Nginx

Nginx, stylized as NGINX, nginx or NginX, is a web server that can also be used as a reverse proxy, load balancer, mail proxy and HTTP cache. The software was created by Igor Sysoev and publicly released in 2004. Nginx is free and open-source software.

  • How To Check Nginx Version?

    How To Check Nginx Version?

    If we’ve installed Nginx web server application and wanted to know what version of Nginx is installed in the system, then it is simple to retrieve the version of Nginx by calling the Nginx binary…

  • Enable Hotlink Protection in Nginx

    Enable Hotlink Protection in Nginx

    Hotlinking is the biggest issue when we have limited bandwidth to serve, and we all website owners and bloggers should enable hotlink protection to stay away from “resource limit is reached” issues from our web…

  • Install Latest Stable Version of NGINX in Ubuntu

    Install Latest Stable Version of NGINX in Ubuntu

    NGINX is the best web server for almost everything. It can handle massive web traffic while consuming fewer hardware resources. By default, you can install NGINX on Ubuntu with command apt-get install nginx, but this will…

  • How to install FastCGI cache in Nginx for WordPress

    How to install FastCGI cache in Nginx for WordPress

    WordPress needs no introduction; as it is one of the most versatile and yet powerful CMS in the world which powers more than 25% of sites in the world. There are many ways you can…

  • How to Enable HTTP/2 on NGINX?

    How to Enable HTTP/2 on NGINX?

    The experimental support for HTTP/2 became available in Nginx since the mainline version 1.9.5 and with the help of SSL it is really easy to enable it, I’ll show you how enable HTTP/2 on Nginx. Related: Install…

  • How to Install WordPress with NGINX PHP7 PHPMyAdmin

    How to Install WordPress with NGINX PHP7 PHPMyAdmin

    Here is this article we are going to see how we can install WordPress on NGINX with latest and super fast PHP7 with PHPMyAdmin on Ubuntu 16.04 which is the newest Debian/Ubuntu distribution as of…

  • Install WordPress on NGINX with FastCGI Cache in Ubuntu

    Install WordPress on NGINX with FastCGI Cache in Ubuntu

    If you are running a WordPress blog or website on NGINX Webserver, then you should also enable FastCGI caching module, because FastCGI is not only better but also faster when we compare it with WP…

  • Nginx Redirection Non-www to www and www to Non-www

    Nginx Redirection Non-www to www and www to Non-www

    Sometime we will need to redirect the main non www to www, or the vice versa, www to non www url. This Nginx Redirection is useful if you need to avoid duplicate contents in your Search…

  • How to Setup 301 Redirect in Nginx?

    How to Setup 301 Redirect in Nginx?

    301 redirect is very easy to setup if we are using Apache webserver, usually we do it via editing the .htaccess file, however if we switched to Nginx webserver then we will find that the old .htaccess 301…

  • 413 Request Entity Too Large

    413 Request Entity Too Large

    The error “413 Request Entity Too Large” is a very common error that occurs with Apache or Nginx web servers. It appears when someone requests more information than is limited by Apache or Nginx and…

  • How to Hide Nginx Version?

    How to Hide Nginx Version?

    Sometimes due to lack of time it is difficult to update the software and you end up with running old vulnerable version. In this cases, it comes to handy to know how to hide nginx…

  • Apache vs. Nginx: Selection of a Perfect Web Server

    Apache vs. Nginx: Selection of a Perfect Web Server

    About Apache and Nginx Both Apache and Nginx is web-server software, that enables us to host website on a public internet. Introduction of Apache Apache is said to be the leading HTTP server software available…

  • Nginx Performance Tuning

    Nginx Performance Tuning

    In this tutorial, we’ll see Nginx Performance Tuning tips for all major Linux distributions like Debian, CentOS, Ubuntu, and many more. Nginx is the best alternative to overbearing Apache in terms of serving more numbers…

  • NGINX: Introduction, C10K, and More

    NGINX: Introduction, C10K, and More

    NGINX (Pronounced as Engine-X) is an open-source, lightweight, high-performance web server, and proxy server. Nginx is used as a reverse proxy server for HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP, IMAP, and POP3 protocols, on the other hand, it…