Upgrade nginx to 1.12
Current version is 1.10 and is now considered legacy.
We could use an upgrade to the map feature for !1585 (merged).
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We don't have one @joshlambert, that is why we've been staying a couple of releases behind once we confirmed that everything is working. Testing Nginx in our use case is not that easy as we have users doing all sorts of things with load balancing, so we hear about issues somewhere down the line. That is also the reason why we are staying on the
stablebranch, we cannot afford to be the mainline branch.@joshlambert That sounds like a reasonable approach to me.
changed milestone to %9.4
changed milestone to %9.4
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assigned to @balasankarc
Upon reading the changelog, I couldn't find any compatibility-breaking changes in the 1.11.x mainline series (the last one of which finally became 1.12.0 stable). So I believe it is fine to upgrade. The changes are either bugfixes or adding of new features. Existing features haven't been dropped or deprecated and changelog doesn't report any incompatibility.
I will open up an MR and will do a basic testing of the pacakge created.
Changes with nginx 1.11.13 04 Apr 2017 *) Feature: the "http_429" parameter of the "proxy_next_upstream", "fastcgi_next_upstream", "scgi_next_upstream", and "uwsgi_next_upstream" directives. Thanks to Piotr Sikora. *) Bugfix: in memory allocation error handling. *) Bugfix: requests might hang when using the "sendfile" and "timer_resolution" directives on Linux. *) Bugfix: requests might hang when using the "sendfile" and "aio_write" directives with subrequests. *) Bugfix: in the ngx_http_v2_module. Thanks to Piotr Sikora. *) Bugfix: a segmentation fault might occur in a worker process when using HTTP/2. *) Bugfix: requests might hang when using the "limit_rate", "sendfile_max_chunk", "limit_req" directives, or the $r->sleep() embedded perl method with subrequests. *) Bugfix: in the ngx_http_slice_module. Changes with nginx 1.11.12 24 Mar 2017 *) Bugfix: nginx might hog CPU; the bug had appeared in 1.11.11. Changes with nginx 1.11.11 21 Mar 2017 *) Feature: the "worker_shutdown_timeout" directive. *) Feature: vim syntax highlighting scripts improvements. Thanks to Wei-Ko Kao. *) Bugfix: a segmentation fault might occur in a worker process if the $limit_rate variable was set to an empty string. *) Bugfix: the "proxy_cache_background_update", "fastcgi_cache_background_update", "scgi_cache_background_update", and "uwsgi_cache_background_update" directives might work incorrectly if the "if" directive was used. *) Bugfix: a segmentation fault might occur in a worker process if number of large_client_header_buffers in a virtual server was different from the one in the default server. *) Bugfix: in the mail proxy server. Changes with nginx 1.11.10 14 Feb 2017 *) Change: cache header format has been changed, previously cached responses will be invalidated. *) Feature: support of "stale-while-revalidate" and "stale-if-error" extensions in the "Cache-Control" backend response header line. *) Feature: the "proxy_cache_background_update", "fastcgi_cache_background_update", "scgi_cache_background_update", and "uwsgi_cache_background_update" directives. *) Feature: nginx is now able to cache responses with the "Vary" header line up to 128 characters long (instead of 42 characters in previous versions). *) Feature: the "build" parameter of the "server_tokens" directive. Thanks to Tom Thorogood. *) Bugfix: "[crit] SSL_write() failed" messages might appear in logs when handling requests with the "Expect: 100-continue" request header line. *) Bugfix: the ngx_http_slice_module did not work in named locations. *) Bugfix: a segmentation fault might occur in a worker process when using AIO after an "X-Accel-Redirect" redirection. *) Bugfix: reduced memory consumption for long-lived requests using gzipping. Changes with nginx 1.11.9 24 Jan 2017 *) Bugfix: nginx might hog CPU when using the stream module; the bug had appeared in 1.11.5. *) Bugfix: EXTERNAL authentication mechanism in mail proxy was accepted even if it was not enabled in the configuration. *) Bugfix: a segmentation fault might occur in a worker process if the "ssl_verify_client" directive of the stream module was used. *) Bugfix: the "ssl_verify_client" directive of the stream module might not work. *) Bugfix: closing keepalive connections due to no free worker connections might be too aggressive. Thanks to Joel Cunningham. *) Bugfix: an incorrect response might be returned when using the "sendfile" directive on FreeBSD and macOS; the bug had appeared in 1.7.8. *) Bugfix: a truncated response might be stored in cache when using the "aio_write" directive. *) Bugfix: a socket leak might occur when using the "aio_write" directive. Changes with nginx 1.11.8 27 Dec 2016 *) Feature: the "absolute_redirect" directive. *) Feature: the "escape" parameter of the "log_format" directive. *) Feature: client SSL certificates verification in the stream module. *) Feature: the "ssl_session_ticket_key" directive supports AES256 encryption of TLS session tickets when used with 80-byte keys. *) Feature: vim-commentary support in vim scripts. Thanks to Armin Grodon. *) Bugfix: recursion when evaluating variables was not limited. *) Bugfix: in the ngx_stream_ssl_preread_module. *) Bugfix: if a server in an upstream in the stream module failed, it was considered alive only when a test connection sent to it after fail_timeout was closed; now a successfully established connection is enough. *) Bugfix: nginx/Windows could not be built with 64-bit Visual Studio. *) Bugfix: nginx/Windows could not be built with OpenSSL 1.1.0. Changes with nginx 1.11.7 13 Dec 2016 *) Change: now in case of a client certificate verification error the $ssl_client_verify variable contains a string with the failure reason, for example, "FAILED:certificate has expired". *) Feature: the $ssl_ciphers, $ssl_curves, $ssl_client_v_start, $ssl_client_v_end, and $ssl_client_v_remain variables. *) Feature: the "volatile" parameter of the "map" directive. *) Bugfix: dependencies specified for a module were ignored while building dynamic modules. *) Bugfix: when using HTTP/2 and the "limit_req" or "auth_request" directives client request body might be corrupted; the bug had appeared in 1.11.0. *) Bugfix: a segmentation fault might occur in a worker process when using HTTP/2; the bug had appeared in 1.11.3. *) Bugfix: in the ngx_http_mp4_module. Thanks to Congcong Hu. *) Bugfix: in the ngx_http_perl_module. Changes with nginx 1.11.6 15 Nov 2016 *) Change: format of the $ssl_client_s_dn and $ssl_client_i_dn variables has been changed to follow RFC 2253 (RFC 4514); values in the old format are available in the $ssl_client_s_dn_legacy and $ssl_client_i_dn_legacy variables. *) Change: when storing temporary files in a cache directory they will be stored in the same subdirectories as corresponding cache files instead of a separate subdirectory for temporary files. *) Feature: EXTERNAL authentication mechanism support in mail proxy. Thanks to Robert Norris. *) Feature: WebP support in the ngx_http_image_filter_module. *) Feature: variables support in the "proxy_method" directive. Thanks to Dmitry Lazurkin. *) Feature: the "http2_max_requests" directive in the ngx_http_v2_module. *) Feature: the "proxy_cache_max_range_offset", "fastcgi_cache_max_range_offset", "scgi_cache_max_range_offset", and "uwsgi_cache_max_range_offset" directives. *) Bugfix: graceful shutdown of old worker processes might require infinite time when using HTTP/2. *) Bugfix: in the ngx_http_mp4_module. *) Bugfix: "ignore long locked inactive cache entry" alerts might appear in logs when proxying WebSocket connections with caching enabled. *) Bugfix: nginx did not write anything to log and returned a response with code 502 instead of 504 when a timeout occurred during an SSL handshake to a backend. Changes with nginx 1.11.5 11 Oct 2016 *) Change: the --with-ipv6 configure option was removed, now IPv6 support is configured automatically. *) Change: now if there are no available servers in an upstream, nginx will not reset number of failures of all servers as it previously did, but will wait for fail_timeout to expire. *) Feature: the ngx_stream_ssl_preread_module. *) Feature: the "server" directive in the "upstream" context supports the "max_conns" parameter. *) Feature: the --with-compat configure option. *) Feature: "manager_files", "manager_threshold", and "manager_sleep" parameters of the "proxy_cache_path", "fastcgi_cache_path", "scgi_cache_path", and "uwsgi_cache_path" directives. *) Bugfix: flags passed by the --with-ld-opt configure option were not used while building perl module. *) Bugfix: in the "add_after_body" directive when used with the "sub_filter" directive. *) Bugfix: in the $realip_remote_addr variable. *) Bugfix: the "dav_access", "proxy_store_access", "fastcgi_store_access", "scgi_store_access", and "uwsgi_store_access" directives ignored permissions specified for user. *) Bugfix: unix domain listen sockets might not be inherited during binary upgrade on Linux. *) Bugfix: nginx returned the 400 response on requests with the "-" character in the HTTP method. Changes with nginx 1.11.4 13 Sep 2016 *) Feature: the $upstream_bytes_received variable. *) Feature: the $bytes_received, $session_time, $protocol, $status, $upstream_addr, $upstream_bytes_sent, $upstream_bytes_received, $upstream_connect_time, $upstream_first_byte_time, and $upstream_session_time variables in the stream module. *) Feature: the ngx_stream_log_module. *) Feature: the "proxy_protocol" parameter of the "listen" directive, the $proxy_protocol_addr and $proxy_protocol_port variables in the stream module. *) Feature: the ngx_stream_realip_module. *) Bugfix: nginx could not be built with the stream module and the ngx_http_ssl_module, but without ngx_stream_ssl_module; the bug had appeared in 1.11.3. *) Feature: the IP_BIND_ADDRESS_NO_PORT socket option was not used; the bug had appeared in 1.11.2. *) Bugfix: in the "ranges" parameter of the "geo" directive. *) Bugfix: an incorrect response might be returned when using the "aio threads" and "sendfile" directives; the bug had appeared in 1.9.13. Changes with nginx 1.11.3 26 Jul 2016 *) Change: now the "accept_mutex" directive is turned off by default. *) Feature: now nginx uses EPOLLEXCLUSIVE on Linux. *) Feature: the ngx_stream_geo_module. *) Feature: the ngx_stream_geoip_module. *) Feature: the ngx_stream_split_clients_module. *) Feature: variables support in the "proxy_pass" and "proxy_ssl_name" directives in the stream module. *) Bugfix: socket leak when using HTTP/2. *) Bugfix: in configure tests. Thanks to Piotr Sikora. Changes with nginx 1.11.2 05 Jul 2016 *) Change: now nginx always uses internal MD5 and SHA1 implementations; the --with-md5 and --with-sha1 configure options were canceled. *) Feature: variables support in the stream module. *) Feature: the ngx_stream_map_module. *) Feature: the ngx_stream_return_module. *) Feature: a port can be specified in the "proxy_bind", "fastcgi_bind", "memcached_bind", "scgi_bind", and "uwsgi_bind" directives. *) Feature: now nginx uses the IP_BIND_ADDRESS_NO_PORT socket option when available. *) Bugfix: a segmentation fault might occur in a worker process when using HTTP/2 and the "proxy_request_buffering" directive. *) Bugfix: the "Content-Length" request header line was always added to requests passed to backends, including requests without body, when using HTTP/2. *) Bugfix: "http request count is zero" alerts might appear in logs when using HTTP/2. *) Bugfix: unnecessary buffering might occur when using the "sub_filter" directive; the issue had appeared in 1.9.4. Changes with nginx 1.11.1 31 May 2016 *) Security: a segmentation fault might occur in a worker process while writing a specially crafted request body to a temporary file (CVE-2016-4450); the bug had appeared in 1.3.9. Changes with nginx 1.11.0 24 May 2016 *) Feature: the "transparent" parameter of the "proxy_bind", "fastcgi_bind", "memcached_bind", "scgi_bind", and "uwsgi_bind" directives. *) Feature: the $request_id variable. *) Feature: the "map" directive supports combinations of multiple variables as resulting values. *) Feature: now nginx checks if EPOLLRDHUP events are supported by kernel, and optimizes connection handling accordingly if the "epoll" method is used. *) Feature: the "ssl_certificate" and "ssl_certificate_key" directives can be specified multiple times to load certificates of different types (for example, RSA and ECDSA). *) Feature: the "ssl_ecdh_curve" directive now allows specifying a list of curves when using OpenSSL 1.0.2 or newer; by default a list built into OpenSSL is used. *) Change: to use DHE ciphers it is now required to specify parameters using the "ssl_dhparam" directive. *) Feature: the $proxy_protocol_port variable. *) Feature: the $realip_remote_port variable in the ngx_http_realip_module. *) Feature: the ngx_http_realip_module is now able to set the client port in addition to the address. *) Change: the "421 Misdirected Request" response now used when rejecting requests to a virtual server different from one negotiated during an SSL handshake; this improves interoperability with some HTTP/2 clients when using client certificates. *) Change: HTTP/2 clients can now start sending request body immediately; the "http2_body_preread_size" directive controls size of the buffer used before nginx will start reading client request body. *) Bugfix: cached error responses were not updated when using the "proxy_cache_bypass" directive.mentioned in merge request !1653 (merged)
closed via merge request !1653 (merged)
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