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Nginx HTTP Server

You're reading from Nginx HTTP Server Harness the power of Nginx to make the most of your infrastructure and serve pages faster than ever before

Product type Paperback

Published in Feb 2018

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781788623551

Length 348 pages

Edition 4th Edition

Languages

PHP

Tools

HTTP

Concepts

Servers

Authors (2):

Fjordvald

Nedelcu

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Table of Contents (18) Chapters

Title Page

Dedication

Packt Upsell

Contributors

Preface

1. Downloading and Installing Nginx FREE CHAPTER

2. Basic Nginx Configuration

3. HTTP Configuration

4. Module Configuration

5. PHP and Python with Nginx

6. Nginx as an Application Server

7. Apache and Nginx Together

8. From Apache to Nginx

9. Introduction to Load Balancing and Optimization

10. Case Studies

11. Troubleshooting

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Summary

Configuring Nginx as a reverse proxy for our architecture introduces a lot of advantages in terms of loading speeds and server load, as well as architecture reliability, since you can use multiple backends. However, a few obstacles might stand in your way, especially if you are running control panel software solutions to manage your services. Moreover, you do not get to make the most of Nginx, as you are not using it for all your requests.

If you are seeking to find an even more efficient solution, you may want to look into completely replacing Apache by Nginx. The next chapter will detail this process step-by-step, from virtual hosts, to rewrite rules, to FastCGI.

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Authors (2)

Fjordvald

Fjordvald

Martin Fjordvald is a 35-year-old Danish entrepreneur who started his company straight out of high school. Backed by a popular website, he became a jack of all trades having to deal with the business, programming, and marketing side of his business. The popularity of his website grew and so did the performance requirements of his code and servers. He got involved with the community project to document Nginx early on and has written several blog posts and wiki articles detailing how Nginx works.

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Nedelcu

Nedelcu

Clement Nedelcu was born in France and studied at UK, French, and Chinese universities. After teaching computer science, programming, and systems administration at several eastern Chinese universities, he worked as a technology consultant in France, specialized in the web and .NET software development as well as Linux server administration. Since 2005, he has also been administering a major network of websites in his spare time, which allowed him to discover Nginx. Clement now works as CTO. for a Singapore-based company developing management software for schools.

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