INTRODUCTION TO NGINX
AWANTIKA & MOHM. ANAS
AGENDA
o WHAT IS NGINX
o WHY USE NGINX
o INSTALLING /RUNNING
NGINX
o NGINX PROCESS MODEL
o HIGH AVAILABILITY
o UNDERSTANDING
CONFIGURATIONS
WHAT IS NGINX
Pronounced as “Engine X”
Open source web and reverse proxy
server
High performance HTTP, HTTPS,
SMTP, IMAP, POP3 server,
Load balancing and HTTP caching
Asynchronous event-driven
architecture
WHO USES NGINX
o LIGHTWEIGHT WITH SMALL MEMORY
FOOTPRINT
o USES PREDICTABLE MEMORY UNDER LOAD
o PROVIDES HIGH LEVEL OF CONCURRENCY
o SERVES STATIC CONTENT QUICKLY
o HANDLES CONNECTIONS
ASYNCHRONOUSLY
o USES SINGLE THREAD
WHY USE NGINX
INSTALLING NGINX
STARTING/RESTARTING NGINX
NGINX PROCESS MODEL
STATIC WEBSITE
STATIC WEBSITE
HIGH AVAILABILITY
THANK YOU

nginx Project for BCA 3rd year DSEU.pptx