Mastering NGINX -- Table of Contents -- 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 options -- Table: 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 files -- The 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 service -- SMTP 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 servers -- uWSGI 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 -- Compressing -- Table: Gzip module directives -- Summary -- 6. The NGINX HTTP Server -- NGINX's architecture -- The HTTP core module -- The server -- Table: HTTP server directives -- Logging -- Table: HTTP logging directives -- Table: Log format variables -- Finding files -- Table: HTTP file-path directives -- Name resolution -- Table: Name resolution directives -- Client interaction -- Table: HTTP client interaction directives -- Using limits to prevent abuse -- Table: HTTP limits directives -- Restricting access -- Table: HTTP access module directives.

Streaming media files -- Table: HTTP streaming directives -- Predefined variables -- Table: HTTP variables -- Using NGINX with PHP-FPM -- Table: FastCGI directives -- An example Drupal configuration -- Wiring NGINX and uWSGI together -- An example Django configuration -- Summary -- 7. NGINX for the Developer -- Caching integration -- No application caching -- Caching in the database -- Table: Memcached module directives -- Caching in the filesystem -- Table: Header modifying directives -- Changing content on-the-fly -- The addition module -- Table: HTTP addition module directives -- The sub module -- Table: HTTP sub module directives -- The xslt module -- Table: HTTP XSLT module directives -- Using Server Side Includes -- Table: Server Side Includes directives -- Table: Server Side Includes commands -- Decision-making in NGINX -- Table: Perl module directives -- Creating a secure link -- Generating images -- Table: Image filter directives -- Tracking website visitors -- Table: UserID module directives -- Preventing inadvertent code execution -- Summary -- 8. Troubleshooting Techniques -- Analyzing log files -- Error log file formats -- Error log file entry examples -- Configuring advanced logging -- Debug logging -- Switching binaries at runtime -- Using access logs for debugging -- Common configuration errors -- Using if instead of try_files -- Using if as a hostname switch -- Not using the server context to best effect -- Operating system limits -- File descriptor limits -- Network limits -- Performance problems -- Using the Stub Status module -- Summary -- A. Directive Reference -- Table: Directive reference -- B. Rewrite Rule Guide -- Introducing the rewrite module -- Table: Rewrite module directives -- Creating new rewrite rules -- Translating from Apache -- Rule #1: Replace directory and file existence checks with try_files.

Rule #2: Replace matches against REQUEST_URI with a location -- Rule #3: Replace matches against HTTP_HOST with a server -- Rule #4: Replace RewriteCond with if for variable checks -- Summary -- C. The NGINX Community -- Mailing list -- IRC channel -- Web resources -- Writing a good bug report -- Summary -- D. Persisting Solaris Network Tunings -- Index.