Nginx is a lightweight and high performance web server/reverse/email(IMAP/POP3) proxy.
Basic features
- Static file server, indexes and auto-indexing.
- Reverse proxy with caching options.
- Load balancing.
- Fault tolerance.
- Support of HTTP and HTTP2 over SSL.
- Support for FastCGI with caching options.
- Virtual hosts based on name and/or IP address.
- Support for authentication.
- IPv6 compatible
- gzip compression.
You can see all NGINX features at:
Readings interest:
- How to install and configure NGINX as reverse proxy
- How to install NGINX on NetBSD?
- Cómo instalar Apache en Ubuntu 20.04
- How to install Apache web server on Android?
- Install and configure Apache HTTP server
- Instalar SSL Let’s Encrypt en Debian
Install
# apk add nginx
fetch https://ams.edge.kernel.org/alpine/v3.14/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
(1/4) Installing pcre (8.44-r0)
(2/4) Installing nginx (1.20.1-r3)
Executing nginx-1.20.1-r3.pre-install
Executing nginx-1.20.1-r3.post-install
(3/4) Installing nginx-openrc (1.20.1-r3)
(4/4) Installing nginx-vim (1.20.1-r3)
Executing busybox-1.33.1-r3.trigger
OK: 264 MiB in 72 packages