Hello,

I'm now trying to use variables to allow me to re-use configuration files easily. The basic idea is:

upstream some-mongrel-cluster { ... }

server { ... set $rails_proxy http://some-mongrel-cluster; include macros/rails.conf; }

Then, rails.conf has the standard rails stuff and this line: proxy_pass $rails_proxy;

Not surprisingly, this doesn't work. :) I am wondering what I might do to make it work, but I need to know: - Whether the problem is that the variable is not available from mod_http_proxy (since "set" is a mod_rewrite command?) or just that proxy_pass does not support using variables - If proxy_pass does not support variables, how do I make it do this? Where in the source is a good place to see how variables work?

Thanks!

JD