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Using NGINX and NGINX Plus as a Web Server 2019 update: NGINX has now passed Apache to become the most popular web server for the top 1,000, 10,000, 100,000 and 1 Million busiest websites in the world. Why is NGINX seeing such wide and increasing adoption and why should you consider using NGINX or NGINX Plus as your web server? Why NGINX? NGINX is much more than just a web server. Traditionally, the web server and the application delivery controller (ADC) or reverse‑proxy load balancer have been deployed as separate components of a web application delivery solution. But creating a scalable and high‑performance web server or ADC requires many of the same techniques. In many environments, one reason to deploy an ADC is to mitigate performance problems with the web server. By combining the ADC and web server into a single tool, NGINX [ more… ]

Logging Traffic Between NGINX and Upstream Servers at CDN77 Regardless of what platform you’re running, logging is often a core requirement for big data processing, statistics, audits, client reports, and transactions, as well as for debugging client‑server communication and possible issues. In this blog, we address the role of logging in debugging, where it provides the ultimate tool for locating the various issues so common to Internet communications. Logging with a direction connection between client and web server Logging of client‑web server communication greatly helps in debugging possible issues related to the browser version, the client’s network, and the files being accessed. It does not end there, however. There are endless possibilities of what to log, entirely depending on your platform and requirements. NGINX’s Logging Architecture When you run a reverse proxy, load balancer, or content delivery network (CDN), you’re [ more… ]

Announcing NGINX Plus R17 We are pleased to announce that NGINX Plus Release 17 (R17) is now available. NGINX Plus is the only all‑in‑one load balancer, content cache, web server, and API gateway. NGINX Plus is based on NGINX Open Source and includes exclusive enhanced features and award‑winning support. New in this release is support for TLS 1.3, the latest version of the protocol that is responsible for all secure traffic on the Internet. It’s been over 10 years since TLS 1.2 was released, and a lot has changed since. Numerous security vulnerabilities were found in TLS 1.2, such as FREAK, Heartbleed, POODLE, and ROBOT. A lot of these vulnerabilities were a result of too many insecure configuration options in TLS 1.2 that left sites open to attack. TLS 1.3 is addition by subtraction. Many insecure ciphers have been removed and Diffie‑Hellman key exchange is now mandatory. The [ more… ]

Wait, Which NGINX Ingress Controller for Kubernetes Am I Using?   Matt’s tweet from a Twitter conversation I had with him recently motivated me to get cracking on my to‑do list: Get myself to Seattle for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2018! Waiting til the week before the event meant the hotels were full, but I booked a sweet Airbnb. I’m behind on planning my unconference activities too – any recs? Corner our VP of Product Management to ask him “dumb questions” about Kubernetes Ingress controllers Write up my annual blog post for NGINX. So thanks, @Mierdin, for inspiring someone from NGINX to come right out and say… There are two NGINX Ingress controllers for Kubernetes hosted on GitHub – one maintained by the Kubernetes open source community, kubernetes/ingress-nginx, and one maintained by NGINX, Inc., nginxinc/kubernetes-ingress. I can see why there may [ more… ]