NGINX override default TRACE behaviour

Question

Attempting to return a '501 Not Implemented' HTTP response while using NGINX as a proxy. The default behaviour is to respond with '405 Method Not Allowed'. Is anyone aware of how to circumvent the default 405 response?

We've attempted the following configuration options to no avail

  if ($request_method !~ ^(GET|HEAD|PUT|POST|DELETE|OPTIONS|CONNECT|TRACE)) {
     return 501;
  }

  error_page    405 =501 @405;
  location @405 {
     root                    /;
     proxy_pass              http://localhost:3000;
  }

  location / {
     proxy_pass            http://localhost:3000;
  }

Environment

nginx version: nginx/1.2.1

Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.54-2 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Answer 1

Set proxy_intercept_errors on; in proxy location blocks.