# Nginx proxying luwak (http 1.1 to backend needed)

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**Category:** NGINX\
**Created:** [November 10, 2010, 3:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-proxying-luwak-http-1-1-to-backend-needed/198912 "2010-11-10T15:06:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dobai-Pataky\_BSSSSl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/77aa72/32.png) [@Dobai-Pataky\_BSSSSl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dobai-Pataky_BSSSSl)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 3:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-proxying-luwak-http-1-1-to-backend-needed/198912/1 "2010-11-10T15:06:53Z")

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I wrote a mail to the list a few days ago where I was having trouble  
proxying to luwak but not  
to riak (see [http://riak.basho.com](http://riak.basho.com) - it’s a database among other  
things). The problem with luwak  
and nginx is that luwak returns a chunked response and this is probably  
where it goes wrong -  
Nginx doesn’t support http 1.1 to backend. Luwak is kind of like a blob  
store where the blobs are  
usually files of any type - usually quite large in the several megabytes  
to several gigabytes range.

Using Nginx for this becomes impossible without http 1.1 support to  
backends and I guess I have to  
look at Apache again which I REALLY don’t want to do - I love Nginx :-).

So, my question is, is there anything planned for http 1.1 support to  
backend servers?

Kind regards,  
John