Nginx HTTP Server - Third Edition

Clément Nedelcu

ISBN 10: 1785280333 / ISBN 13: 9781785280337

Published by Packt Publishing, 2015

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Title: Nginx HTTP Server - Third Edition

Publisher: Packt Publishing

Publication Date: 2015

Binding: Taschenbuch

Condition: Neu

Edition: 3rd Edition

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Harness the power of Nginx to make the most of your infrastructure and serve pages faster than ever About This Book * Discover possible interactions between Nginx and Apache to get the best of both worlds * Learn to exploit the features offered by NGinx for your web applications * Get the newest techniques available, designed with the latest version in mind Who This Book Is For By covering both the early setup stages and advanced topics, this book suits web administrators who interested in solutions to optimize their infrastructure, whether you are looking into replacing your existing web server software or integrating a new tool to cooperate with applications that are already up and running. If you, your visitors, and your operating system have been disappointed by Apache, this book is exactly what you need. What You Will Learn * Get to know the basics of the Nginx configuration: syntax, structure, and semantics * Understand the advanced load balancing functionality of Nginx and the newest innovative IO mechanisms * Create virtual host configurations effortlessly * Discover all the first-party modules: how to enable, configure, and use them * Establish advanced rewrite rules with the Nginx Rewrite module * Set up Nginx to work with PHP, Python, and more via FastCGI * Configure Nginx to work as frontend for your existing HTTP server * Manipulate configuration files with ease and adapt them to various situations * Discover the common pitfalls and find out how to avoid them In Detail Nginx is a lightweight HTTP server designed for high-traffic websites, with network scalability as the primary objective. With the advent of high speed Internet access, short loading times and fast transfer rates have become a necessity. This free, open source solution will either come as a full replacement of other software such as Apache, or stand in front of your existing infrastructure to improve its overall speed. This book is a detailed guide to setting up Nginx in differen

About the Author:

Clement Nedelcu

Clement Nedelcu was born in France and studied in UK, French, and Chinese universities. After teaching computer science, programming, and systems administration in several eastern Chinese universities, he worked as technology consultant in France, specialized in 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. This eventually led him to discover Nginx; it made such a difference that he started his own blog about it.You can find his blog here : http://cnedelcu.blogspot.in/