xetorthio / nginx-upstream-idempotent

Small module for nginx that will avoid retrying failed POST requests as they are not idempotent

Nginx Upstream Idempotent

Description

The Nginx idempotent module will avoid retying with POST requests.

Note

This issue is fixed on Nginx 1.9.13. This module should not more requird for futur version.

Installation

You'll need to re-compile Nginx from source to include this module. Modify your compile of Nginx by adding the following directive (modified to suit your path of course):

./configure --with-http_ssl_module --add-module=/absolute/path/to/nginx-upstream-idempotent
make
make install

Usage

Change your Nginx config file's upstream block to include the 'fair' directive:

upstream something {
    only_retry_idempotent;

    server 127.0.0.1:5000;
    server 127.0.0.1:5001;
    server 127.0.0.1:5002;
}

If you encounter any issues, please report them using the bugtracker

Contributing

Please feel free to fork the project at GitHub and submit pull requests or patches.