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{{Installing Moodle}}[[Nginx]] (pronounced "engine-x") is an open source reverse proxy server for HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP, POP3, and IMAP protocols, as well as a load balancer, HTTP cache, and a web server (origin server). The nginx project started with a strong focus on high concurrency, high performance and low memory usage. It is licensed under the 2-clause BSD-like license and it runs on Linux, BSD variants, Mac OS X, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, as well as on other *nix flavors. It also has a proof of concept port for Microsoft Windows.
{{Installing Moodle}}[[Nginx]] [engine x] is an HTTP and reverse proxy server, as well as a mail proxy server, written by Igor Sysoev. The nginx project started with a strong focus on high concurrency, high performance and low memory usage. It is licensed under the 2-clause BSD-like license and it runs on Linux, BSD variants, Mac OS X, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, as well as on other *nix flavors. It also has a proof of concept port for Microsoft Windows.


''The following is community-contributed documentation on Nginx configuration''
''The following is community-contributed documentation on Nginx configuration. Amendmends and additions are welcome.''


'''FastCGI Parameters:'''
== Nginx configuration ==
 
=== FastCGI ===
<pre>
<pre>
fastcgi_param QUERY_STRING $query_string;
fastcgi_param QUERY_STRING $query_string;
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fastcgi_param REDIRECT_STATUS 200;
fastcgi_param REDIRECT_STATUS 200;
</pre>
</pre>
=== Slasharguments ===


'''nginx.conf location:'''
'''nginx.conf location:'''

Revision as of 05:45, 23 January 2015

Nginx [engine x] is an HTTP and reverse proxy server, as well as a mail proxy server, written by Igor Sysoev. The nginx project started with a strong focus on high concurrency, high performance and low memory usage. It is licensed under the 2-clause BSD-like license and it runs on Linux, BSD variants, Mac OS X, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, as well as on other *nix flavors. It also has a proof of concept port for Microsoft Windows.

The following is community-contributed documentation on Nginx configuration. Amendmends and additions are welcome.

Nginx configuration

FastCGI

fastcgi_param QUERY_STRING $query_string;
fastcgi_param REQUEST_METHOD $request_method;
fastcgi_param CONTENT_TYPE $content_type;
fastcgi_param CONTENT_LENGTH $content_length;

fastcgi_param SCRIPT_NAME $fastcgi_script_name;
fastcgi_param REQUEST_URI $request_uri;
fastcgi_param DOCUMENT_URI $document_uri;
fastcgi_param DOCUMENT_ROOT $document_root;
fastcgi_param SERVER_PROTOCOL $server_protocol;

fastcgi_param GATEWAY_INTERFACE CGI/1.1;
fastcgi_param SERVER_SOFTWARE nginx/$nginx_version;

fastcgi_param REMOTE_ADDR $remote_addr;
fastcgi_param REMOTE_PORT $remote_port;
fastcgi_param SERVER_ADDR $server_addr;
fastcgi_param SERVER_PORT $server_port;
fastcgi_param SERVER_NAME $server_name;

# PHP only, required if PHP was built with --enable-force-cgi-redirect
fastcgi_param REDIRECT_STATUS 200;

Slasharguments

nginx.conf location:

location ~ \.php(.*)$ {
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_index index.php;
if (!-e $request_filename) {
rewrite ^(.*\.php)(/)(.*)$ $1?file=/$3 last;
}
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME /var/moodle_www/html$fastcgi_script_name;
fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
fastcgi_read_timeout 250s;
}

See also