Try_files and content type

Hello,

I have an issue with try_files and content-type ( nginx 0.7.34 ), it
doesn’t use the cache file extention to discover the mime.type
so if we call a direct file host/sitemap.xml content type is ok, but
if I call a directory host/faq/ the returned content-type is the
default.

My default_type is set to application/octet-stream, my application
is directory base ( host/faq/, host/register/ ), I only have a few
call to files ( host/robots.txt host/sitemap.xml )

Most of the content is text/html but I can be sometimes for exemple
text/xml or application/pdf.

For instance /cachedir/faq/host.index.html is the cache file for
http://host/faq
( I use host in the cache file name to handle languages )
I could have a pdf version of the faq at the following url
http://host/faq/pdf/
then the cache file would be /cachedir/faq/pdf/host.index.pdf

the problem is that once cached try_file would return the default_type
for all those urls.

I don’t know if this is the expected beavhiour, I expected try_files
to return the type according to the cache file extension. Of course I
can
use text/html as default type but in this case I cannot handle
multiple types fils within the same location.

with the old fashion way:

if (-f $request_filename/$host.index.html) { rewrite (.) $uri/
$host.index.html break; }
if (-f $request_filename/$host.index.pdf) { rewrite (.
) $uri/
$host.index.pdf break; }

types where correct.

Below three tests, first one a direct call returning content type is
the one expected.
Then my expected result would have been text/html instead of
application/octet-stream

xav - is sorry for poor english xD


http {
include /etc/nginx/mime.types;
include /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params;
index index.html;
default_type application/octet-stream;

 server {
     listen 10.0.0.181;
     server_name devel.1cafe.fr;
     root /home/cache/hard;
     error_page 599 = @django;

     location @django {
         fastcgi_pass localhost:3000;
     }

     location / {
         # default_type text/html;
         # try_files $uri$host.index.html $uri$host.index.pdf

@django;
# test purpose
try_files $uri $uri/index.html $uri$host.index.html $uri
$host.index.pdf @django;
}
}
}

GET devel.1cafe.fr/sitemap.xml

2009/02/14 10:09:40 [debug] 22727#0: *1 http script var: “/sitemap.xml”
2009/02/14 10:09:40 [debug] 22727#0: *1 try to use file: “/sitemap.xml”
2009/02/14 10:09:40 [debug] 22727#0: *1 try file uri: “/sitemap.xml”
2009/02/14 10:09:40 [debug] 22727#0: *1 http filename: “/home/cache/
hard/sitemap.xml”
2009/02/14 10:09:40 [debug] 22727#0: *1 http set discard body
2009/02/14 10:09:40 [debug] 22727#0: *1 HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Server: nginx
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 09:09:40 GMT
Content-Type: text/xml
Content-Length: 870
Last-Modified: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 08:51:51 GMT
Connection: close
Served-By: intra2
Accept-Ranges: bytes

GET devel.1cafe.fr/

2009/02/14 10:11:01 [debug] 22727#0: *2 http script copy: “/index.html”
2009/02/14 10:11:01 [debug] 22727#0: *2 try to use file: “//index.html
2009/02/14 10:11:01 [debug] 22727#0: *2 try file uri: “//index.html
2009/02/14 10:11:01 [debug] 22727#0: *2 http filename: “/home/cache/
hard//index.html”
2009/02/14 10:11:01 [debug] 22727#0: *2 http set discard body
2009/02/14 10:11:01 [debug] 22727#0: *2 HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Server: nginx
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 09:11:01 GMT
Content-Type: application/octet-stream
Content-Length: 57050
Last-Modified: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 08:37:55 GMT
Connection: close
Served-By: intra2
Accept-Ranges: bytes

GET http://devel.1cafe.fr/faq/

2009/02/14 10:12:46 [debug] 22727#0: *25 http script copy: “.index.html”
2009/02/14 10:12:46 [debug] 22727#0: *25 try to use file: “/faq/devel.
1cafe.fr.index.html”
2009/02/14 10:12:46 [debug] 22727#0: *25 try file uri: “/faq/devel.
1cafe.fr.index.html”
2009/02/14 10:12:46 [debug] 22727#0: *25 http filename: “/home/cache/
hard/faq/devel.1cafe.fr.index.html”
2009/02/14 10:12:46 [debug] 22727#0: *25 http set discard body
2009/02/14 10:12:46 [debug] 22727#0: *25 HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Server: nginx
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 09:12:46 GMT
Content-Type: application/octet-stream
Content-Length: 44232
Last-Modified: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 09:12:40 GMT
Connection: close
Served-By: intra2
Accept-Ranges: bytes

On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 10:50:28AM +0100, Xavier G. wrote:

call to files ( host/robots.txt host/sitemap.xml )
the problem is that once cached try_file would return the default_type
if (-f $request_filename/$host.index.html) { rewrite (.*) $uri/

server {
    listen 10.0.0.181;
    server_name devel.1cafe.fr;
    root /home/cache/hard;
    error_page 599 = @django;

What is 599 code ?

$host.index.pdf @django;
}
}
}

The attached pacth should fix the bug.

   error_page 599 = @django;

What is 599 code ?

I picked an un used code to do stuff like this :

location @django {
fastcgi_pass localhost:3006;
}

if ($request_method ~* POST ) {
return 599;
}

I couldn’t figure out how to it a more regular way. Do you think it’s
a bad idea ?

The attached pacth should fix the bug.

works like a charm. Thanks a lot.

xav

On Feb 14, Xavier G. wrote:

if ($request_method ~* POST ) {
return 599;
}

HTTP 405 seems to be a better status code for this.