With this configuration:
server {
listen 8080;
location / {
if ($http_cookie ~* "mycookie") {
proxy_set_header X-Request $request;
proxy_pass http://localhost:8081;
}
}
}
I have this error when I reload nginx service:
Reloading nginx configuration: nginx: [emerg] "proxy_set_header" directive is not allowed here in /etc/nginx/conf.d/check_cookie.conf:5
nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test failed
This configuration works OK, but it does not do what I want:
server {
listen 8080;
location / {
proxy_set_header X-Request $request;
if ($http_cookie ~* "mycookie") {
proxy_pass http://localhost:8081;
}
}
}
Why I can't put proxy_set_header directive inside an if clause?
