[Patch] Allow listening on Unix domain sockets

[Igor Sysoev]

On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 03:12:33PM +0200, Hongli Lai wrote:

> The attached patch allows Nginx to listen on Unix domain sockets, like
> this:
> 
>   server {
>      listen unix:/tmp/nginx.sock;
>      server_name foobar.com;
>      root /webapps/foobar;
>   }
> 
> We use it to improve proxying performance; Unix domain sockets are
> faster than TCP sockets.
> 
> I'd like to see this patch getting merged upstream. Could a maintainer
> please review this patch?
> 
> With kind regards,
> Hongli Lai
> 
> Attachments:
> http://www.ruby-forum.com/attachment/4174/nginx-unix-sockets.diff

Thank you for the patch.
The attached version is more correct, in particular, it allows several
listen sockets:

   server {
      listen unix:/tmp/nginx1.sock;
      server_name foobar1.com;
   }

   server {
      listen unix:/tmp/nginx2.sock;
      server_name foobar2.com;
   }


-- 
Igor Sysoev
http://sysoev.ru/en/
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