Nginx 1 Web Server Implementation Cookbook

System administrators and web developers will benefit greatly from this cookbook. If you are tired of Apache consuming your server memory and have tried using Nginx, this book is for you. You need some basic knowledge of Nginx. Full of illustrations and diagrams, with a focus on practical examples, it covers the whole range of techniques that are useful in setting up a very effective web application with the Nginx web server. It has recipes for lesser-known applications of Nginx like a mail proxy server, streaming of video files, image resizing on the fly, and much more. The first chapter covers the basics that would be useful for anyone who is starting with Nginx. Each recipe is designed to be independent of the others. The book has recipes based on broad areas such as core, logging, rewrites, security, and others. We look at ways to optimize your Nginx setup, setting up your WordPress blog, blocking bots that post spam on your site, setting up monitoring using munin, and plenty more.