# Server

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## [Access to request parameters in nginx](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/access-to-request-parameters-in-nginx/151133)

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**Author:** [@Arvind\_Jayaprakash](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Arvind_Jayaprakash)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2008, 6:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/access-to-request-parameters-in-nginx/151133 "2008-10-17T18:52:46Z")

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Is there a way by which I can get access to GET/POST variables in a request? Third party modules are also welcome. If not, can someone point do a documentation of how to use ngx\_hash\_\* functions/stucts. I don’t mind s…

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## [Global rate limit](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/global-rate-limit/151134)

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**Author:** [@Jakub\_Kasica](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jakub_Kasica)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2008, 2:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/global-rate-limit/151134 "2008-10-17T14:55:37Z")

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Hello. Is there any possibility to limit traffic in nginx? I found limit rate directive but this limits only per client. I need something which can guarantee to keep me under 100 mbits because over this value i hav…

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## [Problems with Mongrel \> 1.1 and OS X](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-with-mongrel-1-1-and-os-x/151112)

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**Author:** [@acgreen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/acgreen)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2008, 11:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-with-mongrel-1-1-and-os-x/151112 "2008-10-16T23:44:29Z")

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Ok I’ve narrowed down the bug to lib/mongrel/gems.rb Its the removal of the line unless respond\_to? ‘gem’ That’s causing problems If no one has any suggestions as to where the problem lies other that mongrel I’ll fi…

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## [Keepalive and IE6](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/keepalive-and-ie6/151096)

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**Author:** [@Joshua\_Sierles](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Joshua_Sierles)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2008, 7:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/keepalive-and-ie6/151096 "2008-10-16T19:39:07Z")

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Hello, IE6 sometimes behave poorly with keepalive enabled. So, it’s desirable to turn keepalive off only for that browser. Is there a way to turn keepalive off completely ONLY for certain browsers? Thanks Joshua Si…

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## [Rewrite https://mysite.com to https://www.mysite.com](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rewrite-https-mysite-com-to-https-www-mysite-com/151071)

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**Author:** [@thomas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/thomas)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2008, 3:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rewrite-https-mysite-com-to-https-www-mysite-com/151071 "2008-10-16T15:40:27Z")

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Hi list, I have purchased an SSL certificate for www.mysite.com, therefore I would like to rewrite any incoming request from https://mysite.com to https://www.mysite.com in order to avoid the web browser saying the c…

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## [Mongrel cluster configuration](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-cluster-configuration/149897)

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**Author:** [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2008, 11:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-cluster-configuration/149897 "2008-10-16T11:04:01Z")

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So I’m using ec2onrails which launches mongrels like: mongrel\_rails cluster::start -C /etc/mongrel\_cluster/app.yml -clean $\* Where app.yml looks like this: user: app cwd: /mnt/app/current port: “8000” environment:…

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## [DNS Issue?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dns-issue/151037)

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**Author:** [@unclouded](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unclouded)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2008, 10:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dns-issue/151037 "2008-10-16T10:32:51Z")

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Hello all - I recently switched my setup to use internal 10.0.0.x IPs for the backend webserver connections. For 18-19 hours, it was fine, but now I’m seeing issues. Each requests takes a LONG time to return. If I …

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## [Trailing "/" not implicitly added to end of URI](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trailing-not-implicitly-added-to-end-of-uri/151043)

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**Author:** [@Hector\_Parra](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Hector_Parra)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2008, 10:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trailing-not-implicitly-added-to-end-of-uri/151043 "2008-10-16T10:02:57Z")

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I’m running a single mongrel instance with a registered DirHandler. I cannot use relative paths in any HTML that is served (e.g. “images/myimage.png”) unless there is an explicit “/” at the end of my URI. So mywebsit…

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## [Http keep-alive and IE6](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/http-keep-alive-and-ie6/151038)

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**Author:** [@Joshua\_Sierles](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Joshua_Sierles)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2008, 7:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/http-keep-alive-and-ie6/151038 "2008-10-16T07:21:06Z")

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Hello, IE6 file uploads sometimes behave poorly with keepalive enabled. So, it’s desirable to turn keepalive off only for that browser. Is there a way to turn keepalive off completely ONLY for certain browsers? Than…

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## [Big difference between upstream response time and request time](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/big-difference-between-upstream-response-time-and-request-time/151004)

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**Author:** [@praveen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/praveen)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2008, 11:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/big-difference-between-upstream-response-time-and-request-time/151004 "2008-10-15T23:08:53Z")

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Hi, I’m using nginx as a reverse proxy to my backends. I see there is a huge discrepancy between upstream response time and request time. X.X.X.X \[15/Oct/2008:09:32:57 -0700\] “GET /js/something.js HTTP/1.1” upstream\_…

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## [Sending location headers from a fastcgi application](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sending-location-headers-from-a-fastcgi-application/150977)

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**Author:** [@spilgames](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/spilgames)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2008, 4:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sending-location-headers-from-a-fastcgi-application/150977 "2008-10-15T16:24:35Z")

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We’re trying to migrate some internal fastcgi application from Lighttpd to Nginx. The problem is relatively easy: the application sends a ‘Location’ header without sending a ‘Status’ header. Nginx will return a 200 in…

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## [Standard CGI under nginx](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/standard-cgi-under-nginx/150911)

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**Author:** [@Francisco\_Valladoli](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Francisco_Valladoli)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2008, 1:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/standard-cgi-under-nginx/150911 "2008-10-15T13:10:32Z")

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Hi folks I see the example using normal CGI under nginx, via wrapper, whenever the cgi-wrapper.pl fail to start ficovh:~\> /usr/pkg/bin/cgiwrap-fcgi.pl& \[1\] 12390 ficovh:~\> Can’t locate syscall.ph in @INC (did you ru…

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## [User selects preferred node](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/user-selects-preferred-node/150971)

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**Author:** [@Ulrik\_Sandberg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ulrik_Sandberg)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2008, 1:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/user-selects-preferred-node/150971 "2008-10-15T13:10:31Z")

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I have a somewhat odd situation where I would like to use a load balancer as a proxy, but I want the user to be able to actively select preferred node. Consider this scenario: A portal server allows remote web apps …

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## [Can you please tell me that how much high traffic can the nginx server running at?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-you-please-tell-me-that-how-much-high-traffic-can-the-nginx-server-running-at/150951)

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**Author:** [@yong\_xue](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/yong_xue)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2008, 11:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-you-please-tell-me-that-how-much-high-traffic-can-the-nginx-server-running-at/150951 "2008-10-15T11:40:01Z")

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I am fresh to nginx. Can you please tell me that how much high traffic can the nginx server running at? I am not mean the peak point, but the steady throughout. – Best Regards, Ñ¦ ÓÂ QQ:312200 e-mail:removed\_ema…

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## [NGX\_AGAIN and POST data](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ngx-again-and-post-data/150217)

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**Author:** [@brian](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/brian)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2008, 5:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ngx-again-and-post-data/150217 "2008-10-15T05:18:07Z")

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Hi all, I’m writing a module for nginx and am hoping someone could enlighten me. The module takes in some parameters via either GET or POST methods. Everything works fine except when using Python’s urllib which appear…

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## [Nginx VS Nginx + Varnish](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-vs-nginx-varnish/150564)

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**Author:** [@gennix](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gennix)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2008, 8:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-vs-nginx-varnish/150564 "2008-10-14T20:36:17Z")

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Hey, Do you think it’s a good idea to add Varnish to Nginx to serve static files? I’m running a dedicated server with 2GB RAM and a pentium dual core E2180 for static files. I’m only using Nginx 0.6.32 on Centos 5/l…

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## [Does nginx support digest access authentication?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/does-nginx-support-digest-access-authentication/150844)

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**Author:** [@lhmwzy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lhmwzy)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2008, 9:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/does-nginx-support-digest-access-authentication/150844 "2008-10-14T09:29:18Z")

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Any ideas?

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## [Rails Spawn plugin under nginx](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-spawn-plugin-under-nginx/133358)

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**Author:** [@tschneit](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tschneit)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2008, 11:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-spawn-plugin-under-nginx/133358 "2008-10-13T23:59:33Z")

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Howdy folks - I am having trouble with the ‘Spawn’ plugin, which is used to launch long-running processes in the background. When I hit a single mongrel process, it works great. However, when I hit it through nginx, …

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## [ANNOUNCE: Nginx 0.7.19 for Windows](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/announce-nginx-0-7-19-for-windows/150816)

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**Author:** [@inspire22](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/inspire22)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2008, 6:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/announce-nginx-0-7-19-for-windows/150816 "2008-10-13T18:08:03Z")

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Hello Nginx users, I just released version 0.7.19 for Windows, which is Vista compatible and built using Cygwin. You can download it here: http://www.kevinworthington.com/2008/10/13/announcing-nginx-0719-for-windows-w…

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## [Nginx-0.7.19](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-0-7-19/150814)

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**Author:** [@imixaly4](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/imixaly4)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2008, 5:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-0-7-19/150814 "2008-10-13T17:30:28Z")

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Changes with nginx 0.7.19 13 Oct 2008 \*) Bugfix: version number update.

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## [Inserting a Request header before proxying](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/inserting-a-request-header-before-proxying/150777)

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**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2008, 11:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/inserting-a-request-header-before-proxying/150777 "2008-10-13T11:28:05Z")

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I’d like to insert a custom HTTP header (eg: X-foobar) into a request before doing a proxy\_pass. Is there any way to do this without changing the proxy module itself? I read that there can be only one handler per requ…

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## [Does nginx handle proxying chunked encoding PUT requests](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/does-nginx-handle-proxying-chunked-encoding-put-requests/150750)

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**Author:** [@pezdude](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pezdude)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2008, 3:08am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/does-nginx-handle-proxying-chunked-encoding-put-requests/150750 "2008-10-13T03:08:02Z")

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Hi, I’m using nginx as a proxy for my webdav library which is still in development (hence leaning on nginx for things like gzip and basic auth) and I noticed a weird behaviour with clients that PUT data using chunked…

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## [License of the Nginx logo at wiki.codemongers.com](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/license-of-the-nginx-logo-at-wiki-codemongers-com/150745)

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**Author:** [@thomas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/thomas)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2008, 2:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/license-of-the-nginx-logo-at-wiki-codemongers-com/150745 "2008-10-13T02:25:22Z")

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Hi, What is the license of the Nginx logo at wiki.codemongers.com? Who created it? Can it be used for branding products related to Nginx?

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## [Download page for mongrel\_cluster?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/download-page-for-mongrel-cluster/150665)

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**Author:** [@plambert](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/plambert)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2008, 3:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/download-page-for-mongrel-cluster/150665 "2008-10-11T03:41:46Z")

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Is there a download page for mongrel\_cluster? I see that “gem install mongrel\_cluster” works, but I can’t see where it’s coming from. Usually gems have some sort of project page somewhere. – Paul L. Aquilent, Inc. …

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## [Kill -HUP failing (0.6.32)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/kill-hup-failing-0-6-32/150619)

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**Author:** [@Guy\_N](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Guy_N)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [October 10, 2008, 9:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/kill-hup-failing-0-6-32/150619 "2008-10-10T21:50:25Z")

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Hi, I have an nginx setup as a reverse proxy into a large number of Rails and Java applications. As it’s a very dynamic system, nginx incudes a whole directory of conf files, one for each application. nginx works re…

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## [eyeOS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/eyeos/150638)

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**Author:** [@Nuno\_MagalhSSSSes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Nuno_MagalhSSSSes)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 10, 2008, 8:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/eyeos/150638 "2008-10-10T20:24:08Z")

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Greetings, Does anyone have any experience installing/configuring/using eye OS (under linux) with nginx? Or another lightweight httpd? Any input will be apreciated.

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## [Mongrel\_service problems](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-service-problems/150474)

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**Author:** [@Glen\_H](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Glen_H)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 10, 2008, 4:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-service-problems/150474 "2008-10-10T16:12:21Z")

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I have installed mongrel\_service and created a service instance with the -l flag and the -B flag but I still don’t get any useful feedback. When trying to connect to my server via Apache I get a 503 error and when c…

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## [FastCGI Under Windows?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fastcgi-under-windows/150622)

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**Author:** [@Hendry\_Lee](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Hendry_Lee)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 10, 2008, 3:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fastcgi-under-windows/150622 "2008-10-10T15:25:19Z")

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I tried to put together a script that allows nginx to run CGI under Windows but get stuck in the process. The nginx simple CGI guide at codemongers http://wiki.codemongers.com/NginxSimpleCGI is UNIX specific because …

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## [Nginx Apache Rewrite Sweetcron](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-apache-rewrite-sweetcron/150472)

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**Author:** [@a83](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/a83)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 10, 2008, 10:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-apache-rewrite-sweetcron/150472 "2008-10-10T10:31:02Z")

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Hi, I’ve got a Sweetcron (sweetcron.com) install running on my slice with nginx. The standard sweetcron .htaccess look like this: Options +FollowSymLinks RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteCond %{REQUEST\_FILENA…

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## [Module proposal: BOSH](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/module-proposal-bosh/145250)

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**Author:** [@adammontgomery](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/adammontgomery)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2008, 11:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/module-proposal-bosh/145250 "2008-10-09T23:59:48Z")

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After much headache with Ejabberd and some internal discussions, we talked about Nginx supporting the BOSH protocol. This would allow simple creation of scalable instant message systems and anything else that requires…

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