/nginx-practice

nginx-practice

A practice repository for different nginx configurations for:

  • Webservers
  • Reverse proxies
  • Load balancers

The configurations focus on:

  • Performance
  • Security (HTTP/2, SSL, TFS, /etc/sysctl.conf)
  • Caching (including micro cache)
  • Geographical access control
  • Bandwidth access control

nginx commands

  • nginx -h: shows the help menu
  • nginx -v: shows the nginx version
  • nginx -V: shows the nginx version, build information, and configuration arguments
  • nginx -t: tests the nginx configuration
  • nginx -T: tests the nginx configuration and prints the validated configuration to the screen
  • nginx -s signal: Sends signals to stop, quit, reload, and reopen the nginx process

complete example (webserver, load balancer, reverse proxy)

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