Mastering Nginx. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Dipankar Sarkar.
• Other Names: Sarkar, Dipankar
• Contents: Table of Contents; Mastering NGINX; Mastering NGINX; 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. Installing NGINX and Third-Party Modules; Installing NGINX using a package manager; CentOS; Debian; Installing NGINX from source; Preparing a build environment; Compiling from source. Table: Common configure optionsTable: Configure options for optimization; Configuring for web or mail service; Configure options for a mail proxy; Table: Mail configure options; Configure the options to specify paths; Table: HTTP configure options; Enabling various modules; Table: HTTP module configure options; Disabling unused modules; Table: Disable configure options; Finding and installing third-party modules; Putting it all together; Summary; 2. A Configuration Guide; The basic configuration format; NGINX global configuration parameters; Table: Global configuration directives. Using include filesThe HTTP server section; Client directives; Table: HTTP client directives; File I/O directives; Table: HTTP file I/O directives; Hash directives; Table: HTTP hash directives; Socket directives; Table: HTTP socket directives; Sample configuration; The virtual server section; Table: listen parameters; Locations -- where, when, and how; Table: Location modifiers; Table: Location-only directives; The mail server section; Table: Mail module directives; Table: Mail SSL directives; Full sample configuration; Summary; 3. Using the Mail Module; Basic proxy service; POP3 service. IMAP serviceSMTP service; Using SSL/TLS; Complete mail example; Authentication service; Combining with memcached; Interpreting log files; Operating system limits; Summary; 4. NGINX as a Reverse Proxy; Introduction to reverse proxying; The proxy module; Table: Proxy module directives; Legacy servers with cookies; The upstream module; Table: Upstream module directives; Keepalive connections; Load-balancing algorithms; Types of upstream servers; Single upstream server; Multiple upstream servers; Non-HTTP upstream servers; Memcached upstream servers; FastCGI upstream servers. SCGI upstream serversuWSGI upstream servers; Converting an ""if""-fy configuration to a more modern interpretation; Using error documents to handle upstream problems; Determining the client's real IP address; Summary; 5. Reverse Proxy Advanced Topics; Security through separation; Encrypting traffic with SSL; Authenticating clients using SSL; Blocking traffic based on originating IP address; Isolating application components for scalability; Reverse proxy performance tuning; Buffering; Table: Proxy module buffering directives; Caching; Table: Proxy module caching directives; Storing.
• Publisher Details: Birmingham : Packt Publishing
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (301 pages)
• Subjects: 004.6; COMPUTERS -- Information Technology; Web servers -- Computer programs; HTTP (Computer network protocol); Open source software; COMPUTERS -- Programming -- Open Source; HTTP (Computer network protocol); Open source software; Web servers -- Computer programs; COMPUTERS -- Client-Server Computing; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781849517454; 1849517452
• Related ISBNs: 1849517452; 9781849517447; 1849517444
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