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= NGINX = = Nginx =
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Most Linux and BSD distributions offer a `nginx` package. Most [[Linux]] and [[BSD]] distributions offer a `nginx` package.
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On Ubuntu, to ensure all security patches have been applied, use the upstream PPA. On [[Linux/Ubuntu|Ubuntu]], to ensure all security patches have been applied, use the upstream PPA.
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=== Containers ===

[[Docker]] container images are also available for the last two versions. The image is available from [[Docker/Hub|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
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=== Server blocks === === Syntax ===
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=== Location blocks ===

An example location for a uWSGI (Python) server, such as [[MoinMoinSetup|MoinMoin]].

{{{
location / {
  include /etc/nginx/uwsgi_params;
  uwsgi_pass unix:///var/www/my-wsgi-app/my-wsgi-app.sock;
}
}}}
 * [[Nginx/Location|Location]]
 * [[Nginx/Http|Http]]
 * [[Nginx/RewritingAndReturning|Rewriting and Returning]]
 * [[Nginx/Server|Server]]
 * [[Nginx/TryFiles|Try Files]]
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=== Restricting Access === === Proxying ===
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Access is best restricted by returning error code `444`, which causes the connection to drop without any signalling to the client.  * [[Nginx/FastCGI|FastCGI]]
 * [[Nginx/Uwsgi|Uwsgi]]
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Best practice is for the default server to deny all requests, ensuring that only known domains are served.
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{{{
server {
    listen 80 default_server;
    server_name _;
    return 444;
}
}}}
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To deny requests based on the URI, use a location block. === Advanced Configuration ===
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{{{
location ~ ^\.ht {
    return 444;
}
}}}

To deny requests based on the HTTP method, use a conditional statement.

{{{
if ($request_method !~ ^(GET|HEAD|POST)$ ) {
    return 444;
}
}}}

In all circumstances, conditional statements should be the last resort technique. They can be less than intuitive and difficult to debug.
 * [[Nginx/Authentication|Authentication]]
 * [[Nginx/ClientCaching|Client Caching]]
 * [[Nginx/Compression|Compression]]
 * [[Nginx/Encryption|Encryption]]
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== See also ==

[[https://man.archlinux.org/man/extra/nginx/nginx.8.en|nginx(8)]]

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

Proxying

Advanced Configuration

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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