How to follow request path within the config?

2014-11-07 Thread cachito
Hello, I'm hitting my head against a wall since a couple days ago. Last paragraph has the big question, the rest is context. I run a fairly big Wordpress blog, with a somewhat convoluted configuration rewriting legacy URLs that follow me since 2002. I use extensive caching via plugins that pregene

Re: Proxying and caching a fragile server to ensure availability

2013-08-21 Thread cachito
B.R. Wrote: --- > Hello, > > On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 9:42 PM, cachito wrote: > > > if ($http_cookie ~* > > > "comment_author|wordpress_[a-f0-9]+|wp-postpass|wordpress_logged_in") > { > > s

Re: gzip compression won't disable

2013-08-21 Thread cachito
My guess: If the compressed files are pregenerated and sitting on the filesystem (e.g. you have blah.json and blah.json.gz), nginx will serve them to any browser that sends the correct Accept-Encoding headers. Good luck. Posted at Nginx Forum: http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,242107,242108#msg-

Proxying and caching a fragile server to ensure availability

2013-08-21 Thread cachito
Hello colleagues. I'm trying to save a website hosted on a (VERY) low-powered server by placing a strong nginx server in front of it as a caching proxy. I don't control the website code and the rest of its configuration, so I'm not free to move it elsewhere stronger. I'd like to have the caching

SPDY certificates and Wordpress multisite

2013-05-27 Thread cachito
Hello. I manage a small blog network (17) that has a lot of traffic (20MM visits/month). I use Wordpress Multisite to manage it, each blog has its own domain name, and all are served from the same WP install. I'm thinking about implementing SPDY to speed up the sites, I know I need SSL certificate