Nginx-0.8.22

Changes with nginx 0.8.22 03 Nov
2009

*) Feature: the "proxy_bind", "fastcgi_bind", and "memcached_bind"
   directives.

*) Feature: the "access" and the "deny" directives support IPv6.

*) Feature: the "set_real_ip_from" directive supports IPv6 addresses 

in
request headers.

*) Feature: the "unix:" parameter of the "set_real_ip_from" 

directive.

*) Bugfix: nginx did not delete unix domain socket after 

configuration
testing.

*) Bugfix: nginx deleted unix domain socket while online upgrade.

*) Bugfix: the "!-x" operator did not work.
   Thanks to Maxim D..

*) Bugfix: a segmentation fault might occur in a worker process, if
   limit_rate was used in HTTPS server.
   Thanks to Maxim D..

*) Bugfix: a segmentation fault might occur in a worker process 

while
$limit_rate logging.
Thanks to Maxim D…

*) Bugfix: a segmentation fault might occur in a worker process, if
   there was no "listen" directive in "server" block; the bug had
   appeared in 0.8.21.

Igor S. wrote:

Changes with nginx 0.8.22 03 Nov 2009

*) Feature: the "proxy_bind", "fastcgi_bind", and "memcached_bind" 
   directives.

Can you describe these and give a configuration sample/example?

*) Feature: the “access” and the “deny” directives support IPv6.

great!

Posted at Nginx Forum:

On Tue, Nov 03, 2009 at 06:53:49PM -0500, Jim O. wrote:

Igor S. wrote:

Changes with nginx 0.8.22 03 Nov 2009

*) Feature: the "proxy_bind", "fastcgi_bind", and "memcached_bind" 
   directives.

Can you describe these and give a configuration sample/example?

The directives bind() socket to a local address before connect():

proxy_bind  192.168.1.1;

It may be usefull if host has several interfaces/aliases and you want
to pass outgoing connections from specific interface/address.