Improve Nginx reverse proxy example #413

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baptiste commented

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Ref: https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_proxy_module.html#proxy_buffering

Also add an example of upstream with a "backup" server, which may be
useful to only use remote servers as fallback.

By default, Nginx does proxy buffering and it may store big replies to a temporary file up to 1 GB. It also means that Nginx will read data as fast as possible from Garage, even if the client downloads slowly. Both behaviours are often not wanted, so disable this temporary file in the example. Ref: https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_proxy_module.html#proxy_buffering Also add an example of upstream with a "backup" server, which may be useful to only use remote servers as fallback.

baptiste added 1 commit 2022-11-11 20:51:16 +00:00

Improve Nginx reverse proxy example

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By default, Nginx does proxy buffering and it may store big replies to a
temporary file up to 1 GB.  It also means that Nginx will read data as
fast as possible from Garage, even if the client downloads slowly.  Both
behaviours are often not wanted, so disable this temporary file in the example.

Ref: https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_proxy_module.html#proxy_buffering

Also add an example of upstream with a "backup" server, which may be
useful to only use remote servers as fallback.