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tkb-github edited this page Oct 13, 2025 · 2 revisions

Maxim Dounin’s replies on the old nginx forum are often the de-facto documentation on things not covered in the official docs.

https://web.archive.org/web/20240907115902/https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,217034,217036#msg-217036

an upstream response is buffered to a temporary file

https://web.archive.org/web/20240907110310/https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,293558,293563#msg-293563

a buffering primer

https://web.archive.org/web/20240908203832/https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,2746,2842

several big vs many small buffers?

https://web.archive.org/web/20241211195528/https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,236601,236850#msg-236850

buffering big files

https://web.archive.org/web/20240908213025/https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,223795,223831#msg-223831

proxy_buffering off;?

https://web.archive.org/web/20240907134115/https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,256639,256647

$request_uri in proxy_pass

https://web.archive.org/web/20240908025213/https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,242840,242844#msg-242844

$request_body == "" when $content_length > $client_body_buffer_size?

https://web.archive.org/web/20240908025132/https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,214693,214694 (Igor Sysoev)

map testing order?

mod_rewrite should be considered a last resort, when other alternatives are found wanting. Using it when there are simpler alternatives leads to configurations which are confusing, fragile, and hard to maintain. Understanding what other alternatives are available is a very important step towards mod_rewrite mastery

— Rich Bowen

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