nginx

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nginx

Developer(s)	Igor Sysoev
Stable release	0.7.59 / 2009-05-25; 46 days ago
Operating system	Unix-like, Windows
Type	Web server, E-mail proxy
License	BSD-like
Website	www.nginx.net

nginx (pronounced as "engine X") is a lightweight, high performance web server/reverse proxy and e-mail (IMAP/POP3) proxy, licensed under a BSD-like license.

Contents 1 Users 2 Basic HTTP features 3 Mail proxy features 4 See also 5 External links 5.1 Articles 6 References

[edit] Users

Originally, nginx was developed to fill the needs of various websites run by Rambler. According to the May 2009 Netcraft survey, nginx is now used on 6,342,250 domains, making it the fifth most popular web server^[1].

[edit] Basic HTTP features

• Handling of static files, index files and auto-indexing
• Reverse proxy with caching
• Load balancing
• fault tolerance
• SSL support
• FastCGI support
• Name- and IP-based virtual servers
• FLV streaming
• MP4 streaming, using the MP4 streaming module
• Web page access authentication
• gzip compression

[edit] Mail proxy features

• SMTP, POP3 and IMAP proxy
• STARTTLS support
• SSL support

It is known to be able to run on UNIX, Linux, BSD variants, Mac OS X, Solaris, and Microsoft Windows (using Cygwin). A native Windows version is being worked on in the experimental release.

[edit] See also

• Comparison of web servers
• Comparison of lightweight web servers
• Apache HTTP Server

[edit] External links

• Official nginx website
  • nginx Wiki
  • nginx Forum

[edit] Articles

• Geolocation with Nginx and free IP database for geo_module.
• Nginx "HOW TO" - Fast and Secure Web Server with fully working examples and explanations.
• Open Source SSL Acceleration with Nginx

[edit] References