Proxy_buffering on - doesn't return files with large data?

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Hi,

We have setup like so :

  1. Nginx is configured as server which recieves user request
  2. The user request is proxy_passed to another server which is also
    Nginx.

Now when user requests for a file(401481 bytes) over AJAX, it is not
being served. This problem doesn’t happen for every file, just for
random files. The same file doesn’t load every time.

I tried disabling proxy_buffering off, it worked.
BTW, it is not the file size problem. It is working for larger file than
the one that is not loading. I would love to know why.

Thanks,
Shrinath

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Hello!

On Fri, Apr 06, 2012 at 08:32:16AM -0400, shrinath.m wrote:

random files. The same file doesn’t load every time.

I tried disabling proxy_buffering off, it worked.
BTW, it is not the file size problem. It is working for larger file than
the one that is not loading. I would love to know why.

First of all try looking into error logs. If it doesn’t help,
please provide debug log, see here for details:

Maxim D.