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NGINX HTTP Server

You're reading from NGINX HTTP Server Harness the power of NGINX with a series of detailed tutorials and real-life examples

Product type Paperback

Published in May 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781835469873

Length 262 pages

Edition 5th Edition

Languages

PHP

Tools

HTTP

Concepts

Servers

Authors (3):

Martin Bjerretoft Fjordvald

Gabriel Ouiran

Mr. Clement Nedelcu

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Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1:Begin with NGINX

2. Chapter 1: Downloading and Installing NGINX FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Basic NGINX Configuration

4. Part 2: Dive into NGINX

5. Chapter 3: Exploring the HTTP Configuration

6. Chapter 4: Exploring Module Configuration in NGINX

7. Chapter 5: PHP and Python with NGINX

8. Chapter 6: NGINX as a Reverse Proxy

9. Part 3: NGINX in Action

10. Chapter 7: Introduction to Load Balancing and Optimization

11. Chapter 8: NGINX within a Cloud Infrastructure

12. Chapter 9: Fully Deploy, Manage, and Auto-Update NGINX with Ansible

13. Chapter 10: Case Studies

14. Chapter 11: Troubleshooting

15. Index

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Downloading and compiling the NGINX source code

This approach to the download process will lead us to discover the various resources at the disposal of server administrators, websites, communities, and wikis all relating to NGINX. We will also quickly discuss the different version branches available to you, and eventually, select the most appropriate one for your setup.

Websites and resources

Although NGINX is a relatively new and growing project, there are already a good number of resources available on the World Wide Web (WWW) and an active community of administrators and developers.

The official website, which is https://nginx.org/, currently serves as an official documentation reference and provides links from which to download the latest version of the application source code and binaries. A wiki is also available at https://www.nginx.com/resources/wiki/ and offers a wide selection of additional resources such as installation guides for various operating systems, tutorials...

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Authors (3)

Gabriel Ouiran

Gabriel Ouiran

Gabriel Ouiran is a systems administrator at Eduka Software, Singapore, specializing in IT infrastructure with a strong focus on AI and cloud technologies. Gabriel is also a passionate tech enthusiast and a free and open source software contributor. He has over 10 years of experience working in IT for different companies. Gabriel now applies this expertise to enhance educational software solutions.

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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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