Rtsp over http response blocked by nginx

Server NGINX
1

Hello

I am trying to use NGINX as reverse proxy for streaming using QuickTime
and rtsp over http.
QuicKTime send an http GET to my reverse proxy in a public zone, then my
reverse proxy send the request to my video server in a private zone.
What I can see is that the http GET request is received by NGINX on the
reverse proxy, then by my video server, which responds immediately with
a 200 OK.
This response is received by the reverse proxy, but it seems that NGINX
block the response. (see log file attached).

Other http traffic is executed without any problem, problems occurs only
with rtsp over http.

The http headers of the http GET send by QuickTime are:
User-Agent: QuickTime/7.7 (qtver=7.7;os=Windows NT 5.1Service Pack 3)
x-sessioncookie: 4qqv28gOAABf4EQBBoAAAA
Accept: application/x-rtsp-tunnelled
Pragma: no-cache
Cache-Control: no-cache

Here is my NGINX configuration:

------- /etc/nginx/nginx.conf BEGIN -------
worker_processes 1;
error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log ;

pid /var/run/nginx/nginx.pid;

events {
worker_connections 1024;
}

http {
include mime.types;
default_type application/octet-stream;
access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log;
sendfile on;

keepalive_timeout  65;

gzip            on;
#gzip            off;
gzip_min_length  1000;
#gzip_buffers     4 8k;
#gzip_http_version 1.0;
gzip_comp_level 3;
gzip_proxied any;
#gzip_types      text/plain application/xml;
gzip_types  text/plain text/css application/json

application/x-javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss
text/javascript;
gzip_vary on;

include /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/*;
include /etc/nginx/proxy.conf;
}
------- /etc/nginx/nginx.conf END -------

------- /etc/nginx/proxy.conf BEGIN -------
proxy_redirect off;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
client_max_body_size 10m;
client_body_buffer_size 128k;
proxy_connect_timeout 90;
proxy_send_timeout 90;
proxy_read_timeout 90;
proxy_buffers 32 4k;
------- /etc/nginx/proxy.conf END -------

------- /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/video.conf BEGIN -------
upstream video
{
server 10.194.188.2:80;
}
server
{
listen 10.194.188.90:80;
server_name ;
location /
{
proxy_pass http://video;
}
error_log /var/log/nginx/errori debug;
}
------- /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/video.conf END -------

Thank’s for your help…

Eric

2

Hello!

On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 02:24:50PM +0100, eric elg wrote:

block the response. (see log file attached).
The log provided suggests that backend neither close connection
nor send anything. I suspect it’s waiting for another request
from the client before sending additional data, but didn’t get it
due to buffering in nginx. You may try adding

proxy_buffering off;

to see if it helps.

On the other hand, the following link:

http://developer.apple.com/quicktime/icefloe/dispatch028.html

suggests that rtsp over http uses POST requests with some
arbitrary large Content-Length. It’s likely to be next problem
you’ll encounter. And this is not going to work through nginx.

Maxim D.

3

Hello!

On Wed, Feb 01, 2012 at 04:04:24AM +0400, Maxim D. wrote:

What I can see is that the http GET request is received by NGINX on the
proxy_buffering off;

to see if it helps.

On the other hand, the following link:

http://developer.apple.com/quicktime/icefloe/dispatch028.html

suggests that rtsp over http uses POST requests with some
arbitrary large Content-Length. It’s likely to be next problem
you’ll encounter. And this is not going to work through nginx.

Hm, the

https://helixcommunity.org/viewcvs/protocol/common/util/hxcloakedsocket.cpp?view=markup

claims it should switch to “multi-post mode” then, so it looks
like I was wrong and rtsp over http will actually work.

So the only real problem is response buffering in nginx, which may
be easily swithed off (see above).

Maxim D.

4

Hello,

Thank’s for your reply!
Switching off the buffering as suggested allow to get the response of
http GET, but as you said, POST requests have got an arbitrary large
Content-Length and does not work through nginx.

I have now to update my video server to be compliant with the multi-post
mode.

Eric