Key Features
- Be the first to immerse yourself in the NGINX 1.9x web server and explore the plethora of advanced features.
- Master the skills of load balancing TCP-based applications and implementing HTTP/2.
- A practical and recipe-based approach book that enlightens you about this lightweight and versatile server.
Book Description
This book covers all the exciting features incorporated in 1.9.X, ranging from the long-awaited TCP load balancing feature, allowing users to load-balance TCP-based applications, to support for upstreams in shared memory, to the implementation of HTTP/2 along with various dynamic pluggable module interfaces. We include various other features such as back-end SSL certificate verification, IPv6, log aggregation over network, thread pools, support for offloading I/O requests, and much more. The book will also help you understand how to run through real-world scenarios using NGINX within a container.
What you will learn
- Practical, real-world examples and recipes on how to use NGINX
- A constantly referenced book that will remain valid for many years
- Details on how to solve very specific and sometimes complicated user scenarios with NGINX. Readers will think "Ah, so that's how you do it!" after reading a chapter /sub-chapter
- Each scenario in the book is thoroughly tested and validated, especially when it comes to direct cut and paste code scenarios
- Where possible, we make test code available so that the reader can instantly see the system in action
About the Author
Tim Butler
With nearly 20 years' experience in IT, Tim has worked with web and applications scaling to many thousands of simultaneous users. Currently he works for an Australian hosting provider, implementing highly available, high-performance web, email and VM platforms to larger companies and Australian government entities.
