Nginx

nginx(8) is a web and proxy server written for modern workloads (chiefly multi-threading).

Installation

Most Linux and BSD distributions offer a nginx package.

On Ubuntu, to ensure all security patches have been applied, use the upstream PPA.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nginx/stable
sudo apt update
sudo apt install nginx

Containers

Docker container images are also available for the last two versions. The image is available from DockerHub as docker.io/library/nginx (or simply nginx when using docker(1) specifically).

Try:

docker run --detach --name my-nginx \
  --mount type=bind,src=/path/to/web/root,dst=/usr/share/nginx/html,readonly \
  --publish 127.0.0.1:8080:80 \
  nginx:latest

Configuration

To check the configuration of nginx(8), run...

nginx -t

Syntax

• Location

• Http

• Rewriting and Returning

• Server

• Try Files

Proxying

• FastCGI

• Uwsgi

Advanced Configuration

• Authentication

• Client Caching

• Compression

• Encryption

Restricting Referrers

It is sometimes desirable to block referrals.

valid_referers none blocked server_names
               ~example\.com;
if ($invalid_referer) {
    return 403;
}

none matching missing referers ("-"), while blocked matches referers that have been deleted by a firewall.

Literal server names are given with a leading or trailing asterisk (*). Regular expressions are given with a leading tilde (~).

See also

nginx(8)

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