Nginx choking on static files

[jwesonga]

Hi Guys,

I'm running CentOS and I've successfully managed to setup a mongrel
cluster running on port 5000-5002 as well as Nginx for load balancing
and as a reverse proxy. Everything works okay the only problem is that
the Nginx is choking on static files like css,js and images that have
been appended the session data example: myapp.css?786565436897 I've
gone through the Nginx.conf file that Ezra at brainspl.at has posted
and that contains a fix for the particular issue, check it out here
http://brainspl.at/articles/2006/09/12/new-nginx-conf-with-rails-caching
but the problem persists. May be there is something I'm missing in my
Nginx.conf file, has anyone had the same problem and how did you fix
it?

[Ezra Zygmuntowicz]

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Hi There-

Here is a current version of the config I use every day that works
fine with the ?3124321 timestamps. Give this one a whirl and see if
you hit the same problem.

http://pastie.caboo.se/84928

Replace 'username' with your username.

Cheers-
-- Ezra Zygmuntowicz
-- Founder & Ruby Hacker
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[jwesonga]

Pasted the config file and changed the username but the same problem
persists. Any idea why?

[jwesonga]

It seems to be working now I'm sot sure if the problem was this but I
changed the username and group to mongrel, the same username and group
that running the mongrel_cluster and everything seemed to work.

I've been trying to setup a startup script for the nginx cluster but
none of the commands seem to be working. I've already created the file
and copied it intomy /etc/init.d folder, i've chmod +x the nginx file
and when I run the sudo /sbin/chkconfig --level 345 nginx on I get an
error?!?