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Mastering Nginx

By : Dimitri Aivaliotis
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Mastering Nginx

By: Dimitri Aivaliotis

Overview of this book

<p>NGINX is a high-performance HTTP server and mail proxy designed to use very few system resources. With the many tutorials and example configurations floating around the Web, it is difficult to know how to properly configure NGINX to meet your expectations.<br /><br />"Mastering Nginx" will serve to clarify the murky waters of NGINX configuration, helping you learn how to tune NGINX for various situations, what some of the more obscure configuration directives do, and how to design a decent configuration to match your needs.<br /><br />Beginning with an overview of compiling NGINX and describing its basic configuration file format, this guide next takes you on a tour of NGINX's modules.</p> <p>From the unique mail module to the upstream module, this book explores the various possibilities of using NGINX as a reverse proxy. The multiple HTTP modules are explained, and the book rounds off the tour with a discussion of troubleshooting.</p> <p>"Mastering Nginx" will explain all aspects of configuring NGINX to help solve your hosting problems.</p>

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Mastering Nginx
Dimitri Aivaliotis
Mar, 2013 | 322 pages
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Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Mastering NGINX
Mastering NGINX
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Installing NGINX and Third-Party Modules
Installing NGINX and Third-Party Modules
Installing NGINX using a package manager
Installing NGINX from source
Configuring for web or mail service
Enabling various modules
Finding and installing third-party modules
Putting it all together
Summary
2
A Configuration Guide
A Configuration Guide
The basic configuration format
NGINX global configuration parameters
Using include files
The HTTP server section
The virtual server section
Locations – where, when, and how
The mail server section
Full sample configuration
Summary
3
Using the Mail Module
Using the Mail Module
Basic proxy service
Authentication service
Combining with memcached
Interpreting log files
Operating system limits
Summary
4
NGINX as a Reverse Proxy
NGINX as a Reverse Proxy
Introduction to reverse proxying
Types of upstream servers
Converting an "if"-fy configuration to a more modern interpretation
Using error documents to handle upstream problems
Determining the client's real IP address
Summary
5
Reverse Proxy Advanced Topics
Reverse Proxy Advanced Topics
Security through separation
Isolating application components for scalability
Reverse proxy performance tuning
Summary
6
The NGINX HTTP Server
The NGINX HTTP Server
NGINX's architecture
The HTTP core module
Using limits to prevent abuse
Restricting access
Streaming media files
Predefined variables
Using NGINX with PHP-FPM
Wiring NGINX and uWSGI together
Summary
7
NGINX for the Developer
NGINX for the Developer
Caching integration
Changing content on-the-fly
Using Server Side Includes
Decision-making in NGINX
Creating a secure link
Generating images
Tracking website visitors
Preventing inadvertent code execution
Summary
8
Troubleshooting Techniques
Troubleshooting Techniques
Analyzing log files
Configuring advanced logging
Common configuration errors
Operating system limits
Performance problems
Using the Stub Status module
Summary
Directive Reference
Directive Reference
Table: Directive reference
Rewrite Rule Guide
Rewrite Rule Guide
Introducing the rewrite module
Creating new rewrite rules
Translating from Apache
Summary
The NGINX Community
The NGINX Community
Mailing list
IRC channel
Web resources
Writing a good bug report
Summary
Persisting Solaris Network Tunings
Persisting Solaris Network Tunings
Index
Index

About the Author

Dimitri Aivaliotis works as a Systems Architect at a hosting provider in Zurich, Switzerland. His career has taken him from building a Linux-based computer network for a school up through dual-datacenter high-availability infrastructures for banks and online portals. He has spent over a decade solving his customers’ problems and discovered NGINX along the way. He uses the software daily to provide web serving, proxying, and media-streaming services to his customers.

Dimitri graduated summa cum laude with a BS in Physics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and received an MS in Management Information Systems at Florida State University.

This is his first book.

I would like to thank John Blackwell and Phil Margolis for reading early drafts of the manuscript. Their criticism and tips have helped me greatly and made this a better book. I would also like to thank the technical reviewers for providing constructive feedback and pointing out errors I have made along the way. Any remaining errors are of course my own.

The team at Packt Publishing has been really supportive in getting this project off the ground.Their faith in me as a writer has bolstered me during the dark times of missed deadlines.

The knowledge and support of the NGINX, Inc. team has been instrumental in filling in the gaps in my understanding of how NGINX works. I could not have written this book without them.

An especially heartfelt thanks goes out to my family. My wife and children have had to cope with my many writing sessions. Their patience during this time is greatly appreciated.

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