Index

A

• access control
  • about / Access control
  • access, restricting by IP address / Restricting access by IP address
  • geo directive used, for restricting access by IP address / Using the geo directive to restrict access by IP address
  • basic authentication, using for access restriction / Using basic authentication for access restriction
  • users, authenticating with subrequest / Authenticating users with a subrequest
  • multiple access restriction methods, combining / Combining multiple access restriction methods
• algorithms, for password encryption
  • CRYPT / Using basic authentication for access restriction
  • SSHA / Using basic authentication for access restriction
  • MD5 / Using basic authentication for access restriction
  • SHA / Using basic authentication for access restriction
• Asynchronous I/O (AIO)
  • about / Optimizing static file retrieval

B

• binary
  • creating, with debugging information / Creating a binary with debugging information
• binary expression
  • about / The if section
• binary operators
  • = / The if section
  • != / The if section
  • ~ / The if section
  • !~ / The if section
  • ~* / The if section
  • !~* / The if section
• break flag
  • about / The basics of the rewrite engine
• buffer allocation
  • optimizing / Optimizing buffer allocation

C

• cache loader process / Configuring caches
• cache manager / Configuring caches
• caching
  • about / Caching
  • caches, configuring / Configuring caches
  • enabling / Enabling caching
  • upstream response header / Enabling caching
  • cache key, selecting / Choosing a cache key
  • cache efficiency, improving / Improving cache efficiency and availability
  • cache availability, improving / Improving cache efficiency and availability
  • border cases, handling / Handling exceptions and borderline cases
  • exceptions, handling / Handling exceptions and borderline cases
• captures
  • about / Captures and positional parameters
• Certificate Signing Request (CSR)
  • about / Creating a Certificate Signing Request
• clustered setup
  • about / The Nginx connection processing architecture
• command, identification data
  • Country name (C) / Creating a Certificate Signing Request
  • State or province (S) / Creating a Certificate Signing Request
  • Locality or city (L) / Creating a Certificate Signing Request
  • Organization (O) / Creating a Certificate Signing Request
  • Organizational Unit (OU) / Creating a Certificate Signing Request
  • Common name (CN) / Creating a Certificate Signing Request
• commands, CentOS version
  • defining / Installing Nginx on Red Hat Enterprise Linux or CentOS/Scientific Linux
• configuration directives
  • client_body_temp_path / Managing temporary files
  • proxy_temp_path / Managing temporary files
  • fastcgi_temp_path / Managing temporary files
  • scgi_temp_path / Managing temporary files
  • uwsgi_temp_path / Managing temporary files
• Content Distribution Network (CDN) / Configuring backup servers
• control signals
  • about / Control signals and their usage
  • using / Control signals and their usage
  • shutdown process / Fast shutdown
  • fast shutdown mode / Fast shutdown
  • graceful shutdown mode / Graceful shutdown
  • reconfiguration / Reconfiguration
  • log file, reopening / Reopening the log file
  • Nginx binary upgrade / Nginx binary upgrade
  • graceful worker shutdown / Graceful worker shutdown
  • upgrade procedure, finalizing / Finalizing the upgrade procedure
  • difficult cases, handling / Handling difficult cases

D

• debugging information
  • binary, creating with / Creating a binary with debugging information
• default directive
  • about / Using the geo directive to restrict access by IP address
• delete directive
  • about / Using the geo directive to restrict access by IP address
• developers
  • issues, communicating to / Communicating issues to developers
• directives, buffer allocation
  • client_body_buffer_size <size> / Optimizing buffer allocation
  • output_buffers <number> <size> / Optimizing buffer allocation
  • gzip_buffers <number> <size> / Optimizing buffer allocation
  • proxy_buffers <number> <size> / Optimizing buffer allocation
  • fastcgi_buffers <number> <size> / Optimizing buffer allocation
  • uwcgi_buffers <number> <size> / Optimizing buffer allocation
  • scgi_buffers <number> <size> / Optimizing buffer allocation
• directives, compression
  • gzip_disable <regex> / Enabling response compression
  • gzip_comp_level <level> / Enabling response compression
• distribution-specific startup scripts
  • about / Distribution-specific startup scripts
  • using / Distribution-specific startup scripts

E

• EPEL wiki
  • URL / Installing Nginx on Red Hat Enterprise Linux or CentOS/Scientific Linux
• Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL)
  • about / Installing Nginx on Red Hat Enterprise Linux or CentOS/Scientific Linux
  • URL / Installing Nginx on Red Hat Enterprise Linux or CentOS/Scientific Linux
  • enabling / Installing Nginx on Red Hat Enterprise Linux or CentOS/Scientific Linux

F

• Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS)
  • about / Installing Nginx on Ubuntu
• flags, rewrite directive
  • break / More about rewrite rules
  • last / More about rewrite rules
  • redirect / More about rewrite rules
  • permanent / More about rewrite rules

G

• geo directive
  • using / Using the geo directive to restrict access by IP address
  • format / Using the geo directive to restrict access by IP address

H

• htpasswd utility
  • using / Using basic authentication for access restriction
• HUP signal
  • about / Reconfiguration

I

• if directive
  • about / Configuration best practices
• inbound traffic, managing
  • about / Managing inbound traffic
  • request rate, limiting / Limiting the request rate
  • number of simultaneous connections, limiting / Limiting the number of simultaneous connections
  • transfer rate of connection, limiting / Limiting the transfer rate of a connection
  • multiple limitations, applying / Applying multiple limitations
• include directive
  • about / Inclusions
  • using / Configuration best practices
• information
  • obtaining, on crash / Communicating issues to developers
• inheritance rules
  • working / Configuration settings' inheritance rules
• issues
  • communicating, to developers / Communicating issues to developers

L

• location patterns
  • simple / Simple
  • exact / Exact
  • regular expression / Regular expression locations
• log file reopening procedure
  • steps, defining / Reopening the log file
• log file rotation procedure
  • checklist / Reopening the log file
• logrotate
  • about / Reopening the log file

M

• master process
  • about / The Nginx connection processing architecture
  • defining / The Nginx connection processing architecture
• multi-core systems
  • worker processes allocation, used on / Worker processes allocation on multi-core systems

N

• Nginx
  • installing / Installing Nginx
  • URL / Installing Nginx
  • installing, on Ubuntu / Installing Nginx on Ubuntu
  • installing, on Red Hat Enterprise Linux / Installing Nginx on Red Hat Enterprise Linux or CentOS/Scientific Linux
  • installing, on CentOS/Scientific Linux / Installing Nginx on Red Hat Enterprise Linux or CentOS/Scientific Linux
  • installing, from source files / Installing Nginx from source files
  • building / Building Nginx
  • troubleshooting / Troubleshooting
  • configuring / Configuring Nginx
  • value types / Value types
  • variables / Variables
  • inclusions / Inclusions
  • sections / Sections
  • http section / The http section
  • server section / The server section
  • upstream section / The upstream section
  • location section / The location section
  • if section / The if section
  • limit_except section / The limit_except section
  • other section types / Other section types
  • configuration settings inheritance rules / Configuration settings' inheritance rules
  • sample configuration / The First sample configuration
  • configuration best practices / Configuration best practices
  • connection processing architecture / The Nginx connection processing architecture
  • starting / Starting and stopping Nginx
  • stopping / Starting and stopping Nginx
  • issues / Starting and stopping Nginx
  • solutions / Starting and stopping Nginx
  • about / Nginx binary upgrade
  • setting up, to serve static data / Setting up Nginx to serve static data
• Nginx, as reverse proxy
  • about / Nginx as a reverse proxy
  • setting up / Setting up Nginx as a reverse proxy
  • backend configuration, right way / Setting the backend the right way
  • transparency, adding / Adding transparency
  • redirects, handling / Handling redirects
  • cookies, handling / Handling cookies
  • SSL, using / Using SSL
  • errors, handling / Handling errors
  • outbound IP address, selecting / Choosing an outbound IP address
  • downloads, accelerating / Accelerating downloads
• Nginx, on Ubuntu
  • alternatives / Alternatives
• Nginx configuration
  • URL / The First sample configuration
• Nginx files
  • locations / Building Nginx
• Nginx installation
  • structure / The structure of the Nginx installation
• Nginx source files
  • downloading / Downloading the Nginx source files
  • URL / Downloading the Nginx source files
  • troubleshooting / Troubleshooting

O

• outbound traffic, managing
  • about / Managing outbound traffic
  • upstream servers, declaring / Declaring upstream servers
  • upstream servers, using / Using upstream servers
  • request distribution strategy, selecting / Choosing a request distribution strategy
  • backup servers, configuring / Configuring backup servers
  • server availability, determining / Determining whether a server is available
  • persistent connections, enabling / Enabling persistent connections
  • transfer rate of upstream connection, limiting / Limiting the transfer rate of an upstream connection

P

• parameter files, Nginx configuration folder
  • mime.types / The Nginx configuration folder
  • fastcgi_params / The Nginx configuration folder
  • scgi_params / The Nginx configuration folder
  • uwsgi_params / The Nginx configuration folder
  • proxy_params / The Nginx configuration folder
  • naxsi.rules (optional) / The Nginx configuration folder
  • koi-utf / The Nginx configuration folder
  • koi-win / The Nginx configuration folder
  • win-utf / The Nginx configuration folder
• parent process ID (PPID)
  • about / Starting and stopping Nginx
• PCRE
  • URL / Patterns
• Perl-compatible Regex (PCRE)
  • about / Troubleshooting
• plain variable
  • about / The if section
• proxy directive
  • about / Using the geo directive to restrict access by IP address
• proxy_cache_path, parameters
  • levels / Configuring caches
  • inactive / Configuring caches
  • max_size / Configuring caches
  • loader_files / Configuring caches
  • loader_sleep / Configuring caches
  • loader_threshold / Configuring caches
• proxy_cache_use_stale directive
  • values for arguments / Improving cache efficiency and availability
• proxy_limit_rate directive / Limiting the transfer rate of an upstream connection
• proxy_recursive directive
  • about / Using the geo directive to restrict access by IP address

R

• ranges directive
  • about / Using the geo directive to restrict access by IP address
• regular expression syntax
  • used, in rewrite rules / Patterns
• response compression
  • enabling / Enabling response compression
• rewrite directive
  • about / The basics of the rewrite engine
• rewrite engine
  • about / The basics of the rewrite engine
  • rewrite rules, defining / More about rewrite rules
  • patterns / Patterns
  • captures / Captures and positional parameters
  • positional parameters / Captures and positional parameters
  • functionalities / Other functionalities of the rewrite engine
  • using / Other functionalities of the rewrite engine
  • variables, assigning / Assigning variables
  • predicates evaluating, if sections used / Evaluating predicates using if sections
  • best practices / Evaluating predicates using if sections
  • replying, with specified HTTP status code / Replying with a specified HTTP status code
• rewrite rules
  • about / The basics of the rewrite engine
  • defining / More about rewrite rules
• RHEL/CentOS/SL 6
  • URL / Installing Nginx on Red Hat Enterprise Linux or CentOS/Scientific Linux
• RHEL or CentOS/SL 7
  • URL / Installing Nginx on Red Hat Enterprise Linux or CentOS/Scientific Linux

S

• Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
  • about / The basics of the rewrite engine
• semantic URLs
  • URL / The basics of the rewrite engine
• server directive
  • parameters / Declaring upstream servers
• session tickets
  • about / Enabling SSL session reuse
  • enabling / Enabling SSL session reuse
• signals, Nginx
  • TERM, INT / Control signals and their usage
  • QUIT / Control signals and their usage
  • HUP / Control signals and their usage
  • USR1 / Control signals and their usage
  • USR2 / Control signals and their usage
  • WINCH / Control signals and their usage
• source code configuration
  • copying, from prebuilt packages / Copying the source code configuration from prebuilt packages
• SSL certificates
  • installing / Installing SSL certificates
  • Certificate Signing Request (CSR), creating / Creating a Certificate Signing Request
  • issued SSL certificate, installing / Installing an issued SSL certificate
  • redirecting, from nonsecure virtual host / Permanently redirecting from a nonsecure virtual host
• SSL session reuse
  • enabling / Enabling SSL session reuse
• standalone instance
  • about / The Nginx connection processing architecture
• static file retrieval
  • optimizing / Optimizing static file retrieval
• structure, Nginx installation
  • Nginx configuration folder / The Nginx configuration folder
  • default virtual host folder / The default virtual host folder
  • virtual hosts configuration folder / The virtual hosts configuration folder
  • log folder / The log folder
  • temporary folder / The temporary folder

T

• temporary files
  • managing / Managing temporary files
• Translation Lookaside Buffer (TLB)
  • about / Worker processes allocation on multi-core systems

U

• Ubuntu
  • Nginx, installing / Installing Nginx on Ubuntu
• unary expression
  • about / The if section
• unary operators
  • -f / The if section
  • !-f / The if section
  • -d / The if section
  • !-d / The if section
  • -e / The if section
  • !-e / The if section
  • -x / The if section
  • !-x / The if section

V

• -V command
  • about / Copying the source code configuration from prebuilt packages

W

• worker processes
  • about / The Nginx connection processing architecture
  • allocating / Allocating worker processes
• worker processes allocation
  • on multi-core systems / Worker processes allocation on multi-core systems