Images nginx (engine-x)

See also

• https://hub.docker.com/_/nginx/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nginx

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• Images nginx (engine-x)
  • Short Description
  • What is nginx ?

Le logo Nginx

Short Description

Official build of Nginx.

What is nginx ?

See also

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_server
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_proxy
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Load_balancer
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cache

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.

A large fraction of web servers use NGINX often as a load balancer.