nginx - can front-end proxy for very long POSTs with upload status support?

[jjjx128]

> Can nginx act as a front-end proxy for very long
> POST requests where
> the back-end server is not bothered until the POST
> is totally complete
> (at which point it is given the data).

It is exactly how it's done in nginx. 

> Further, can it support (while the POST is in
> progress) another query
> as to the status of the POST (bytes completed,
> bytes to go).

Yes, using this module http://wiki.nginx.org/HttpUploadProgressModule

Posted at Nginx Forum: http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,140284,140290#msg-140290