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In this basic level series, I will post best practices to configure the NGINX web server using Linux based instances.
Apache operates in "prefork mode," employing a predetermined quantity of processes, each dedicated to handling one request at a time, whether static or dynamic. In contrast, NGINX takes an asynchronous approach toward requests. A single NGINX process...
This article explains how to create a simple virtual host configuration to host a website on NGINX. I used Ubuntu 22.04 LTS for this tutorial. To tell NGINX how to host our website and where it is located, write a server {} context with directives in...
In this post, we will see how to use nginx variables in a config file. NGINX variables are a powerful tool that can be used to dynamically generate content, control routing, and perform other tasks. Variables can be set in the NGINX configuration fil...
Rewrites and redirects are used to direct the user to a different URI path. Redirects change the path of the URL on the user's browser while rewrites do not. Redirects When using a redirect, the user is redirected to a new URI and the URI changes in ...
Logging is extremely important as it allows us to view errors, malicious users and bots. There are 2 types of logs - access logs and error logs. As the name suggests, error logs are used to log errors and warnings. Access logs log all requests to the...
Here are the different types of NGINX directives: Global directives are instructions that apply to the entire NGINX configuration. For example, the worker_processes directive specifies the number of worker processes that NGINX will create. worker_p...
