From 9f81d7a32d1dbf4e3f9feb059a586c8ea94453a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Will Stott Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2016 14:22:12 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify the position of Nginx support. --- README.rst | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index 7e4b8f4..d4d1f10 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -106,9 +106,11 @@ All files are stored in a folder called 'private'. We forbid access to this fol Alledgedly `IS_SUBREQ` can be used to `perform the same job `_, but I was unable to get this working. -Nginx backend +Nginx (>=1.5.9) backend ============= +Please note that as of sendfile 0.3.11 this module only works with nginx versions >= 1.5.9, due to adding support for unicode file paths. For discussion see `#45 `_ and `#56 `_ + As with the mod_wsgi backend you need to set two extra settings: * `SENDFILE_ROOT` - this is a directoy where all files that will be used with sendfile must be located