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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)

Connection limiting with NGINX

In addition to limiting bandwidth to ensure fair and equitable access among all users, NGINX is able to place limits on the number of connections. Back in Chapter 7, Reverse Proxy, we covered how to rate limit connections. While they may sound the same, connection limiting is slightly different and has different use cases. Connection limiting is used where you have long running tasks, such as downloads. The previous recipe covering bandwidth limiting only applies per connection, not per IP. We can however combine the two to ensure that each IP address can't exceed the specified bandwidth limit.

Getting ready

Like the bandwidth limiting, connection limiting is built into the core of NGINX...