How to set proxy_read_timeout in nginx?

In nginx, you can use the proxy_read_timeout directive to set the timeout for reading responses from the backend server. The syntax of this directive is as follows:

proxy_read_timeout time;

In this case, time represents the timeout period and can be either an integer or a time unit. For example, the following values can be used to set the timeout period:

1. time is an integer representing the number of seconds for the timeout duration.
2. ‘Time’ ending with ‘ms’ indicates the timeout duration in milliseconds.
3. The time ending in ‘s’ represents the number of seconds for the timeout period.
4. “time ending with m indicates the number of minutes of timeout duration.”
5. The “time” ending with “h” represents the number of hours for the timeout period.
6. The term “time” ending with “d” indicates the number of days for the timeout period.

For example, the following configuration sets the proxy_read_timeout to 30 seconds:

proxy_read_timeout 30s;

It is important to note that proxy_read_timeout only applies to the proxy server and not to the time taken to send a response to the client. If you need to set a timeout for sending a response to the client, you can use the send_timeout directive.