NGINX Cookbook

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 cookbook provides easy-to-follow examples to real-world problems in application delivery. The practical recipes will 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 including TCP and HTTP, these recipes provide proven solutions for security, software load balancing, and 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 Cloud, AWS, and Azure cloud computing services Setting up and configuring NGINX Controller Installing and configuring the NGINX Plus App Protect module Enabling WAF through Controller ADC.

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Intro -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Conventions Used in This Book -- Using Code Examples -- O'Reilly Online Learning -- How to Contact Us -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Basics -- 1.0 Introduction -- 1.1 Installing on Debian/Ubuntu -- Problem -- Solution -- Discussion -- 1.2 Installing on RedHat/CentOS -- Problem -- Solution -- Discussion -- 1.3 Installing NGINX Plus -- Problem -- Solution -- Discussion -- 1.4 Verifying Your Installation -- Problem -- Solution -- Discussion -- 1.5 Key Files, Directories, and Commands -- Problem -- Solution -- Discussion

1.6 Serving Static Content -- Problem -- Solution -- Discussion -- Also See -- 1.7 Graceful Reload -- Problem -- Solution -- Discussion -- Chapter 2. High-Performance Load Balancing -- 2.0 Introduction -- 2.1 HTTP Load Balancing -- Problem -- Solution -- Discussion -- 2.2 TCP Load Balancing -- Problem -- Solution -- Discussion -- 2.3 UDP Load Balancing -- Problem -- Solution -- Discussion -- 2.4 Load-Balancing Methods -- Problem -- Solution -- Discussion -- 2.5 Sticky Cookie with NGINX Plus -- Problem -- Solution -- Discussion -- 2.6 Sticky Learn with NGINX Plus -- Problem -- Solution

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