annotate xml/en/docs/ngx_core_module.xml @ 2846:fdf1464e1977

Moved banner to the external file to make partial rollout possible. An idea is to have several banners and show them with different probability specified by split directive in the nginx.conf
author Sergey Budnevitch <sb@waeme.net>
date Tue, 10 May 2022 18:07:27 +0400
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1 <?xml version="1.0"?>
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3 <!--
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4 Copyright (C) Igor Sysoev
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5 Copyright (C) Nginx, Inc.
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8 <!DOCTYPE module SYSTEM "../../../dtd/module.dtd">
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10 <module name="Core functionality"
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11 link="/en/docs/ngx_core_module.html"
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12 lang="en"
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15 <section id="example" name="Example Configuration">
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17 <para>
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18 <example>
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19 user www www;
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20 worker_processes 2;
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22 error_log /var/log/nginx-error.log info;
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24 events {
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25 use kqueue;
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26 worker_connections 2048;
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27 }
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30 </example>
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31 </para>
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33 </section>
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36 <section id="directives" name="Directives">
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38 <directive name="accept_mutex">
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39 <syntax><literal>on</literal> | <literal>off</literal></syntax>
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41 <context>events</context>
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44 If <literal>accept_mutex</literal> is enabled,
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45 worker processes will accept new connections by turn.
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46 Otherwise, all worker processes will be notified about new connections,
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47 and if volume of new connections is low, some of the worker processes
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48 may just waste system resources.
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49 <note>
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50 There is no need to enable <literal>accept_mutex</literal>
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51 on systems that support the
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52 <link doc="events.xml" id="epoll">EPOLLEXCLUSIVE</link> flag (1.11.3) or
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53 when using <link doc="http/ngx_http_core_module.xml" id="reuseport"/>.
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54 </note>
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58 </para>
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64 <syntax><value>time</value></syntax>
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66 <context>events</context>
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70 during which a worker process will try to restart accepting new
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72 new connections.
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78 <directive name="daemon">
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79 <syntax><literal>on</literal> | <literal>off</literal></syntax>
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81 <context>main</context>
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83 <para>
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84 Determines whether nginx should become a daemon.
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85 Mainly used during development.
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86 </para>
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88 </directive>
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91 <directive name="debug_connection">
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92 <syntax>
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93 <value>address</value> |
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94 <value>CIDR</value> |
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95 <literal>unix:</literal></syntax>
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96 <default/>
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99 <para>
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100 Enables debugging log for selected client connections.
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101 Other connections will use logging level set by the
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102 <link id="error_log"/> directive.
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103 Debugged connections are specified by IPv4 or IPv6 (1.3.0, 1.2.1)
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104 address or network.
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105 A connection may also be specified using a hostname.
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106 For connections using UNIX-domain sockets (1.3.0, 1.2.1),
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108 <example>
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109 events {
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110 debug_connection 127.0.0.1;
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111 debug_connection localhost;
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112 debug_connection 192.0.2.0/24;
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113 debug_connection ::1;
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114 debug_connection 2001:0db8::/32;
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115 debug_connection unix:;
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116 ...
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117 }
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118 </example>
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119 <note>
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120 For this directive to work, nginx needs to
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123 </note>
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124 </para>
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126 </directive>
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129 <directive name="debug_points">
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130 <syntax><literal>abort</literal> | <literal>stop</literal></syntax>
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131 <default/>
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132 <context>main</context>
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134 <para>
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135 This directive is used for debugging.
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136 </para>
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138 <para>
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139 When internal error is detected, e.g. the leak of sockets on
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140 restart of working processes, enabling <literal>debug_points</literal>
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141 leads to a core file creation (<literal>abort</literal>)
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142 or to stopping of a process (<literal>stop</literal>) for further
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143 analysis using a system debugger.
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144 </para>
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145
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146 </directive>
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147
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148
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149 <directive name="env">
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150 <syntax><value>variable</value>[=<value>value</value>]</syntax>
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151 <default>TZ</default>
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152 <context>main</context>
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153
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154 <para>
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155 By default, nginx removes all environment variables inherited
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156 from its parent process except the TZ variable.
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157 This directive allows preserving some of the inherited variables,
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158 changing their values, or creating new environment variables.
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159 These variables are then:
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160 <list type="bullet">
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161
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162 <listitem>
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165 </listitem>
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166
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167 <listitem>
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168 used by the
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169 <link doc="http/ngx_http_perl_module.xml">ngx_http_perl_module</link> module;
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170 </listitem>
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171
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172 <listitem>
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174 One should bear in mind that controlling system libraries in this way
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176 variables only during initialization, well before they can be set
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177 using this directive.
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178 An exception from this is an above mentioned
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179 <link doc="control.xml" id="upgrade">live upgrade</link>
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180 of an executable file.
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181 </listitem>
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182
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183 </list>
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184 </para>
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185
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186 <para>
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187 The TZ variable is always inherited and available to the
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188 <link doc="http/ngx_http_perl_module.xml">ngx_http_perl_module</link>
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189 module, unless it is configured explicitly.
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190 </para>
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191
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192 <para>
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193 Usage example:
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194 <example>
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195 env MALLOC_OPTIONS;
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196 env PERL5LIB=/data/site/modules;
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197 env OPENSSL_ALLOW_PROXY_CERTS=1;
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198 </example>
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199 </para>
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200
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201 <para>
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202 <note>
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203 The NGINX environment variable is used internally by nginx
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204 and should not be set directly by the user.
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205 </note>
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206 </para>
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207
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208 </directive>
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209
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210
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211 <directive name="error_log">
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212 <syntax><value>file</value> [<value>level</value>]</syntax>
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213 <default>logs/error.log error</default>
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214 <context>main</context>
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215 <context>http</context>
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216 <context>mail</context>
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217 <context>stream</context>
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218 <context>server</context>
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219 <context>location</context>
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220
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221 <para>
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222 Configures logging.
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223 Several logs can be specified on the same configuration level (1.5.2).
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224 If on the <literal>main</literal> configuration level writing a log to a file
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225 is not explicitly defined, the default file will be used.
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226 </para>
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227
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228 <para>
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229 The first parameter defines a <value>file</value> that will store the log.
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230 <!--
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231 If filename is not absolute, it is prefixed with the prefix path.
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232 -->
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233 The special value <literal>stderr</literal> selects the standard error file.
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234 Logging to <link doc="syslog.xml">syslog</link> can be configured by specifying
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235 the “<literal>syslog:</literal>” prefix.
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236 Logging to a
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237 <link doc="debugging_log.xml" id="memory">cyclic memory buffer</link>
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238 can be configured by specifying the “<literal>memory:</literal>” prefix and
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239 buffer <value>size</value>, and is generally used for debugging (1.7.11).
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240 </para>
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241
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242 <para>
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243 The second parameter determines the <value>level</value> of logging,
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244 and can be one of the following:
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245 <literal>debug</literal>, <literal>info</literal>, <literal>notice</literal>,
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246 <literal>warn</literal>, <literal>error</literal>, <literal>crit</literal>,
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247 <literal>alert</literal>, or <literal>emerg</literal>.
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248 Log levels above are listed in the order of increasing severity.
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249 Setting a certain log level will cause all messages of
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250 the specified and more severe log levels to be logged.
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251 For example, the default level <literal>error</literal> will
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252 cause <literal>error</literal>, <literal>crit</literal>,
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253 <literal>alert</literal>, and <literal>emerg</literal> messages
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254 to be logged.
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255 If this parameter is omitted then <literal>error</literal> is used.
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256 <note>
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257 For <literal>debug</literal> logging to work, nginx needs to
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258 be built with <literal>--with-debug</literal>,
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259 see “<link doc="debugging_log.xml"/>”.
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260 </note>
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261
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262 <note>
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263 The directive can be specified on the
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264 <literal>stream</literal> level
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265 starting from version 1.7.11,
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266 and on the <literal>mail</literal> level
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267 starting from version 1.9.0.
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268 </note>
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269 </para>
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270
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271 </directive>
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273
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274 <directive name="events">
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275 <syntax block="yes"/>
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276 <default/>
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277 <context>main</context>
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278
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279 <para>
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280 Provides the configuration file context in which the directives that
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281 affect connection processing are specified.
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282 </para>
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283
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284 </directive>
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286
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287 <directive name="include">
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288 <syntax><value>file</value> | <value>mask</value></syntax>
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289 <default/>
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290 <context/>
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291
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292 <para>
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293 Includes another <value>file</value>, or files matching the
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294 specified <value>mask</value>, into configuration.
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295 Included files should consist of
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296 syntactically correct directives and blocks.
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297 </para>
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298
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299 <para>
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300 Usage example:
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301 <example>
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302 include mime.types;
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303 include vhosts/*.conf;
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304 </example>
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305 </para>
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306
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307 </directive>
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308
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309
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310 <directive name="load_module">
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311 <syntax><value>file</value></syntax>
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312 <default/>
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313 <context>main</context>
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314 <appeared-in>1.9.11</appeared-in>
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315
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316 <para>
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317 Loads a dynamic module.
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318 </para>
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319
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320 <para>
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321 Example:
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322 <example>
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323 load_module modules/ngx_mail_module.so;
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324 </example>
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325 </para>
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326
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327 </directive>
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328
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329
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330 <directive name="lock_file">
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331 <syntax><value>file</value></syntax>
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332 <default>logs/nginx.lock</default>
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333 <context>main</context>
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334
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335 <para>
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336 nginx uses the locking mechanism to implement <link id="accept_mutex"/>
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337 and serialize access to shared memory.
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338 On most systems the locks are implemented using atomic operations,
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339 and this directive is ignored.
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340 On other systems the “lock file” mechanism is used.
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341 This directive specifies a prefix for the names of lock files.
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342 </para>
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343
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344 </directive>
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345
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346
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347 <directive name="master_process">
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348 <syntax><literal>on</literal> | <literal>off</literal></syntax>
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349 <default>on</default>
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350 <context>main</context>
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351
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352 <para>
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353 Determines whether worker processes are started.
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354 This directive is intended for nginx developers.
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355 </para>
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356
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357 </directive>
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358
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359
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360 <directive name="multi_accept">
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361 <syntax><literal>on</literal> | <literal>off</literal></syntax>
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362 <default>off</default>
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363 <context>events</context>
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364
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365 <para>
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366 If <literal>multi_accept</literal> is disabled, a worker process
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367 will accept one new connection at a time.
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368 Otherwise, a worker process
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369 will accept all new connections at a time.
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370 <note>
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371 The directive is ignored if <link doc="events.xml" id="kqueue"/>
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372 connection processing method is used, because it reports
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373 the number of new connections waiting to be accepted.
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374 </note>
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375 </para>
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376
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377 </directive>
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378
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379
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380 <directive name="pcre_jit">
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381 <syntax><literal>on</literal> | <literal>off</literal></syntax>
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382 <default>off</default>
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383 <context>main</context>
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384 <appeared-in>1.1.12</appeared-in>
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385
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386 <para>
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387 Enables or disables the use of “just-in-time compilation” (PCRE JIT)
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388 for the regular expressions known by the time of configuration parsing.
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389 </para>
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390
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391 <para>
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392 PCRE JIT can speed up processing of regular expressions significantly.
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393 <note>
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394 The JIT is available in PCRE libraries starting from version 8.20
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395 built with the <literal>--enable-jit</literal> configuration parameter.
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396 When the PCRE library is built with nginx (<literal>--with-pcre=</literal>),
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397 the JIT support is enabled via the
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398 <literal>--with-pcre-jit</literal> configuration parameter.
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399 </note>
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400 </para>
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401
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402 </directive>
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403
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404
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405 <directive name="pid">
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406 <syntax><value>file</value></syntax>
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407 <default>logs/nginx.pid</default>
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408 <context>main</context>
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410 <para>
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411 Defines a <value>file</value> that will store the process ID of the main process.
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412 </para>
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413
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414 </directive>
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417 <directive name="ssl_engine">
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418 <syntax><value>device</value></syntax>
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419 <default/>
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420 <context>main</context>
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421
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422 <para>
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423 Defines the name of the hardware SSL accelerator.
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424 </para>
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425
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426 </directive>
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427
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428
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429 <directive name="thread_pool">
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430 <syntax>
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431 <value>name</value>
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432 <literal>threads</literal>=<value>number</value>
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433 [<literal>max_queue</literal>=<value>number</value>]</syntax>
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434 <default>default threads=32 max_queue=65536</default>
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435 <context>main</context>
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436 <appeared-in>1.7.11</appeared-in>
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437
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438 <para>
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439 Defines the <value>name</value> and parameters of a thread pool
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440 used for multi-threaded reading and sending of files
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441 <link doc="http/ngx_http_core_module.xml" id="aio">without blocking</link>
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442 worker processes.
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443 </para>
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444
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445 <para>
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446 The <literal>threads</literal> parameter
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447 defines the number of threads in the pool.
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448 </para>
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449
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450 <para>
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451 In the event that all threads in the pool are busy,
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452 a new task will wait in the queue.
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453 The <literal>max_queue</literal> parameter limits the number
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454 of tasks allowed to be waiting in the queue.
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455 By default, up to 65536 tasks can wait in the queue.
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456 When the queue overflows, the task is completed with an error.
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457 </para>
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458
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459 </directive>
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460
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461
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462 <directive name="timer_resolution">
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463 <syntax><value>interval</value></syntax>
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464 <default/>
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465 <context>main</context>
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466
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467 <para>
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468 Reduces timer resolution in worker processes, thus reducing the
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469 number of <c-func>gettimeofday</c-func> system calls made.
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470 By default, <c-func>gettimeofday</c-func> is called each time
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471 a kernel event is received.
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472 With reduced resolution, <c-func>gettimeofday</c-func> is only
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473 called once per specified <value>interval</value>.
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474 </para>
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475
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476 <para>
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477 Example:
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478 <example>
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479 timer_resolution 100ms;
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480 </example>
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481 </para>
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482
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483 <para>
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484 Internal implementation of the interval depends on the method used:
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485 <list type="bullet">
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486
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487 <listitem>
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488 the <c-def>EVFILT_TIMER</c-def> filter if <literal>kqueue</literal> is used;
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489 </listitem>
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490
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491 <listitem>
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492 <c-func>timer_create</c-func> if <literal>eventport</literal> is used;
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493 </listitem>
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494
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495 <listitem>
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496 <c-func>setitimer</c-func> otherwise.
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497 </listitem>
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498
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499 </list>
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500 </para>
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501
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502 </directive>
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503
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504
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505 <directive name="use">
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506 <syntax><value>method</value></syntax>
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507 <default/>
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508 <context>events</context>
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509
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510 <para>
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511 Specifies the <link doc="events.xml">connection processing</link>
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512 <value>method</value> to use.
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513 There is normally no need to specify it explicitly, because nginx will
556
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514 by default use the most efficient method.
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515 </para>
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516
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517 </directive>
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518
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519
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520 <directive name="user">
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521 <syntax><value>user</value> [<value>group</value>]</syntax>
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522 <default>nobody nobody</default>
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523 <context>main</context>
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524
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525 <para>
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526 Defines <value>user</value> and <value>group</value>
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527 credentials used by worker processes.
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528 If <value>group</value> is omitted, a group whose name equals
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529 that of <value>user</value> is used.
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530 </para>
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531
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532 </directive>
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533
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534
749
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535 <directive name="worker_aio_requests">
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536 <syntax><value>number</value></syntax>
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537 <default>32</default>
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538 <context>events</context>
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539 <appeared-in>1.1.4</appeared-in>
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540 <appeared-in>1.0.7</appeared-in>
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541
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542 <para>
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543 When using <link doc="http/ngx_http_core_module.xml" id="aio"/>
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544 with the <link doc="../docs/events.xml" id="epoll"/>
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545 connection processing method, sets the maximum <value>number</value> of
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546 outstanding asynchronous I/O operations
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547 for a single worker process.
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548 </para>
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549
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550 </directive>
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551
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552
545
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553 <directive name="worker_connections">
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554 <syntax><value>number</value></syntax>
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555 <default>512</default>
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556 <context>events</context>
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557
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558 <para>
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559 Sets the maximum number of simultaneous connections that
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560 can be opened by a worker process.
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561 </para>
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562
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563 <para>
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564 It should be kept in mind that this number includes all connections
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565 (e.g. connections with proxied servers, among others),
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566 not only connections with clients.
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567 Another consideration is that the actual number of simultaneous
966
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568 connections cannot exceed the current limit on
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569 the maximum number of open files, which can be changed by
545
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570 <link id="worker_rlimit_nofile"/>.
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571 </para>
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572
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573 </directive>
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574
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575
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576 <directive name="worker_cpu_affinity">
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577 <syntax><value>cpumask</value> ...</syntax>
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578 <syntax><literal>auto</literal> [<value>cpumask</value>]</syntax>
469
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579 <default/>
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580 <context>main</context>
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581
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582 <para>
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583 Binds worker processes to the sets of CPUs.
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584 Each CPU set is represented by a bitmask of allowed CPUs.
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585 There should be a separate set defined for each of the worker processes.
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586 By default, worker processes are not bound to any specific CPUs.
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587 </para>
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588
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589 <para>
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590 For example,
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591 <example>
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592 worker_processes 4;
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593 worker_cpu_affinity 0001 0010 0100 1000;
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594 </example>
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595 binds each worker process to a separate CPU, while
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596 <example>
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597 worker_processes 2;
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598 worker_cpu_affinity 0101 1010;
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599 </example>
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600 binds the first worker process to CPU0/CPU2,
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601 and the second worker process to CPU1/CPU3.
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602 The second example is suitable for hyper-threading.
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603 </para>
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604
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605 <para>
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606 The special value <literal>auto</literal> (1.9.10) allows
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607 binding worker processes automatically to available CPUs:
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608 <example>
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609 worker_processes auto;
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610 worker_cpu_affinity auto;
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611 </example>
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612 The optional mask parameter can be used to limit the CPUs
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613 available for automatic binding:
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parents: 1480
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614 <example>
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615 worker_cpu_affinity auto 01010101;
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616 </example>
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617 </para>
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618
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parents: 1480
diff changeset
619 <para>
469
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620 <note>
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621 The directive is only available on FreeBSD and Linux.
8275e169f77b Documented the "worker_cpu_affinity" directive.
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622 </note>
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623 </para>
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624
8275e169f77b Documented the "worker_cpu_affinity" directive.
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625 </directive>
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626
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627
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628 <directive name="worker_priority">
271
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629 <syntax><value>number</value></syntax>
102
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630 <default>0</default>
63
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631 <context>main</context>
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632
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633 <para>
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634 Defines the scheduling priority for worker processes like it is
63
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635 done by the <command>nice</command> command: a negative
271
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636 <value>number</value>
63
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637 means higher priority.
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638 Allowed range normally varies from -20 to 20.
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639 </para>
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640
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641 <para>
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642 Example:
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643 <example>
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644 worker_priority -10;
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645 </example>
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646 </para>
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647
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648 </directive>
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649
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650
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651 <directive name="worker_processes">
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652 <syntax><value>number</value> | <literal>auto</literal></syntax>
102
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653 <default>1</default>
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654 <context>main</context>
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655
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656 <para>
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657 Defines the number of worker processes.
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658 </para>
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659
226
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660 <para>
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661 The optimal value depends on many factors including (but not
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662 limited to) the number of CPU cores, the number of hard disk
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663 drives that store data, and load pattern.
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664 When one is in doubt, setting it to the number of available CPU cores
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46d70031bea9 Documented the recently added "auto" parameter of the
Andrey Belov <defan@nginx.com>
parents: 659
diff changeset
665 would be a good start (the value “<literal>auto</literal>”
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parents: 659
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666 will try to autodetect it).
742
3a2e35f4c279 Documented that "worker_processes auto" appeared in version 1.3.8.
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parents: 740
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667 <note>
3a2e35f4c279 Documented that "worker_processes auto" appeared in version 1.3.8.
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parents: 740
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668 The <literal>auto</literal> parameter is supported starting from
764
f8434fdd3cd9 The "auto" parameter of the ""worker_processes" directive
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parents: 750
diff changeset
669 versions 1.3.8 and 1.2.5.
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670 </note>
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671 </para>
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672
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673 </directive>
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674
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675
82
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676 <directive name="worker_rlimit_core">
271
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677 <syntax><value>size</value></syntax>
82
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678 <default/>
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679 <context>main</context>
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680
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681 <para>
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682 Changes the limit on the largest size of a core file
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683 (<c-def>RLIMIT_CORE</c-def>) for worker processes.
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684 Used to increase the limit without restarting the main process.
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685 </para>
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686
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687 </directive>
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688
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689
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690 <directive name="worker_rlimit_nofile">
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691 <syntax><value>number</value></syntax>
82
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692 <default/>
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693 <context>main</context>
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694
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695 <para>
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696 Changes the limit on the maximum number of open files
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697 (<c-def>RLIMIT_NOFILE</c-def>) for worker processes.
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698 Used to increase the limit without restarting the main process.
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699 </para>
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700
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701 </directive>
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702
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703
1927
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704 <directive name="worker_shutdown_timeout">
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705 <syntax><value>time</value></syntax>
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706 <default/>
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707 <context>main</context>
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708 <appeared-in>1.11.11</appeared-in>
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709
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710 <para>
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711 Configures a timeout for a graceful shutdown of worker processes.
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712 When the <value>time</value> expires,
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713 nginx will try to close all the connections currently open
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714 to facilitate shutdown.
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715 </para>
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716
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717 </directive>
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parents: 1893
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718
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719
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720 <directive name="working_directory">
271
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721 <syntax><value>directory</value></syntax>
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722 <default/>
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723 <context>main</context>
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724
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725 <para>
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726 Defines the current working directory for a worker process.
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727 It is primarily used when writing a core-file, in which case
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728 a worker process should have write permission for the
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729 specified directory.
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730 </para>
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731
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732 </directive>
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733
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734 </section>
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735
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736 </module>