# WebSockets support in nginx?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/websockets-support-in-nginx/195905>\
**Category:** NGINX\
**Created:** [October 2, 2010, 2:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/websockets-support-in-nginx/195905 "2010-10-02T14:05:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Andreas\_RSSSSsdal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f08c70/32.png) [@Andreas\_RSSSSsdal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Andreas_RSSSSsdal)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 2:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/websockets-support-in-nginx/195905/1 "2010-10-02T14:05:10Z")

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Hello!

I would really like to see support for HTML5 WebSockets in nginx.  
However, in the latest version  
this isn’t supported yet, all I get is 404 errors. I’ve also read  
several places that nginx doesn’t support WebSockets yet.  
I think that WebSockets will be a important feature for nginx to  
support as more advanced HTML5 web applications  
are developed. If or when this is implemented, I would also suggest  
that nginx supports gzip compression of Websockets  
HTTP communication.

I’m using nginx as a reverse proxy for my web application in  
[http://www.freeciv.net/](http://www.freeciv.net/) . The main reason I use nginx at the moment  
is to gzip the AJAX requests between the client and server. I’m very  
impressed with the features and performance of nginx,  
so I hope you decide to support WebSockets very soon!

Thanks!

Regards,  
Andreas Rosdal