Nginx doesn't follow symlink properly

Question

I'm trying to automate my deployment process and I'm having this strange issue. Every new version of my web app is placed in /var/www/releases/{timestamp}. After I execute git clone into that directory I make a symlink to /var/www/current. Then I execute service nginx reload. The approach is used by many deployment tools and is well thought.

The problem is that when I go to a web browser to see the changes and hit refresh multiple times, I can see both releases (current and previous) alternating for several seconds/minutes. After a while it stabilizes on the current version only.

Does anybody know what might be causing this issue?

Thank you

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:41

2

There may be some cache in your nginx. Have you turned on your nginx cache? This thread may help https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6236078/how-to-clear-the-cache-of-nginx

edited May 23 '17 at 12:41

Community

1

answered Apr 25 '13 at 09:07

imapollo

287
1
11

1

Setting `sendfile off` solved this issue, thank you @imapollo – user1630391 Apr 25 '13 at 09:58
I've set `sendfile off` in the `server` directive, restarted nginx and still have this problem – Daniel Luca CleanUnicorn May 31 '15 at 05:34

Nginx doesn't follow symlink properly

1 Answers1