# Problem with nginx and mongrel

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-nginx-and-mongrel/117952>\
**Category:** Deployment\
**Created:** [October 22, 2007, 7:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-nginx-and-mongrel/117952 "2007-10-22T19:25:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![rdavila](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/ecb155/32.png) [@rdavila](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rdavila)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2007, 7:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-nginx-and-mongrel/117952/1 "2007-10-22T19:25:39Z")

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Hi Friends, I have a problem with nginx and mongrel, gives the  
following error:

2007/10/22 13:00:09 [error] 25122#0: \*3910 upstream timed out (110:  
Connection timed out) while reading response header from upstream,  
client: 190.40.196.132, server: [myblog.com](http://myblog.com), URL: “/admin”, upstream:  
“[http://127.0.0.1:5008/admin](http://127.0.0.1:5008/admin)”, host: “[myblog.com](http://myblog.com)”

I was reading lists and that mistake is typical when we have requests  
that take regular time or want to upload large files, but in my case  
is an application of mephisto, and i only want access to the panel  
administrator.

The application is running on a VPS with Ubuntu 6.06, nginx/0.5.31,  
mongrel (1.0.1), mongrel\_cluster (1.0.2), Rails 1.2.3, and i have  
other applications that are also running well in mephisto. The problem  
is solved when restarting mongrel.

Very thanks.  
Rubén.