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The "Awesome Nginx" project is a curated collection of resources dedicated to Nginx, a high-performance web server and reverse proxy server. This list encompasses a variety of categories including configuration guides, performance tuning tips, modules, tools for monitoring and logging, and community-driven tutorials. It serves as an invaluable resource for web developers, system administrators, and DevOps professionals, whether they are just starting with Nginx or looking to deepen their expertise. Users can discover best practices and innovative techniques to optimize their web server setup and enhance application delivery.

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Table of Contents

14 sections · 98 projects

Understanding Nginx

6 projects
History of Nginx

nginx.com
Understanding Nginx versioning

nginx.com
Interview with the creator of Nginx

web.archive.org
Interview with Igor Sysoev, author of Apache's competitor NGINX

freesoftwaremagazine.com
The case for Nginx in front of application servers

cambus.net
Nginx Optimization: understanding sendfile, tcp_nodelay and tcp_nopush

thoughts.t37.net

Architecture

6 projects
The Architecture of Open Source Applications (Volume 2): nginx

aosabook.org
Nginx Guts - Shedding light on Nginx internals

nginxguts.com
Nginx discovery journey

nginx-discovery.com
Nginx Internals

slideshare.net
Inside NGINX: How We Designed for Performance & Scale

nginx.com
Thread Pools in NGINX

nginx.com

Configuration

16 projects
Beginner's Guide

nginx.org
Alphabetical index of variables

nginx.org
Nginx Pitfalls

nginx.com
Useful Rewrites for Nginx

blog.engineyard.com
Nginx Configuration Primer

blog.martinfjordvald.com
Nginx Primer 2: From Apache to Nginx

blog.martinfjordvald.com
Understanding the Nginx Configuration Inheritance Model

blog.martinfjordvald.com
Nginx HTTP server boilerplate configsNginx HTTP server boilerplate configs

A collection of Nginx configuration files to improve server performance, security, and resource delivery.

#http-server#standard#devops
Stars11,563
Forks1,522
Last commit1 month ago
Nginx Boilerplate - Configuration template and a set of handy must-have snippetsNginx Boilerplate - Configuration template and a set of handy must-have snippets

A comprehensive Nginx configuration template with optimized defaults, SSL setup, and Docker integration.

#reverse-proxy#devops#web-server
Stars2,439
Forks190
Last commit8 years ago
How to Configure OCSP Stapling in Apache and Nginx

sslmate.com
NGINX Config - Online nginx configuration generator

digitalocean.com
Nice nginx features for developers

alex.dzyoba.com
Nice nginx features for operators

alex.dzyoba.com
Avoiding the Top 10 NGINX Configuration Mistakes

nginx.com
Gixy - Nginx configuration static analyzerGixy - Nginx configuration static analyzer

A static analysis tool for detecting security misconfigurations and flaws in Nginx configuration files.

#devops#web-server#vulnerability-detection
Stars8,567
Forks452
Last commit2 years ago
Nginx common configuration - Universal config and snippetsNginx common configuration - Universal config and snippets

A collection of production-ready Nginx configuration snippets, templates, and best practices for common web server setups.

#reverse-proxy#sandbox#configs
Stars584
Forks21
Last commit3 years ago

Security

1 projects
BunkerWeb - Next-generation, open-source Web Application Firewall (WAF) based on Nginx

bunkerweb.io

Tutorials

13 projects
NGINX and NGINX Plus Admin Guide

docs.nginx.com
agentzh's Nginx Tutorials

openresty.org
Introduction to nginx.conf scripting

agentzh.org
Load Balancing with NGINX and NGINX Plus

nginx.com
Optimizing Nginx for High Traffic Loads

blog.martinfjordvald.com
NGINX as a WebSockets Proxy

nginx.com
HTTP Keepalive Connections and Web Performance

nginx.com
CORS on Nginx

enable-cors.org
Serving precompressed content with Nginx and Zopfli

cambus.net
Nginx on FreeBSD

cambus.net
Using New Debugging Features to Probe NGINX Internals

nginx.com
Performing A/B Testing with NGINX and NGINX Plus

nginx.com
Improving NGINX Performance with Kernel TLS and SSL_sendfile()

nginx.com

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