Nginx Web Server Configuration
Configure Nginx for high-performance web serving, load balancing, and reverse proxy
# Nginx Configuration
This document provides comprehensive guidelines for nginx configuration development and best practices.
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## Nginx Fundamentals
1. **Configuration**
- Configuration file structure and syntax
- Implement proper configuration file structure and syntax
- Follow best practices for optimal results
2. **Server**
- Server blocks and virtual hosts
- Implement proper server blocks and virtual hosts
- Follow best practices for optimal results
3. **Location**
- Location directives and matching
- Implement proper location directives and matching
- Follow best practices for optimal results
4. **Upstream**
- Upstream and proxy configurations
- Implement proper upstream and proxy configurations
- Follow best practices for optimal results
5. **Module**
- Module system and extensions
- Implement proper module system and extensions
- Follow best practices for optimal results
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## Web Server Configuration
6. **Static**
- Static file serving optimization
- Implement proper static file serving optimization
- Follow best practices for optimal results
7. **MIME**
- MIME type configuration
- Implement proper mime type configuration
- Follow best practices for optimal results
8. **Compression**
- Compression and caching headers
- Implement proper compression and caching headers
- Follow best practices for optimal results
9. **Security**
- Security headers implementation
- Implement proper security headers implementation
- Follow best practices for optimal results
10. **Error**
- Error page customization
- Implement proper error page customization
- Follow best practices for optimal results
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## Reverse Proxy Setup
11. **Proxy**
- Proxy pass configuration
- Implement proper proxy pass configuration
- Follow best practices for optimal results
12. **Header**
- Header manipulation
- Implement proper header manipulation
- Follow best practices for optimal results
13. **Backend**
- Backend health checking
- Implement proper backend health checking
- Follow best practices for optimal results
14. **Session**
- Session persistence
- Implement proper session persistence
- Follow best practices for optimal results
15. **SSL**
- SSL termination
- Implement proper ssl termination
- Follow best practices for optimal results
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## Load Balancing
16. **Round-robin**
- Round-robin load balancing
- Implement proper round-robin load balancing
- Follow best practices for optimal results
17. **Least**
- Least connections algorithm
- Implement proper least connections algorithm
- Follow best practices for optimal results
18. **IP**
- IP hash and consistent hashing
- Implement proper ip hash and consistent hashing
- Follow best practices for optimal results
19. **Weighted**
- Weighted load balancing
- Implement proper weighted load balancing
- Follow best practices for optimal results
20. **Backup**
- Backup server configuration
- Implement proper backup server configuration
- Follow best practices for optimal results
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## SSL/TLS Configuration
21. **SSL**
- SSL certificate installation
- Implement proper ssl certificate installation
- Follow best practices for optimal results
22. **TLS**
- TLS protocol optimization
- Implement proper tls protocol optimization
- Follow best practices for optimal results
23. **Cipher**
- Cipher suite configuration
- Implement proper cipher suite configuration
- Follow best practices for optimal results
24. **HTTP/2**
- HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 setup
- Implement proper http/2 and http/3 setup
- Follow best practices for optimal results
25. **SSL**
- SSL session caching
- Implement proper ssl session caching
- Follow best practices for optimal results
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## Performance Optimization
26. **Worker**
- Worker process configuration
- Implement proper worker process configuration
- Follow best practices for optimal results
27. **Connection**
- Connection limits and timeouts
- Implement proper connection limits and timeouts
- Follow best practices for optimal results
28. **Buffer**
- Buffer size optimization
- Implement proper buffer size optimization
- Follow best practices for optimal results
29. **Sendfile**
- Sendfile and TCP optimizations
- Implement proper sendfile and tcp optimizations
- Follow best practices for optimal results
30. **Rate**
- Rate limiting implementation
- Implement proper rate limiting implementation
- Follow best practices for optimal results
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## Security Features
31. **Access**
- Access control and IP restrictions
- Implement proper access control and ip restrictions
- Follow best practices for optimal results
32. **Basic**
- Basic and digest authentication
- Implement proper basic and digest authentication
- Follow best practices for optimal results
33. **Request**
- Request filtering and validation
- Implement proper request filtering and validation
- Follow best practices for optimal results
34. **DDoS**
- DDoS protection measures
- Implement proper ddos protection measures
- Follow best practices for optimal results
35. **Security**
- Security header configuration
- Implement proper security header configuration
- Follow best practices for optimal results
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## Caching Strategies
36. **Browser**
- Browser caching headers
- Implement proper browser caching headers
- Follow best practices for optimal results
37. **Proxy**
- Proxy caching setup
- Implement proper proxy caching setup
- Follow best practices for optimal results
38. **FastCGI**
- FastCGI caching
- Implement proper fastcgi caching
- Follow best practices for optimal results
39. **Micro-caching**
- Micro-caching techniques
- Implement proper micro-caching techniques
- Follow best practices for optimal results
40. **Cache**
- Cache invalidation strategies
- Implement proper cache invalidation strategies
- Follow best practices for optimal results
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## Monitoring & Logging
41. **Access**
- Access log configuration
- Implement proper access log configuration
- Follow best practices for optimal results
42. **Error**
- Error log management
- Implement proper error log management
- Follow best practices for optimal results
43. **Custom**
- Custom log formats
- Implement proper custom log formats
- Follow best practices for optimal results
44. **Log**
- Log rotation setup
- Implement proper log rotation setup
- Follow best practices for optimal results
45. **Real-time**
- Real-time monitoring
- Implement proper real-time monitoring
- Follow best practices for optimal results
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## Location Blocks
46. **URL**
- URL matching patterns
- Implement proper url matching patterns
- Follow best practices for optimal results
47. **Regular**
- Regular expression locations
- Implement proper regular expression locations
- Follow best practices for optimal results
48. **Nested**
- Nested location handling
- Implement proper nested location handling
- Follow best practices for optimal results
49. **Try**
- Try files and fallbacks
- Implement proper try files and fallbacks
- Follow best practices for optimal results
50. **Rewrite**
- Rewrite rules and redirects
- Implement proper rewrite rules and redirects
- Follow best practices for optimal results
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## Advanced Features
51. **Map**
- Map module for variable mapping
- Implement proper map module for variable mapping
- Follow best practices for optimal results
52. **Geo**
- Geo module for geographic restrictions
- Implement proper geo module for geographic restrictions
- Follow best practices for optimal results
53. **Limit**
- Limit request and connection modules
- Implement proper limit request and connection modules
- Follow best practices for optimal results
54. **Stream**
- Stream module for TCP/UDP proxy
- Implement proper stream module for tcp/udp proxy
- Follow best practices for optimal results
55. **Custom**
- Custom module development
- Implement proper custom module development
- Follow best practices for optimal results
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## API Gateway Patterns
56. **REST**
- REST API proxying
- Implement proper rest api proxying
- Follow best practices for optimal results
57. **GraphQL**
- GraphQL endpoint handling
- Implement proper graphql endpoint handling
- Follow best practices for optimal results
58. **WebSocket**
- WebSocket proxy configuration
- Implement proper websocket proxy configuration
- Follow best practices for optimal results
59. **Microservices**
- Microservices routing
- Implement proper microservices routing
- Follow best practices for optimal results
60. **API**
- API versioning strategies
- Implement proper api versioning strategies
- Follow best practices for optimal results
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## Container Integration
61. **Docker**
- Docker deployment
- Implement proper docker deployment
- Follow best practices for optimal results
62. **Kubernetes**
- Kubernetes ingress controller
- Implement proper kubernetes ingress controller
- Follow best practices for optimal results
63. **Service**
- Service mesh integration
- Implement proper service mesh integration
- Follow best practices for optimal results
64. **Container**
- Container orchestration
- Implement proper container orchestration
- Follow best practices for optimal results
65. **Dynamic**
- Dynamic configuration updates
- Implement proper dynamic configuration updates
- Follow best practices for optimal results
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## High Availability
66. **Failover**
- Failover configuration
- Implement proper failover configuration
- Follow best practices for optimal results
67. **Health**
- Health check implementation
- Implement proper health check implementation
- Follow best practices for optimal results
68. **Graceful**
- Graceful shutdown handling
- Implement proper graceful shutdown handling
- Follow best practices for optimal results
69. **Zero-downtime**
- Zero-downtime deployments
- Implement proper zero-downtime deployments
- Follow best practices for optimal results
70. **Disaster**
- Disaster recovery setup
- Implement proper disaster recovery setup
- Follow best practices for optimal results
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## Troubleshooting
71. **Configuration**
- Configuration testing
- Implement proper configuration testing
- Follow best practices for optimal results
72. **Log**
- Log analysis techniques
- Implement proper log analysis techniques
- Follow best practices for optimal results
73. **Performance**
- Performance debugging
- Implement proper performance debugging
- Follow best practices for optimal results
74. **Connection**
- Connection troubleshooting
- Implement proper connection troubleshooting
- Follow best practices for optimal results
75. **SSL/TLS**
- SSL/TLS issue resolution
- Implement proper ssl/tls issue resolution
- Follow best practices for optimal results
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## Best Practices
76. **Configuration**
- Configuration organization
- Implement proper configuration organization
- Follow best practices for optimal results
77. **Security**
- Security hardening
- Implement proper security hardening
- Follow best practices for optimal results
78. **Performance**
- Performance tuning
- Implement proper performance tuning
- Follow best practices for optimal results
79. **Maintenance**
- Maintenance procedures
- Implement proper maintenance procedures
- Follow best practices for optimal results
80. **Documentation**
- Documentation standards
- Implement proper documentation standards
- Follow best practices for optimal results
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## Summary Checklist
- [ ] Core principles implemented
- [ ] Best practices followed
- [ ] Performance optimized
- [ ] Security measures in place
- [ ] Testing strategy implemented
- [ ] Documentation completed
- [ ] Monitoring configured
- [ ] Production deployment ready
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Follow these comprehensive guidelines for successful nginx configuration implementation.