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Nginx HTTP Server - Fourth Edition

By : Martin Bjerretoft Fjordvald, Clement Nedelcu
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Nginx HTTP Server - Fourth Edition

By: Martin Bjerretoft Fjordvald, Clement Nedelcu

Overview of this book

Nginx is a lightweight HTTP server designed for high-traffic websites, with network scalability as the primary objective. With the advent of high-speed internet access, short loading times and fast transfer rates have become a necessity. This book is a detailed guide to setting up Nginx in ways that correspond to actual production situations: as a standalone server, as a reverse proxy, interacting with applications via FastCGI, and more. In addition, this complete direct reference will be indispensable at all stages of the configuration and maintenance processes. This book mainly targets the most recent version of Nginx (1.13.2) and focuses on all the new additions and improvements, such as support for HTTP/2, improved dynamic modules, security enhancements, and support for multiple SSL certificates. This book is the perfect companion for both Nginx beginners and experienced administrators. For beginners, it will take you through the complete process of setting up this lightweight HTTP server on your system and configuring its various modules so that it does exactly what you need quickly and securely. For more experienced administrators, this book provides different approaches that can help you make the most of your current infrastructure. Nginx can be employed in many situations, whether you are looking to construct an entirely new web-serving architecture or simply want to integrate an efficient tool to optimize your site loading speeds.

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Table of Contents (13 chapters)
Preface
Preface
Who this book is for
What this book covers
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1
Downloading and Installing Nginx
Downloading and Installing Nginx
Installing via package managers
Compiling from source
Downloading Nginx
Configure options
Controlling the Nginx service
Adding Nginx as a system service
Nginx Plus
Summary
2
Basic Nginx Configuration
Basic Nginx Configuration
Configuration file syntax
Base module directives
Testing your server
Summary
3
HTTP Configuration
HTTP Configuration
HTTP core module
Module directives
Using HTTP/2
Module variables
The location block
Summary
4
Module Configuration
Module Configuration
Rewrite module
SSI module
Additional modules
Summary
5
PHP and Python with Nginx
PHP and Python with Nginx
Introduction to FastCGI
PHP with Nginx
Python and Nginx
Summary
6
Nginx as an Application Server
Nginx as an Application Server
The reverse proxy mechanism
Nginx proxy module
Nginx and microservices
nginScript
Nginx Unit
Summary
7
Apache and Nginx Together
Apache and Nginx Together
How Nginx and Apache benefit from each other
Configuring Apache and Nginx
Improving the reverse proxy architecture
Summary
8
From Apache to Nginx
From Apache to Nginx
Nginx versus Apache
Porting your Apache configuration
Rewrite rules
Summary
9
Introduction to Load Balancing and Optimization
Introduction to Load Balancing and Optimization
Introduction to load balancing
Using Nginx as a TCP load balancer
Thread pools and IO mechanisms
Summary
10
Case Studies
Case Studies
Deploying a WordPress site
Securing communications with HTTPS
Creating your ownCloud drive
Summary
11
Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
General tips on Nginx troubleshooting
Installing a log parser
Install issues
The 403 forbidden custom error page
400 Bad Request
Truncated or invalid FastCGI responses
Location block priorities
If block issues
Summary
12
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Basic Nginx Configuration

In this chapter, we will begin to establish an appropriate configuration for your web server. For this purpose, we need to first discover the syntax that is used in the Nginx configuration files. Then we need to understand the various directives that will let you prepare and optimize your web server for different traffic patterns and hardware setups. Finally, we will create some test pages to make sure that everything has been done correctly and that the configuration is valid. We will only approach basic configuration directives here. The following chapters will detail more advanced topics, such as HTTP module configuration and usage, creating virtual hosts, and more.

This chapter covers the following topics:

  • Presentation of the configuration syntax
  • Basic configuration directives
  • Establishing an appropriate configuration for your profile
  • Serving a test...
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