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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)

Redirecting 404 errors through a search page

If you have moved URLs or have an incorrect link to your site, it will generally generate a 404 Not Found error to the browser. While you can also style this page to make it match the site, the end result is generally the same. If a user hits this link, either way, they won't find the content they were originally searching for.

With a small amount of trickery, we can instead turn the 404 into search parameters to push through to your site. This way, you can either match the page or item the user was looking for or at least display the best guesses for them.

While most modern CMSes either have this functionality built in or have a plugin to handle it for you, if you're stuck with an older system or custom coded site, then you can quickly add this functionality.

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