Nginx

Introduction> Introduction # In this guide, you will build a Python application using the Flask microframework on Ubuntu 18.04. The bulk of this article will be about how to set up the uWSGI application server and how to launch the application and configure Nginx to act as a front-end reverse proxy.

Introduction> Introduction # When using the Nginx web server, server blocks (similar to virtual hosts in Apache) can be used to encapsulate configuration details and host more than one domain on a single server.

Introduction> Introduction # Node.js is an open-source JavaScript runtime environment for building server-side and networking applications. The platform runs on Linux, MacOS, FreeBSD, and Windows. Node.js applications can be run at the command line, but we’ll focus on running them as a service, so that they will automatically restart on reboot or failure, and can safely be used in a production environment.

Introduction> Introduction # If you are a Ruby on Rails developer, you probably need a web server to host your web apps. This tutorial shows you how to use Phusion Passenger as your Rails-friendly web server.

Status: Deprecated> Status: Deprecated # This article covers a version of Ubuntu that is no longer supported. If you are currently operate a server running Ubuntu 12.04, we highly recommend upgrading or migrating to a supported version of Ubuntu:

Laravel is one of the most popular open-source web application frameworks written in PHP. It aims to help developers build both simple and complex applications by making frequently-used application tasks (like caching and authentication) easier.

Introduction> Introduction # TLS, or transport layer security, and its predecessor SSL, which stands for secure sockets layer, are web protocols used to wrap normal traffic in a protected, encrypted wrapper.

Introduction> Introduction # Nginx is one of the most popular web servers in the world. It can successfully handle high loads with many concurrent client connections, and can function as a web server, a mail server, or a reverse proxy server.

Nginx is a very secure and reliable web server even with a default setup. However, there are many ways to secure Nginx further. In this article, we will use open source software exclusively while trying to follow some popular web server hardening approaches and security standards.

Introduction> Introduction # How fast a website will load depends on the size of all of the files that have to be downloaded by the browser. Reducing the size of files to be transmitted can make the website not only load faster, but also cheaper to those who have to pay for their bandwidth usage.

Introduction> Introduction # A LEMP software stack is a group of open source software that is typically installed together to enable a server to host dynamic websites and web apps. This term is actually an acronym which represents the Linux operating system, with the ENginx web server (which replaces the Apache component of a LAMP stack).

Status: Deprecated> Status: Deprecated # This article is deprecated and no longer maintained. Reason> Reason # The techniques in this article are outdated and may no longer reflect Docker best-practices.

Introduction> Introduction # Let’s Encrypt is a Certificate Authority (CA) that provides an easy way to obtain and install free TLS/SSL certificates, thereby enabling encrypted HTTPS on web servers. It simplifies the process by providing a software client, Certbot, that attempts to automate most (if not all) of the required steps.

Introduction> Introduction # In this guide, we will discuss Nginx’s http proxying capabilities, which allow Nginx to pass requests off to backend http servers for further processing. Nginx is often set up as a reverse proxy solution to help scale out infrastructure or to pass requests to other servers that are not designed to handle large client loads.

Introduction> Introduction # In this guide, we will be setting up a simple WSGI application served by uWSGI. We will use the Nginx web server as a reverse proxy to the application server to provide more robust connection handling.

Introduction> Introduction # CoreOS allows you to easily run services in Docker containers across a cluster of machines. The procedure for doing so usually involves starting one or multiple instances of a service and then registering each instance with etcd, CoreOS’s distributed key-value store.

Introduction> Introduction # To save yourself some trouble with your web server, you can configure logging. Logging information on your server gives you access to the data that will help you troubleshoot and assess situations as they arise.

What the Red Means> What the Red Means # The lines that the user needs to enter or customize will be in red in this tutorial! The rest should mostly be copy-and-pastable.

Introduction> Introduction # NGINX is a fast and reliable open-source web server. It gained its popularity due to its low memory footprint, high scalability, ease of configuration, and support for the vast majority of different protocols.

Introduction> Introduction # WordPress is a free and open-source Content Management System (CMS) built on a MySQL database with PHP processing. Thanks to its extensible plugin architecture and templating system, most of its administration can be done through the web interface.