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NGINX Cookbook

By : Tim Butler
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NGINX Cookbook

By: Tim Butler

Overview of this book

NGINX Cookbook covers the basics of configuring NGINX as a web server for use with common web frameworks such as WordPress and Ruby on Rails, through to utilization as a reverse proxy. Designed as a go-to reference guide, this book will give you practical answers based on real-world deployments to get you up and running quickly. Recipes have also been provided for multiple SSL configurations, different logging scenarios, practical rewrites, and multiple load balancing scenarios. Advanced topics include covering bandwidth management, Docker container usage, performance tuning, OpenResty, and the NGINX Plus commercial features. By the time you've read this book, you will be able to adapt and use a wide variety of NGINX implementations to solve any problems you have.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)

Introduction

PHP is a thoroughly tested product to use with NGINX because it is the most popular web-based programming language. It powers sites, such as Facebook, Wikipedia, and every WordPress-based site, and its popularity hasn't faded as other languages have grown.

In this chapter, we'll go through examples of the more common PHP scenarios and how to implement them with NGINX. As WordPress is the most popular of the PHP systems, I've included some additional information to help with troubleshooting. Even if you're not using WordPress, some of this information may be helpful if you run into issues with other PHP frameworks.

Most of the recipes expect that you have a working understanding of PHP systems, so not all of the setup steps for the systems will be covered. This is to keep the book succinct and allow the focus to be on the NGINX components.

In order...