How to avoid duplication of add_header directives in nginx?

Question

The documentation says this:

These directives are inherited from the previous level if and only if there are no add_header directives defined on the current level.

My problem is that I have several location blocks that I want to cache, like this one:

add_header X-Frame-Options SAMEORIGIN;
add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000; includeSubdomains;";

location ~ ^/img/(.*)\.(png|jpg|jpeg|gif|bmp)$ {
    expires 1w;
    add_header Cache-Control public;
}

But that will make me lose all the headers declared outside of the block. So apparently the only way is duplicating those headers on every location block, eg:

add_header X-Frame-Options SAMEORIGIN;
add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000; includeSubdomains;";

location ~ ^/img/(.*)\.(png|jpg|jpeg|gif|bmp)$ {
    expires 1w;
    add_header Cache-Control public;
    add_header X-Frame-Options SAMEORIGIN;
    add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000; includeSubdomains;";
}

Doesn't seem right. Any ideas?

or split your config up into different files and include as appropriate. — AD7six, Feb 23 '15 at 09:58

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 29 '17 at 08:52

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You're after the ngx_headers_more module: https://www.nginx.com/resources/wiki/modules/headers_more/

And yes, the behaviour of add_header is really irritating :)

edited Mar 29 '17 at 08:52

Rajat Bansal

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answered Feb 23 '15 at 05:36

Craig Miskell

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I was using that module for vanity purposes (changing the name of the server), but I didn't want to rely on it for serious things. Ok I guess I'll have to use it if there is no other way. Thanks. – ChocoDeveloper Feb 23 '15 at 16:33

How to avoid duplication of add_header directives in nginx?

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