NGINX Cookbook : advanced recipes for high-performance load balancing / Derek DeJonghe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

DeJonghe, Derek, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Web servers--Computer programs.

Web servers.

HTTP (Computer network protocol).

Open source software.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (195 p.)

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Sebastopol, CA : O'Reilly Media, 2024.

Summary:

NGINX is one of the most widely used web servers available today, in part because of its capabilities as a load balancer and reverse proxy server for HTTP and other network protocols. This revised cookbook provides easy-to-follow examples of real-world problems in application delivery. Practical recipes help you set up and use either the open source or commercial offering to solve problems in various use cases. For professionals who understand modern web architectures such as n-tier or microservice designs and common web protocols such as TCP and HTTP, these recipes include proven solutions for security and software load balancing and for monitoring and maintaining NGINX's application delivery platform. You'll also explore advanced features of both NGINX and NGINX Plus, the free and licensed versions of this server. You'll find recipes for: High-performance load balancing with HTTP, TCP, and UDP Securing access through encrypted traffic, secure links, HTTP authentication subrequests, and more Deploying NGINX to Google, AWS, and Azure Cloud Services NGINX Plus as a service provider in a SAML environment HTTP/3 (QUIC), OpenTelemetry, and the njs module.

Contents:

Cover

Copyright

Table of Contents

Preface

Conventions Used in This Book

O'Reilly Online Learning

How to Contact Us

Chapter 1. Basics

1.0 Introduction

1.1 Installing NGINX on Debian/Ubuntu

Problem

Solution

Discussion

1.2 Installing NGINX Through the YUM Package Manager

1.3 Installing NGINX Plus

1.4 Verifying Your Installation

1.5 Key Files, Directories, and Commands

Discussion

1.6 Using Includes for Clean Configs

1.7 Serving Static Content

See Also

Chapter 2. High-Performance Load Balancing

2.0 Introduction

2.1 HTTP Load Balancing

2.2 TCP Load Balancing

2.3 UDP Load Balancing

2.4 Load-Balancing Methods

2.5 Sticky Cookie with NGINX Plus

2.6 Sticky Learn with NGINX Plus

Problem

Solution

2.7 Sticky Routing with NGINX Plus

2.8 Connection Draining with NGINX Plus

2.9 Passive Health Checks

2.10 Active Health Checks with NGINX Plus

2.11 Slow Start with NGINX Plus

Chapter 3. Traffic Management

3.0 Introduction

3.1 A/B Testing

3.2 Using the GeoIP Module and Database

3.3 Restricting Access Based on Country

3.4 Finding the Original Client

3.5 Limiting Connections

3.6 Limiting Rate

3.7 Limiting Bandwidth

Chapter 4. Massively Scalable Content Caching

4.0 Introduction

4.1 Caching Zones

4.2 Caching Hash Keys

4.3 Cache Locking

Problem

4.4 Use Stale Cache

4.5 Cache Bypass

4.6 Cache Purging with NGINX Plus

4.7 Cache Slicing

Chapter 5. Programmability and Automation

5.0 Introduction

5.1 NGINX Plus API

5.2 Using the Key-Value Store with NGINX Plus

See Also

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

5.3 Using the njs Module to Expose JavaScript Functionality Within NGINX

ISBN:

9781098158422

1098158423

OCLC:

1419869780