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Configuring the Nginx API

Before you start matching user agents, you may wish to configure the solution to use a different database for example, or to use caching.

General Settings - These settings are valid in the main configuration block and should only be set once.

Setting Default Description
51D_filePath '51Degrees.dat'/'51Degrees.trie' Sets the location of the data file.
51D_cache 0 Sets the size of the workset cache (Only relevant for pattern installation).

Location Settings - These settings are valid in the location configuration block and any number can be set.

Setting Description
51D_single Gets device properties using a User-Agent. Takes the name the resultant header will be set as, and a comma separated list of properties to return.
51D_all Gets device properties using multiple HTTP headers. Takes the name the resultant header will be set as, and a comma separated list of properties to return.

Example Config

Below is an example config file showing how to load a Patter data file from a non default location, set the cache size, and set some device properties using the "51D_single" and "51D_all" directives. Some commonly used properties are set as request headers, some as a list and some as single headers. They are also set as response headers with the "add_header" directive to make it possible to see how the matching works without having a full website set up.

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http {
    ## Set the data file for the 51Degrees module to use ##
    51D_filePath ../data/51Degrees-LiteV3.2.dat;

    ## Enable caching with a cache size of 10000 ##
    51D_cache 10000;
    server {
        listen 8888;

        location / {
            ## Do a single User-Agent match for device information ##
            51D_match_single x-device HardwareName,BrowserName,PlatformName;

            ## Do a multiple HTTP header match for IsMobile, IsTablet and IsSmartphone ##
            51D_match_all x-mobile IsMobile;
            51D_match_all x-tablet IsTablet;
            51D_match_all x-smartphone IsSmartPhone;

            ## Do a multiple HTTP header match for match metrics ##
            51D_match_all x-metrics DeviceId,Method,Difference,Rank;

            ## Add to response headers for easy viewing. ##
            add_header x-device $http_x_device;
            add_header x-mobile $http_x_mobile;
            add_header x-tablet $http_x_tablet;
            add_header x-smartphone $http_x_smartphone;
            add_header x-metrics $http_x_metrics;

            proxy_pass http://localhost/;
        }
    }
}


										
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