/mysite.socket;
> >
> >               fastcgi_intercept_errors  on;
> >      }
> >
> >      location = /maintenance.html {
> >              root /var/www/mysite;
> >      }
> >}
> >  
> Ah ha! Didn't spot the fastcgi_intercept_errors in the config docs when 
> I first tried a similar config. Is there a reason why its not "on" by 
> default?

I mistaked, in case of 502 and 504 errors, you do not need
fastcgi_intercept_errors as these errors come from nginx: it could not
connect(), timeout, etc. However, if your backend returns 502/504
then fastcgi_intercept_errors is required.

fastcgi_intercept_errors is off by default, because it does not affect
on nginx's 502/504 and you may want to show your own backend pages for
500/404/etc.


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Igor Sysoev
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