Nginx + HAProxy, custom 503 Error

[Maxim Dounin]

Hello!

On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 01:24:34AM -0500, jmadtech wrote:

> Hey all,
> 
> I'm currently using Nginx & HAProxy with a Rails Application on 
> the backend (using mongrels).
> 
> I've configured my Nginx config file with a custom 50x error 
> page:
> 
> error_page 500 502 503 /500.html;
> location = /500.html {
>          internal;
> }
> 
> If I shut my mongrels off and try to access the page, I get the 
> default 503 error page that comes with Nginx, not my custom 
> 500.html page.  Turning on my mongrels and turning off the 
> database generates a 500 error and I get the default 500 error 
> page as well.

http://wiki.nginx.org/NginxHttpProxyModule#proxy_intercept_errors

Maxim Dounin