Debugging Nginx Errors
Dealing with errors in nginx can be a frustrating experience if nginx isn’t configured correctly. Sadly, the default value for error log is less than optimal, and some of the…
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My New Nginx Book: Instant Nginx Starter
During the last few months, I have been working on an nginx book for Packt Publishing. The book is called Instant Nginx Starter and is now published! My goal with…
fastcgi_params Versus fastcgi.conf – Nginx Config History
The nginx source install (and by extension package managers) includes two FastCGI configuration files, fastcgi_params and fastcgi.conf that differ only a tiny bit. To this day, they still cause confusion…
WebSockets in Nginx
Version 1.3.13 of nginx is due any day now and with it comes support for Connection: upgrade and Upgrade header, meaning proxying of WebSockets! Read on to find out how to configure nginx to support WebSockets.
Understanding the Nginx Configuration Inheritance Model
The nginx configuration model is a big improvement over the Apache HTTPd one. But when you dive in deeper there are some quirks to be aware of. Without knowledge of…
Securing Nginx + PHP When Using Path Info
Remember register globals? Remember how you had to code as if it was off, because it might be? Remember how you had to consider the security implications of it being…