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Jun 15 - Jun 21, 2026

Understanding Nginx

• Understanding Nginx versioning

• Interview with Igor Sysoev, author of Apache's competitor NGINX

• Nginx Optimization: understanding sendfile, tcp_nodelay and tcp_nopush

Architecture

• Nginx Internals

• Inside NGINX: How We Designed for Performance & Scale

• Thread Pools in NGINX

Configuration

• Useful Rewrites for Nginx

• Avoiding the Top 10 NGINX Configuration Mistakes

Tutorials

• Load Balancing with NGINX and NGINX Plus ([Part 2])https://www.f5.com/company/blog/nginx/load-balancing-with-nginx-plus-part-2))

• NGINX as a WebSockets Proxy

• HTTP Keepalive Connections and Web Performance

• Performing A/B Testing with NGINX and NGINX Plus

• Improving NGINX Performance with Kernel TLS and SSL_sendfile()

APIs

• GIN - JSON-API framework

• Kong - Management Layer for Microservices and APIs (⭐44k)

Tips

• Things you didn't know Nginx could do

Nginx + njs

• Make your nginx config even more modular and reusable with njs 0.7.7

• Diagnostic logging with the NGINX JavaScript module

• Using NGINX as an Object Storage Gateway via njs

OpenResty

• Ceryx - A dynamic reverse proxy

• An Introduction To OpenResty

Feb 23 - Mar 01, 2026

Security

• BunkerWeb - Next-generation, open-source Web Application Firewall (WAF) based on Nginx

Aug 21 - Aug 27, 2023

Nginx + njs

• njs scripting language reference and examples

• Collection of njs use cases (⭐9)

• JavaScript embedded on NGINX - Getting started with njs

• Create Nginx extensions in JavaScript

• How to log request headers with NGINX and njs

• Easy HTTPS with NGINX and ACME via njs

Jun 19 - Jun 25, 2023

Configuration

• Nginx common configuration - Universal config and snippets (⭐585)

Mar 07 - Mar 13, 2022

Configuration

• Gixy - Nginx configuration static analyzer (⭐8.6k) - Maintained forks: gixy-ng (⭐1.2k), gixy-next

Nov 08 - Nov 14, 2021

Configuration

• Nice nginx features for developers

• Nice nginx features for operators

Tips

• nginx mirroring tips and tricks

Dec 07 - Dec 13, 2020

Nginx + Lua

• nginx-lua - Nginx 1.19+ with LUA support based on Alpine Linux, Amazon Linux, CentOS, Debian, Fedora and Ubuntu. (⭐221)

Jun 08 - Jun 14, 2020

Architecture

• The Architecture of Open Source Applications (Volume 2): nginx

• Nginx discovery journey

Configuration

• Beginner's Guide

• Alphabetical index of variables

• Nginx Configuration Primer

• Nginx Primer 2: From Apache to Nginx

• Understanding the Nginx Configuration Inheritance Model

• NGINX Config - Online nginx configuration generator

Tutorials

• NGINX and NGINX Plus Admin Guide

• Introduction to nginx.conf scripting

• Optimizing Nginx for High Traffic Loads

Modules development

• Official Development Guide

• Guide to Nginx Module Development

• Advanced Topics In Nginx Module Development

Hacks

• Using Environment Variables In Nginx.conf

• Nginx: a caching, thumbnailing, reverse proxying image server?

Nginx + Lua

• Nginx, Lua, and beyond

• Adding OAuth Support to Nginx via Lua

• Scripting libdrizzle with Lua inside Nginx

• Scaling TextRazor in the Cloud with Nginx and Lua

• LSSO - Lua + Nginx SSO System with an OAuth Backend (⭐47)

• Measuring Nginx Cache Performance using Lua and Redis

OpenResty

• Lapis - A web framework for Lua or MoonScript powered by OpenResty

• Nginx image processing server with OpenResty and Lua

• SysAdvent 2014 - OpenResty, Nginx and Lua (Source (⭐9))

• Programming OpenResty (written by the OpenResty creator)

Tengine

• Tengine Web Server

Jan 20 - Jan 26, 2020

Talks

• NGINX Conference 2019 Videos

Aug 26 - Sep 01, 2019

Understanding Nginx

• Interview with the creator of Nginx

Talks

• NGINX Conference 2018 Videos

Dec 04 - Dec 10, 2017

Talks

• NGINX Conference 2017 Videos

May 29 - Jun 04, 2017

Talks

• NGINX Conference 2016 Videos

Feb 06 - Feb 12, 2017

APIs

• Telize - JSON IP and GeoIP REST API (IP Geolocation) built on Nginx and Lua

Jan 30 - Feb 05, 2017

Understanding Nginx

• The case for Nginx in front of application servers

Configuration

• Nginx Boilerplate - Configuration template and a set of handy must-have snippets

Tutorials

• agentzh's Nginx Tutorials (Source (⭐2.9k))

• CORS on Nginx

• Serving precompressed content with Nginx and Zopfli

• Nginx on FreeBSD

Hacks

• Log rotation directly within Nginx configuration file

Nginx + Lua

• Writing an Nginx authentication module in Lua

OpenResty

• OpenResty - Fast web app server by extending Nginx

Tengine

• Difference between OpenResty and Tengine

Feb 22 - Feb 28, 2016

OpenResty

• VeryNginx - Nginx distribution which provides WAF, Control Panel, and Dashboards (⭐6k)

Dec 14 - Dec 20, 2015

Understanding Nginx

• History of Nginx

Configuration

• Nginx Pitfalls

Hacks

• Nginx JSON hacks

• Capture and delay unwanted requests (⭐28)

Nginx + Lua

• Pushing Nginx to its limit with Lua

• Nginx and Lua

Nov 09 - Nov 15, 2015

Talks

• NGINX Conference 2015 Videos

Aug 31 - Sep 06, 2015

Hacks

• Realtime pixel tracking with Nginx, syslog-ng, and Redis

• Dynamic log formats in Nginx

Aug 10 - Aug 16, 2015

Tutorials

• Using New Debugging Features to Probe NGINX Internals

Jun 08 - Jun 14, 2015

Configuration

• How to Configure OCSP Stapling in Apache and Nginx

Mar 23 - Mar 29, 2015

Tips

• Finding the nginx gzip_comp_level sweet spot

Dec 29 - Jan 04, 2014

Architecture

• Nginx Guts - Shedding light on Nginx internals

Configuration

• Nginx HTTP server boilerplate configs (⭐12k)

Talks

• NGINX Conference 2014 Videos

• NGINX User Summit 2014 - Lightning talks

Dec 08 - Dec 14, 2014

OpenResty

• Building an OpenResty events server (⭐64)