X-sendfile or x-accel-redirect

eris · May 21, 2021, 11:44pm

I know we use in Hestia:

hestiacp/hestiacp/blob/64e3c424f7715b4e7841c6b1921027d8d9ad173f/web/download/backup/index.php#L32-L36

    
      
          if ($_SESSION['userContext'] === 'admin') {
              header('Content-type: application/gzip');
              header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"".$backup."\";" ); 
              header("X-Accel-Redirect: /backup/" . $backup);
          }

And the nginx config looks like:

github.com

hestiacp/hestiacp/blob/64e3c424f7715b4e7841c6b1921027d8d9ad173f/src/deb/nginx/nginx.conf#L128-L131

    
      
          location /backup/ {
              root /;
              internal;
          }

I never used it outside Hestia