Book description
Excel in Nginx quickly by learning to use its most essential features in real-life applications
In Detail
Nginx is an open source and cross-platform reverse proxy server designed for low memory usage and high performance and concurrency.
This book provides both basic and in-depth knowledge to help you effectively solve challenges with Nginx, or comfortably go through a transition period when switching to Nginx.
Starting with the basics, you will learn by example how to set up, configure, and operate an Nginx installation and use features of Nginx to elegantly solve challenges you experience every day when running your website. You will learn to use the rewrite engine to solve day-to-day tasks and be able to configure access restrictions in Nginx. You will also be able to manage inbound traffic using a number of Nginx features and use Nginx for load balancing and fault-tolerance features. Finally, you will learn how to solve common performance problems and apply a number of performance-tuning strategies.
Through easy exploration of the most intricate topics, this book aims to bring you to the next level in your Nginx experience.
What You Will Learn
Get started with an Nginx installation from scratch in various environments and customize it for your purposes
Start and stop a basic Nginx installation, discover the basics of process management, and learn how to set up Nginx to serve static data
Create highly-maintainable configuration files to perform the most critical Nginx maintenance tasks
Set up Nginx as a reverse proxy and learn to use the Nginx caching feature
Discover how to benefit from the Nginx rewrite engine and how to use access restrictions in Nginx
Use various Nginx features to manage inbound traffic and understand how to use Nginx load balancing and fault tolerance features
Understand advanced feature-independent performance tuning strategies and optimizations
Manage inbound and outbound traffic and configure access control
Table of contents
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Nginx Essentials
- Table of Contents
- Nginx Essentials
- Credits
- About the Author
- About the Reviewers
- www.PacktPub.com
- Preface
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1. Getting Started with Nginx
- Installing Nginx
- Configuring Nginx
- Summary
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2. Managing Nginx
- The Nginx connection processing architecture
- Starting and stopping Nginx
- Control signals and their usage
- Distribution-specific startup scripts
- Allocating worker processes
- Setting up Nginx to serve static data
- Installing SSL certificates
- Managing temporary files
- Communicating issues to developers
- Summary
- 3. Proxying and Caching
- 4. Rewrite Engine and Access Control
- 5. Managing Inbound and Outbound Traffic
- 6. Performance Tuning
- Index
Product information
- Title: Nginx Essentials
- Author(s):
- Release date: July 2015
- Publisher(s): Packt Publishing
- ISBN: 9781785289538
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