i added: [code] proxy_connect_timeout 180; proxy_send_timeout 180; proxy_read_timeout 180; [/code] and i see less { (110: Connection timed out) while reading response header from upstream, } errors. can i do something more to get rid of the timeouts? Posted at Nginx Forum: http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,165055,165099#msg-165099