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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

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781835469873
Length 262 pages
Edition 5th Edition
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Martin Bjerretoft Fjordvald Martin Bjerretoft Fjordvald
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Gabriel Ouiran Gabriel Ouiran
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters Close

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 16. Other Books You May Enjoy

Downloading and Installing NGINX

NGINX (pronounced engine-x) has become the leader among web servers ever since it came out 20 years ago. Back in 2004, its main goal was to outperform Apache, and today, NGINX is outperforming every web server when it comes to high-traffic websites or security. Throughout this book, we will discover and learn how to use NGINX, step by step. We will cover many subjects to have a configuration tailored to everyone’s needs.

In this first chapter, we will proceed with the necessary steps toward establishing a functional setup of NGINX. This moment is crucial for the smooth functioning of your web server—there are some required libraries and tools for installing the web server, some parameters that you will have to decide upon when compiling the binaries, and there may also be some configuration changes to perform on your system.

By the end of this chapter, you will have installed NGINX either through a public repository or by compiling...

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