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NGINX Unit 1.13.0 and 1.14.0 Introduce Reverse Proxying and Address-Based Routing It’s been quite a while since our last post, and we’ve got major news to share about our latest NGINX Unit releases, namely 1.13.0 and 1.14.0. They introduce new features that add to our toolset and extend the range of scenarios where you can take advantage of NGINX Unit – reverse proxying in NGINX Unit 1.13.0 and address‑based routing in NGINX Unit 1.14.0. Let’s look at the two new features in detail. HTTP Reverse Proxying In a sense, the very name NGINX has come to mean reverse proxying. While this may not be necessarily warranted (NGINX Plus is much more than a one‑trick pony), what matters now is that the feature has come to NGINX Unit as well, becoming a family trait of sorts. NGINX Unit enables reverse proxying within its general routing framework: the new proxy [ more… ]

Rewind 2019: Highlights from the NGINX Blog 2019 has been a truly fascinating and exciting year for NGINX, our customers, our partners, and our community. As we prepare to take a break from our hard work over the holiday season, here is a look back on some of our top moments from the last 12 months, as voted for by our readers. NGINX Becomes Part of F5 Unsurprising to those who are already aware by now, the news that F5 Networks acquired NGINX was a massive moment for us this year, heralding a new era for both parties as well as their respective customers and communities. NGINX’s Gus Robertson published a blog post to confirm our commitment to existing open-source projects and commercial products, as well as plans to accelerate the development of NGINX Controller. Robinson also wrote that he [ more… ]

Real-Time APIs: Trends and Adoption In our previous blog, How Real‑Time APIs Power Our Lives, we showed how APIs, while largely unknown to the average consumer, have become an integral part of our daily lives online. From a business perspective, APIs play a pivotal role in digital transformation, which industry analyst IDC believes companies must achieve soon if they hope simply to survive, let alone compete, in today’s rapidly changing business landscape. Despite the importance of digital transformation, IDC notes in its recent survey, APIs – The Determining Agents Between Success or Failure of Digital Business, that a full 25% of companies haven’t committed to completing their digital transformation within the next decade. Modernization for the Many, Not the Few APIs are not relevant only to technology companies, either. According to the IDC survey, the majority of companies in many verticals already [ more… ]