Usage
Newest Stable Version: 1.8.0 (Apr 21, 15)
Initial Release: Oct 2004
Installation
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nginx
sudo service nginx start
Optional
sudo apt-get install php5-fpm
sudo ufw allow 80
sudo ufw enableMain Configuration
/etc/nginx/nginx.conf
/etc/nginx/sites-available/
/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/Paths
default nginx.conf
user www-data;
worker_processes 4;
pid /var/run/nginx.pid;
events {
worker_connections 768;
# multi_accept on;
}
http {
##
# Basic Settings
##
sendfile on;
tcp_nopush on;
tcp_nodelay on;
keepalive_timeout 65;
types_hash_max_size 2048;
# server_tokens off;
# server_names_hash_bucket_size 64;
# server_name_in_redirect off;
include /etc/nginx/mime.types;
default_type application/octet-stream;
##
# Gzip Settings
##
gzip on;
gzip_disable "msie6";
# gzip_vary on;
# gzip_proxied any;
# gzip_comp_level 6;
# gzip_buffers 16 8k;
# gzip_http_version 1.1;
# gzip_types text/plain text/css application/json application/x-javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript;
include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf;
include /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/*;
}Optimized nginx.conf
user www-data www-data;
worker_processes 2;
worker_rlimit_nofile 40000;
pid /run/nginx.pid;
events {
worker_connections 2048;
multi_accept on;
use epoll;
}
http {
client_body_buffer_size 10K;
client_header_buffer_size 1k;
client_max_body_size 100M;
server_names_hash_bucket_size 64;
large_client_header_buffers 2 1k;
client_body_timeout 12;
client_header_timeout 12;
send_timeout 10;
##
# Basic Settings
##
sendfile on;
tcp_nopush on;
tcp_nodelay on;
keepalive_timeout 15;
types_hash_max_size 2048;
server_tokens off;
include /etc/nginx/mime.types;
default_type application/octet-stream;
access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log;
error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log;
gzip on;
gzip_vary on;
gzip_comp_level 2;
gzip_min_length 1000;
gzip_proxied expired no-cache no-store private auth;
gzip_types text/plain text/css text/xml text/javascript application/x-javascript application/xml;
gzip_disable "MSIE [1-6]\.";
server {
location ~* .(jpg|jpeg|png|gif|ico|css|js)$ {
expires 30d;
}
}
include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf;
include /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/*;
}php5-fpm
sudo emacs /etc/php5/fpm/pool.d/www.conf
listen = /var/run/php5-fpm.sock
sudo service php5-fpm restart/etc/php5/fpm/php.ini
/etc/php5/fpm/pool.d/www.confConfig Files
Server Block / vHost
server {
listen 80;
server_name nginx.com www.nginx.com;
set $root_path '/var/www/vhosts/nginx/app/webroot';
root $root_path;
index index.html index.php;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
}
location @rewrite {
rewrite ^/(.*)$ /index.php?_url=/$1;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
try_files $uri /index.php =404;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_index index.php;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
include fastcgi_params;
}
location ~* ^/(css|img|js|flv|swf|download)/(.+)$ {
root $root_path;
}
location ~ /\.ht {
deny all;
}
}/etc/nginx/sites-available/nginx.com.vhostsudo service nginx restartMisc
Password Protect
location ^~ /secret_folder {
auth_basic "Restricted Area";
auth_basic_user_file /var/www/nginx/.htpasswd;
}
location ^~ /secret_file.txt {
auth_basic "Restricted Area";
auth_basic_user_file /var/www/nginx/.htpasswd2;
}Other ports (phpMyAdmin)
server {
listen 7173;
server_name nginx.com;
root /usr/share/phpmyadmin/;
index index.php index.html index.htm;
location ~ ^/(.+\.php)$ {
try_files $uri =404;
root /usr/share/phpmyadmin/;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_index index.php;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
include /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params;
}
location ~* ^/(.+\.(jpg|jpeg|gif|css|png|js|ico|html|xml|txt))$ {
root /usr/share/phpmyadmin/;
}
}SSL
server {
listen 80;
listen 443 ssl;
server_name nginx.com www.nginx.com;
set $root_path '/var/www/vhosts/nginx/app/webroot';
root $root_path;
index index.html index.php;
ssl_certificate /etc/ssl/nginx.crt;
ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/nginx.key;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
}
}Pros / Cons
Pros
- Running apache2 and nginx on the same server resulted in much better uptime/speeds in my own experience. Initial, basic, performance testing was showing this as well. (ab)
- Greater flexibility and overall easier to use compared to apache2
- Large sites are increasingly gravitating to it. Same with PHP developers.
Cons
- More knowledge about apache2, using nginx requires learning an entirely new piece of software.
- Less support for nginx due to more people using apache2.
- With the newest version of apache2, the gap between the two appears to be smaller.
- Less modules/extensions than apache.