Reverse proxy requires http header from upstream?

[raidenii]

Jonathan Matthews Wrote:
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> On 4 November 2012 02:25, raidenii <nginx-forum at nginx.us> wrote:
> > The major difference between aMule and the rest is that amule web
> server
> > does not give a http header to the client, for when I try to use
> curl to
> > grab the header it gives an empty response. (Although it will return
> the
> > correct webpage when curl grabs the webpage) And I suppose that is
> the
> > reason nginx thinks connection timeout.
> >
> > So I wonder if there is any way to let nginx "ignore" the http
> header from
> > the upstream and just pass the data whatever the upstream gives?
> Thanks in
> > advance.
> 
> When you say "http header", which one do you mean?
> 
> If you mean *all* headers are missing, and the server simple responds
> with data, then the server isn't actually talking HTTP at all, and
> nginx is not the right tool for the job.
> 
> If that's the case, you should consider
> load-balancing/reverse-proxying it either with something that does
> talk the protocol that's being used, or something generic that can
> proxy at the TCP layer, like HAProxy.
> 
> Jonathan
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I have tried backend upstream+proxy_pass, but seems not working either.
Strangely when using browser to acess directly there is no problem at all.

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