feat: Add support for HTTP keep-alive between the proxy and upstream

test/test_keepalive.py

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+import re
+
+
+def test_keepalive_disabled(docker_compose, nginxproxy):
+    r = nginxproxy.get("http://keepalive-disabled.nginx-proxy.test/headers")
+    assert r.status_code == 200
+    assert re.search(fr'(?m)^(?i:Connection): close$', r.text)
+
+def test_keepalive_disabled_other_headers_ok(docker_compose, nginxproxy):
+    """Make sure the other proxy_set_header headers are still set.
+
+    According to the nginx docs [1], any proxy_set_header directive in a block
+    disables inheritance of proxy_set_header directives in a parent block.  Make
+    sure that doesn't happen.
+
+    [1] https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_proxy_module.html#proxy_set_header
+    """
+    r = nginxproxy.get("http://keepalive-disabled.nginx-proxy.test/headers")
+    assert r.status_code == 200
+    assert re.search(fr'(?m)^(?i:X-Real-IP): ', r.text)
+
+def test_keepalive_enabled(docker_compose, nginxproxy):
+    r = nginxproxy.get("http://keepalive-enabled.nginx-proxy.test/headers")
+    assert r.status_code == 200
+    assert not re.search(fr'(?m)^(?i:Connection):', r.text)
+
+def test_keepalive_enabled_other_headers_ok(docker_compose, nginxproxy):
+    """See the docstring for the disabled case above."""
+    r = nginxproxy.get("http://keepalive-enabled.nginx-proxy.test/headers")
+    assert r.status_code == 200
+    assert re.search(fr'(?m)^(?i:X-Real-IP): ', r.text)

test/test_keepalive.yml

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+keepalive-disabled:
+  image: web
+  expose:
+    - "80"
+  environment:
+    WEB_PORTS: 80
+    VIRTUAL_HOST: keepalive-disabled.nginx-proxy.test
+
+keepalive-enabled:
+  image: web
+  expose:
+    - "80"
+  environment:
+    WEB_PORTS: 80
+    VIRTUAL_HOST: keepalive-enabled.nginx-proxy.test
+  labels:
+    com.github.nginx-proxy.nginx-proxy.keepalive: "64"
+
+
+sut:
+  image: nginxproxy/nginx-proxy:test
+  volumes:
+    - /var/run/docker.sock:/tmp/docker.sock:ro
+  environment:
+    HTTPS_METHOD: nohttps