Problem solved, strangely enough the order in which my servers are loaded seams to trigger this error, it's actually nothing to do with the upstream settings but forcing one of my server configs to be loaded last resolved the issue.<div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 16 November 2010 13:16, Phil Bayfield <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:phil@techlightenment.com">phil@techlightenment.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
I'm having some problems configuring upstream servers with localhost backup (error page)
<div><br></div><div>upstream backend1 {</div><div> server 1.2.3.4;</div><div> server 2.3.4.5;</div><div> server localhost backup;</div><div>}</div><div><br></div><div><div>upstream backend2 {</div><div> server 3.4.5.6;</div>
<div> server 4.5.6.7;</div><div>}</div></div><div><br></div><div>Works, but:</div><div><br></div><div><div>upstream backend1 {</div><div> server 1.2.3.4;</div><div> server 2.3.4.5;</div><div> server localhost backup;</div>
<div>}</div><div><br></div><div><div>upstream backend2 {</div><div> server 3.4.5.6;</div><div> server 4.5.6.7;</div><div> server localhost backup;</div><div>}</div></div></div><div><br></div><div>Causes:</div><div>
<br></div><div>Testing nginx configuration: [emerg]: invalid parameter "backup"</div><div><br></div><div>Is this a bug?</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><div>Phil.</div>
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