How to configure NGINX not to cache specific URL? - nginx

Question

I have a NGINX server as front-end cache server and I'd like to disable cache on specific urls.
Here is the configuration on NGINX:
proxy_cache_path /tmp/nginx levels=1:2 keys_zone=my_zone:10m inactive=120m max_size=1000m;
proxy_cache_key "$scheme$request_method$host$request_uri$is_args$args";
server {
listen 10.0.0.45:80 default_server;
server_name proxy2.jjd;
include /etc/nginx/default.d/*.conf;
location / {
client_max_body_size 20m;
proxy_cache my_zone;
proxy_cache_bypass $http_cache_control;
proxy_no_cache $http_pragma $http_authorization $cookie_nocache $arg_nocache;
add_header X-Proxy-Cache-NGINX $upstream_cache_status;
add_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
add_header Cache-Control "public";
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto https;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Port 443;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8080;
proxy_read_timeout 90;
proxy_connect_timeout 90;
proxy_redirect off;
}
}

Answer 1

Add the following location to avoid an url:
location ^~ /your-url/ {
add_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto https;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Port 443;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8080;
proxy_read_timeout 90;
proxy_connect_timeout 90;
proxy_redirect off;
}
It just assigns this location to the proxy and doesn't enable caching for it.

Answer 2

As I get it, you just need a nested location with a single string proxy_cache off; inside to disable caching for nested URLs. Like this:
location / {
proxy_cache my_zone;
proxy_cache_bypass $http_cache_control;
// other stuff related to proxying or other processing
location /do/not/cache/this/url/ {
proxy_cache off;
}
}

Answer 3

you can just specify location do proxy_pass only for disable cache
location /will/not/cache {
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8080;
..set_header ..
}