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authorRuslan Ermilov <ru@nginx.com>2011-09-15 08:24:33 +0000
committerRuslan Ermilov <ru@nginx.com>2011-09-15 08:24:33 +0000
commit2a46092c5ad4c647f0df4bc58795ed744e8252eb (patch)
tree0628577610456afe5495ea15d31b0544bbcbd285 /docs/xml/http
parentc940f5fc99130720a00538637a2bedc4d7472ea1 (diff)
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- The module name is now also output as an HTML header.
- Agreed that examples can only contain literal text. - Agreed to call modules "ngx_*_module". - Renamed XML element "http-error" to a more general "http-status". - Fixed text of error codes to match the actual code.
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/xml/http')
-rw-r--r--docs/xml/http/ngx_http_core_module.xml54
1 files changed, 28 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/docs/xml/http/ngx_http_core_module.xml b/docs/xml/http/ngx_http_core_module.xml
index 3412e49f7..05f50da3e 100644
--- a/docs/xml/http/ngx_http_core_module.xml
+++ b/docs/xml/http/ngx_http_core_module.xml
@@ -202,8 +202,8 @@ This directive can be used during debugging, or when using the
<var>$request_body_file</var>
variable, or the
<link doc="ngx_http_perl_module.xml" id="methods">$r->request_body_file</link>
-method of the
-<link doc="ngx_http_perl_module.xml">http_perl</link> module.
+method of the module
+<link doc="ngx_http_perl_module.xml">ngx_http_perl_module</link>.
</para>
<para>
@@ -300,8 +300,8 @@ Defines a timeout for reading client request body.
A timeout is only set between two successive read operations,
not for the transmission of the whole request body.
If a client does not transmit anything within this time,
-the error
-<http-error code="408" text="Request time out"/>
+the client error
+<http-status code="408" text="Request Time-out"/>
is returned.
</para>
@@ -337,8 +337,8 @@ directive.
<para>
Defines a timeout for reading client request header.
If a client does not transmit the entire header within this time,
-the error
-<http-error code="408" text="Request time out"/>
+the client error
+<http-status code="408" text="Request Time-out"/>
is returned.
</para>
@@ -357,9 +357,9 @@ Sets the maximum allowed size of the client request body,
specified in the
<header>Content-Length</header>
request header field.
-If <argument>size</argument> is greater than the configured value, the
-<http-error code="413" text="Request Entity Too Large"/>
-error is returned to a client.
+If it exceeds the configured value, the client error
+<http-status code="413" text="Request Entity Too Large"/>
+is returned.
Please be aware that
<link doc="/web/upload.xml">browsers cannot correctly display
this error</link>.
@@ -539,8 +539,9 @@ request header.
<para>
Specifies that a given location can only be used for internal requests.
-For external requests, the <http-error code="404" text="Not found"/>
-error is returned.
+For external requests, the client error
+<http-status code="404" text="Not Found"/>
+is returned.
Internal requests are the following:
<list type="bullet">
@@ -552,15 +553,15 @@ requests redirected by the <link id="error_page">error_page</link> directive;
<listitem>
subrequests formed by the
<command>include virtual</command>
-command of the
-<link doc="ngx_http_ssi_module.xml">http_ssi</link> module;
+command of the module
+<link doc="ngx_http_ssi_module.xml">ngx_http_ssi_module</link>;
</listitem>
<listitem>
requests changed by the
<link doc="ngx_http_rewrite_module.xml" id="rewrite">rewrite</link>
-directive of the
-<link doc="ngx_http_rewrite_module.xml">http_rewrite</link> module.
+directive of the module
+<link doc="ngx_http_rewrite_module.xml">ngx_http_rewrite_module</link>.
</listitem>
</list>
@@ -633,12 +634,13 @@ MSIE will close keep-alive connection in about 60 seconds.
<para>
Sets the maximum <argument>number</argument> and <argument>size</argument> of
buffers used when reading large client request headers.
-A request line cannot exceed the size of one buffer, or the
-<http-error code="414" text="Request URI too large"/>
-error is returned.
+A request line cannot exceed the size of one buffer, or the client error
+<http-status code="414" text="Request-URI Too Large"/>
+is returned.
A request header field cannot exceed the size of one buffer as well, or the
-<http-error code="400" text="Bad request"/>
-error is returned.
+client error
+<http-status code="400" text="Bad Request"/>
+is returned.
Buffers are allocated only on demand.
By default, the buffer size is equal to one memory page size.
It is either 4K or 8K, platform dependent.
@@ -658,9 +660,9 @@ into the keep-alive state, these buffers are freed.
Limits allowed HTTP methods inside a location.
The GET method also implies the HEAD method.
Access to other methods can be limited using the
-<link doc="ngx_http_access_module.xml">http_access</link>
+<link doc="ngx_http_access_module.xml">ngx_http_access_module</link>
and
-<link doc="ngx_http_auth_basic_module.xml">http_auth_basic</link>
+<link doc="ngx_http_auth_basic_module.xml">ngx_http_auth_basic_module</link>
modules directives:
<example>
limit_except GET {
@@ -1477,8 +1479,8 @@ If a URI need to be modified, the
<para>
Allows access if any of the
-<link doc="ngx_http_access_module.xml">http_access</link>
-or <link doc="ngx_http_auth_basic_module.xml">http_auth_basic</link>
+<link doc="ngx_http_access_module.xml">ngx_http_access_module</link>
+or <link doc="ngx_http_auth_basic_module.xml">ngx_http_auth_basic_module</link>
modules grant access.
<example>
location / {
@@ -1985,8 +1987,8 @@ Enables or disables the use of underscores in client request header fields.
<section id="variables" name="Embedded Variables">
<para>
-The http_core module supports embedded variables with names matching
-those of the Apache Server.
+The module <code>ngx_http_core_module</code> supports embedded variables with
+names matching those of the Apache Server.
First of all, these are variables representing client request header
fields, such as, <var>$http_user_agent</var>, <var>$http_cookie</var>,
and so on.