Nginx 1 Web Server implementation cookbook: over 100 recipes to master using the Nginx HTTP server and reverse proxy

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This is a cookbook full of illustrations and diagrams to help you implement your web needs with Nginx, with a focus on practical examples. If you are tired of Apache consuming all your server memory with little traffic and to overcome this, or for some other reason, you are looking for a high-performance load-balancing proxy server and have tried using Nginx, then this book is for you. You need some basic knowledge of Nginx. System administrators and web developers will benefit greatly from this book.  Read more... Abstract: This is a cookbook full of illustrations and diagrams to help you implement your web needs with Nginx, with a focus on practical examples. If you are tired of Apache consuming all your server memory with little traffic and to overcome this, or for some other reason, you are looking for a high-performance load-balancing proxy server and have tried using Nginx, then this book is for you. You need some basic knowledge of Nginx. System administrators and web developers will benefit greatly from this book Content: Nginx 1 Web Server Implementation Cookbook Nginx 1 Web Server Implementation Cookbook Credits About the Author About the Reviewers www.PacktPub.com Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more Why Subscribe? Free Access for Packt account holders Preface What this book covers What you need for this book Who this book is for Conventions Reader feedback Customer support Downloading the example code Errata Piracy Questions 1. The Core HTTP Module Introduction Installing new modules and compiling Nginx How to do it... There's more... Running Nginx in debug mode How to do it...There's more... Easy reloading of Nginx using the CLI How to do it... Splitting configuration files for better management How to do it... Setting up multiple virtual hosts How to do it... How it works... There's more... Setting up a default catch-all virtual host How to do it... How it works... Using wildcards in virtual hosts How to do it... How it works... Setting up the number of worker processes correctly How to do it... How it works... There's more... Increasing the size of uploaded files How to do it... There's more... Using dynamic SSI for simple sitesHow to do it... How it works... There's more... Adding content before and after a particular page How to do it... Enabling auto indexing of a directory How to do it... How it works... Serving any random web page from a directory How to do it... How it works... Serving cookies for identifying and logging users How to do it... How it works... There's more... Re-encoding the response to another encoding How to do it... How it works... There's more... Enabling Gzip compression on some content types How to do it... How it works... There's more... Setting up 404 and other error pagesHow to do it... How it works... 2. All About Rewrites: The Rewrite Module Introduction Setting up a simple redirect How to do it... How it works... There's more... Using variables in your rewrite How to do it... How it works... There's more... Using cookies for your rewrites How to do it... How it works... Using browser agents for your rewrites How to do it... How it works... Using rate limits as a condition for rewrites How to do it... How it works... There's more... Blocking requests based on HTTP referrers How to do it... How it works...Serving maintenance page when deploying How to do it... How it works... Setting up a WordPress site with static file serving How to do it... How it works... There's more... Setting up a Drupal site with static file serving How to do it... How it works... There's more... Setting up a Magento site with static file serving How to do it... How it works... Converting your Apache's .htaccess into Nginx rewrites How to do it... How it works... There's more... Using maps to make configurations cleaner How to do it... How it works... There's more...