Syntax: server_name name; Default: server_name hostname; Context: mail, server Sets the server name that is used: in the initial POP3/SMTP server greeting; in the salt during the SASL CRAM-MD5 authentication; in the EHLO command when connecting to the SMTP backend, if the passing of the XCLIENT command is enabled. If the directive is not specified, the machine’s hostname is used.

Syntax: uwsgi_cache_key string; Default: — Context: http, server, location Defines a key for caching, for example uwsgi_cache_key localhost:9000$request_uri;

Syntax: try_files file ... uri;try_files file ... =code; Default: — Context: server, location Checks the existence of files in the specified order and uses the first found file for request processing; the processing is performed in the current context. The path to a file is constructed from the file parameter according to the root and alias directives. It is possible to check directory’s existence by specifying a slash at the end of a name, e.g. “$uri/”. If none of the files were f

Syntax: msie_padding on | off; Default: msie_padding on; Context: http, server, location Enables or disables adding comments to responses for MSIE clients with status greater than 400 to increase the response size to 512 bytes.

Syntax: uwsgi_param parameter value [if_not_empty]; Default: — Context: http, server, location Sets a parameter that should be passed to the uwsgi server. The value can contain text, variables, and their combination. These directives are inherited from the previous level if and only if there are no uwsgi_param directives defined on the current level. Standard CGI environment variables should be provided as uwsgi headers, see the uwsgi_params file provided in the distribu

Syntax: fastcgi_ignore_headers field ...; Default: — Context: http, server, location Disables processing of certain response header fields from the FastCGI server. The following fields can be ignored: “X-Accel-Redirect”, “X-Accel-Expires”, “X-Accel-Limit-Rate” (1.1.6), “X-Accel-Buffering” (1.1.6), “X-Accel-Charset” (1.1.6), “Expires”, “Cache-Control”, “Set-Cookie” (0.8.44), and “Vary” (1.7.7). If not disabled, processing of these header fields has the following effect: “X-Accel

Syntax: uwsgi_ssl_password_file file; Default: — Context: http, server, location This directive appeared in version 1.7.8. Specifies a file with passphrases for secret keys where each passphrase is specified on a separate line. Passphrases are tried in turn when loading the key.

Syntax: large_client_header_buffers number size; Default: large_client_header_buffers 4 8k; Context: http, server Sets the maximum number and size of buffers used for reading large client request header. A request line cannot exceed the size of one buffer, or the 414 (Request-URI Too Large) error is returned to the client. A request header field cannot exceed the size of one buffer as well, or the 400 (Bad Request) error is returned to the client. Buffers are allocated only on dema

Syntax: proxy_ssl_name name; Default: proxy_ssl_name $proxy_host; Context: http, server, location This directive appeared in version 1.7.0. Allows overriding the server name used to verify the certificate of the proxied HTTPS server and to be passed through SNI when establishing a connection with the proxied HTTPS server. By default, the host part of the proxy_pass URL is used.

Syntax: index file ...; Default: index index.html; Context: http, server, location Defines files that will be used as an index. The file name can contain variables. Files are checked in the specified order. The last element of the list can be a file with an absolute path. Example: index index.$geo.html index.0.html /index.html; It should be noted that using an index file causes an internal redirect, and the request can be processed in a different location. For example, with the