Tag Archives: nginx

Pro-tips for production server setup (when shit hits the roof)

Posted on February 3, 2015 by

This post is not related to production deployment automation. This post is our voice of experience (read as: major issues caused due by “minor” missing server configurations) and how we resolved them. These are changes that would help you in case you are … Continue reading →

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WebSocket over Nginx

Posted on May 28, 2013 by

How often do you find that the awesome movie seats you have painstakingly chosen for yourself, is suddenly not available when you proceed to pay for it. “Damn it! Just missed!” you say. Wouldn’t it be  great to be guaranteed … Continue reading →

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Setting up nginx maximum upload size

Posted on March 31, 2011 by

>Edit nginx configuration and look for html block.Inside html block add following line.http { include conf/mime.types; default_type application/octet-stream; client_max_body_size 10m; ….}In above configuration “application/octet-stream” supports any kind of file upload.

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Uploading multiple files with nginx upload module and upload progress bar

Posted on October 20, 2010 by

Uploading files ‘efficiently’ has also been a pain point in most apps. I finally got to experiment with: nginx upload module (http://www.grid.net.ru/nginx/upload.en.html) nginx upload progress module http://wiki.nginx.org/NginxHttpUploadProgressModule) and upload multiple files via paperclip. There are resources available for handing these … Continue reading →

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nginx and thin installation and configuration

Posted on March 26, 2010 by

Install nginx server using following command apt-get install nginxEdit nginx configuration and add server block inside html block. server {    listen       80;    server_name  boost;     root /home/sandip/rails_app/public;     location / {        proxy_set_header  X-Real-IP  $remote_addr;       … Continue reading →

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nginx passenger configuration for rails application

Posted on February 15, 2010 by

#user  nobody;user www-data;worker_processes  2; #error_log  logs/error.log;#error_log  logs/error.log  notice;#error_log  logs/error.log  info; #pid        logs/nginx.pid; events {    worker_connections  1024;} http {    passenger_root /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/passenger-2.2.8;    passenger_ruby /usr/bin/ruby1.8;    passenger_max_pool_size 3;     include       mime.types; default_type  application/octet-stream;     #log_format  main  ‘$remote_addr – … Continue reading →

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Capistrano + Nginx + Thin deployment on Linode

Posted on November 10, 2009 by

This was long lost post I had written about 8 months ago (converted from wiki to HTML – so pardon typos if any) Terminologies Capistrano is a ruby gem which helps in remote deployment. As against widely known convention, Capistrano … Continue reading →

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