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# Nginx Resources [![Awesome](https://cdn.rawgit.com/sindresorhus/awesome/d7305f38d29fed78fa85652e3a63e154dd8e8829/media/badge.svg)](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome)
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A collection of resources covering Nginx, Nginx + Lua, OpenResty and Tengine.
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This list is maintained by [Frederic Cambus ](http://www.cambus.net ). For updates, follow me on Twitter : [@fcambus ](https://twitter.com/fcambus )
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## Understanding Nginx
- [History of Nginx ](http://nginx.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Infographic_History-of-Nginx_FulI_20141101.png )
- [Understanding Nginx versioning ](http://nginx.com/blog/nginx-1-6-1-7-released/ )
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- [Interview with creator of NGINX Igor Sysoev ](http://www.webhostingskills.com/open_source/articles/interview_with_creator_of_nginx_igor_sysoev/ ) ([Better traduction](https://mindend.com/index.php/interview-with-the-creator-of-nginx/))
- [Interview with Igor Sysoev, author of Apache's competitor NGINX ](http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/interview_igor_sysoev_author_apaches_competitor_nginx )
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- [The case for Nginx in front of application servers ](http://www.cambus.net/the-case-for-nginx-in-front-of-application-servers/ )
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- [Nginx Optimization: understanding sendfile, tcp_nodelay and tcp_nopush ](https://t37.net/nginx-optimization-understanding-sendfile-tcp_nodelay-and-tcp_nopush.html )
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## Architecture
- [The Architecture of Open Source Applications (Volume 2): nginx ](http://aosabook.org/en/nginx.html )
- [Nginx Guts - Shedding light on Nginx internals ](http://www.nginxguts.com/category/nginx/ )
- [Nginx discovery journey ](http://www.nginx-discovery.com/ )
- [Nginx Internals ](http://www.slideshare.net/joshzhu/nginx-internals )
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- [Inside NGINX: How We Designed for Performance & Scale ](http://nginx.com/blog/inside-nginx-how-we-designed-for-performance-scale/ )
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- [Thread Pools in NGINX ](http://nginx.com/blog/thread-pools-boost-performance-9x/ )
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## Configuration
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- [Beginner's Guide ](http://nginx.org/en/docs/beginners_guide.html )
- [Alphabetical index of variables ](http://nginx.org/en/docs/varindex.html )
- [Nginx Pitfalls ](http://wiki.nginx.org/Pitfalls )
- [Nginx Secure Web Server with HTTP, HTTPS SSL and Reverse Proxy Examples ](https://calomel.org/nginx.html )
- [Useful Rewrites for Nginx ](https://blog.engineyard.com/2011/useful-rewrites-for-nginx/ )
- [Nginx Configuration Primer ](http://blog.martinfjordvald.com/2010/07/nginx-primer/ )
- [Nginx Primer 2: From Apache to Nginx ](http://blog.martinfjordvald.com/2011/02/nginx-primer-2-from-apache-to-nginx/ )
- [Understanding the Nginx Configuration Inheritance Model ](http://blog.martinfjordvald.com/2012/08/understanding-the-nginx-configuration-inheritance-model/ )
- [Nginx HTTP server boilerplate configs ](https://github.com/h5bp/server-configs-nginx )
- [Nginx Boilerplate - Configuration template and a set of handy must-have snippets ](https://github.com/Umkus/nginx-boilerplate )
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- [Cranking Nginx to 11 ](https://speakerdeck.com/helgi/cranking-nginx-to-11 )
- [Nginx and PHP, match made in heaven ](https://speakerdeck.com/helgi/nginx-and-php-match-made-in-heaven )
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- [How to Configure OCSP Stapling in Apache and Nginx ](https://sslmate.com/blog/post/ocsp_stapling_in_apache_and_nginx )
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## Tutorials
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- [NGINX and NGINX Plus Admin Guide ](http://nginx.com/resources/admin-guide/ )
- [agentzh's Nginx Tutorials ](http://openresty.org/download/agentzh-nginx-tutorials-en.html ) ([Source](https://github.com/openresty/nginx-tutorials))
- [Introduction to nginx.conf scripting ](http://agentzh.org/misc/slides/nginx-conf-scripting/nginx-conf-scripting.html )
- [Load Balancing with NGINX and NGINX Plus ](http://nginx.com/blog/load-balancing-with-nginx-plus/ ) ([Part 2](http://nginx.com/blog/load-balancing-with-nginx-plus-part2/))
- [Optimizing Nginx for High Traffic Loads ](http://blog.martinfjordvald.com/2011/04/optimizing-nginx-for-high-traffic-loads/ )
- [Nginx Load Balancing Basics ](http://blog.jsdelivr.com/2013/01/nginx-load-balancing-basics.html )
- [NGINX as a WebSockets Proxy ](http://nginx.com/blog/websocket-nginx/ )
- [HTTP Keepalive Connections and Web Performance ](http://nginx.com/blog/http-keepalives-and-web-performance/ )
- [CORS on Nginx ](http://enable-cors.org/server_nginx.html )
- [Using NGINX As An Intelligent Proxy & Web Server ](https://docs.apitools.com/blog/2014/06/10/using-nginx-as-an-intelligent-proxy-web-server.html )
- [Serving precompressed content with Nginx and Zopfli ](http://www.cambus.net/serving-precompressed-content-with-nginx-and-zopfli/ )
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- [Nginx on FreeBSD ](http://www.cambus.net/nginx-on-freebsd/ )
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- [Using New Debugging Features to Probe NGINX Internals ](https://www.nginx.com/blog/new-debugging-features-probe-nginx-internals/ )
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## Modules development
- [Guide to Nginx Module Development ](http://www.evanmiller.org/nginx-modules-guide.html )
- [Advanced Topics In Nginx Module Development ](http://www.evanmiller.org/nginx-modules-guide-advanced.html )
- [Developing Nginx Modules ](http://www.airpair.com/nginx/extending-nginx-tutorial )
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## APIs
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- [Telize is a JSON IP and GeoIP REST API (IP Geolocation) built on Nginx and Lua ](http://www.telize.com )
- [GIN JSON-API framework ](http://gin.io/ )
- [Outbound API rate limits: the nginx way ](http://codetunes.com/2011/07/26/outbound-api-rate-limits-the-nginx-way )
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- [Using Nginx to comply with a third-party API's rate limits ](http://vitobotta.com/nginx-proxy-comply-api-rate-limits/ )
- [Simple API with Nginx and PostgreSQL ](http://rny.io/nginx/postgresql/2013/07/26/simple-api-with-nginx-and-postgresql.html )
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- [Kong - Management Layer for Microservices and APIs ](http://getkong.org )
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## Hacks
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- [Nginx JSON hacks ](http://www.gabrielweinberg.com/blog/2011/07/nginx-json-hacks.html )
- [Using Environment Variables In Nginx.conf ](https://docs.apitools.com/blog/2014/07/02/using-environment-variables-in-nginx-conf.html )
- [JSONP Proxy - Get JSONP from APIs not supporting it natively ](https://github.com/fcambus/jsonp-proxy )
- [Log rotation directly within Nginx configuration file ](http://www.cambus.net/log-rotation-directly-within-nginx-configuration-file/ )
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- [Realtime pixel tracking with Nginx, syslog-ng, and Redis ](https://benwilber.github.io/nginx/redis/syslog/pixel-tracking/2013/09/13/realtime-pixel-tracking-with-nginx-syslog-ng-and-redis.html )
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## Tips
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- [A/B testing using ngx_http_split_clients_module ](https://twitter.com/maximkonovalov/statuses/354907254216065024 )
- [Logging $tcpinfo_rtt to measure typical RTT ](https://twitter.com/maximkonovalov/statuses/352436564934148096 )
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- [Things you didn't know Nginx could do ](http://www.slideshare.net/sarahnovotny/5-things-you-didnt-know-nginx-could-do )
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- [Finding the nginx gzip_comp_level sweet spot ](https://mjanja.ch/2015/03/finding-the-nginx-gzip_comp_level-sweet-spot/ )
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## Nginx + Lua
- [Nginx, Lua, and beyond ](http://agentzh.org/misc/slides/nginx-lua-and-beyond.pdf )
- [Pushing Nginx to its limit with Lua ](http://blog.cloudflare.com/pushing-nginx-to-its-limit-with-lua/ )
- [Scripting Nginx with Lua ](http://www.londonlua.org/scripting_nginx_with_lua/ )
- [Augmenting APIs with Nginx and Lua ](http://tech.3scale.net/2013/01/09/augment-your-api-without-touching-it/ )
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- [Adding OAuth Support to Nginx via Lua ](http://chairnerd.seatgeek.com/oauth-support-for-nginx-with-lua/ )
- [Scripting libdrizzle with Lua inside Nginx ](http://agentzh.org/misc/slides/libdrizzle-lua-nginx.pdf )
- [Nginx and Lua ](http://devblog.mixlr.com/2012/09/01/nginx-lua/ )
- [Writing an Nginx authentication module in Lua ](http://www.stavros.io/posts/writing-an-nginx-authentication-module-in-lua/ )
- [Scaling TextRazor in the Cloud with Nginx and Lua ](http://www.textrazor.com/blog/2013/03/scaling-textrazor-in-the-cloud-with-nginx-and-lua.html )
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## OpenResty
- [OpenResty a fast web app server by extending nginx ](http://openresty.org/ )
- [Lapis - A web framework for Lua or MoonScript powered by OpenResty ](http://leafo.net/lapis/ )
- [Nginx image processing server with OpenResty and Lua ](http://leafo.net/posts/creating_an_image_server.html )
- [A small router for Openresty ](https://docs.apitools.com/blog/2014/04/24/a-small-router-for-openresty.html )
- [Building an OpenResty events server ](https://github.com/cagerton/dropthat/ )
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- [SysAdvent 2014 - OpenResty, Nginx and Lua ](http://sysadvent.blogspot.com/2014/12/day-22-largely-unappreciated.html ) ([Source](https://github.com/lusis/sysadvent-2014))
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- [OpenResty (Nginx) with dynamically generated certificates ](http://blog.dutchcoders.io/openresty-with-dynamic-generated-certificates/ )
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- [Ceryx - A dynamic reverse proxy ](https://www.sourcelair.com/blog/articles/75/ceryx-dynamic-nginx )
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## Tengine
- [Tengine Web Server ](http://tengine.taobao.org )
- [Difference between OpenResty and Tengine ](https://github.com/openresty/ngx_openresty/issues/54 )
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## Talks
- [NGINX Conference 2014 ](http://nginx.com/nginxconf/ )
- [NGINX Conference 2014 Videos ](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGz_X9w9raXewvc6tjIGGFZ6DBKHEld3k )
- [NGINX User Summit 2014 - Lightning talks ](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGz_X9w9raXfTnRnI6Xl0LMhAKoTVVZv8 )
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To the extent possible under law, [Frederic Cambus ](http://www.cambus.net ) has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this work.