Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Ticket #1976


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Timestamp:
05/10/20 16:46:43 (4 years ago)
Author:
Maxim Dounin
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Domain names used in nginx configuration are normally resolved during parsing of the configuration. Currently, the only exceptions are:

  • When proxy_pass, fastcgi_pass, etc. directives contain variables.
  • When using ssl_stapling and resolving OCSP responder hostname.
  • When using a server ... resolve; in an upstream block (available as a part of the commercial subscription).

All these cases explicitly document that they are using resolver. For example, quoting proxy_pass documentation:

Parameter value can contain variables. In this case, if an address is specified as a domain name, the name is searched among the described server groups, and, if not found, is determined using a resolver.

Don't expect that names written in the configuration will be re-resolved by nginx periodically. Depending on the particular use case, you may want to either reconfigure nginx as IP addresses change, or configure nginx in a way which implies period re-resolution of names you want to be re-resolved.

Note that re-resolution implies run-time overhead and also may end up with a non-working nginx if DNS server won't be reachable. On the other hand, nginx reconfiguration implies additional resource usage till reconfiguration complete, which may take a while. For this and other reasons automatic reconfiguration might not be a good idea.

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