Category: NGINX

Tweaking NGINX for Performance

Tweaking NGINX for Performance Nginx is a widely-used open-source web server that can handle high traffic and serve as a reverse proxy for many types of applications. It is known for its speed and efficiency, but there are still some ways to optimize its performance for even better results. In this tutorial, we will go through several tips and techniques to tweak Nginx for performance. Optimize Nginx Configuration The first step to optimizing Nginx for performance is to review and…

Optimizing Nginx For Performance Pt3 : Disable Access Logs and Reduce Disk Writes

NGINX Tweaks and Performance Tips

This is post 3 of 3 in the series “Nginx Optimization” Optimizing Nginx For Performance Pt1 : Configure Worker Processes for NGINX Optimizing Nginx For Performance Pt2 : Caching Static Website Data Optimizing Nginx For Performance Pt3 : Disable Access Logs and Reduce Disk Writes Part 3: Disable Access Logs to Reduce Disk Writes Access Logs Explained: Nginx records (writes) each and every request to a file called ‘access.log’.  Each visit to your website might result in dozens of individual requests…

Optimizing Nginx For Performance Pt2 : Caching Static Website Data

NGINX Tweaks and Performance Tips

This is post 2 of 3 in the series “Nginx Optimization” Optimizing Nginx For Performance Pt1 : Configure Worker Processes for NGINX Optimizing Nginx For Performance Pt2 : Caching Static Website Data Optimizing Nginx For Performance Pt3 : Disable Access Logs and Reduce Disk Writes Part 2: Cache Static Content: Content Caching Explained: Data Caching is the process of storing data for faster retrieval. In the case of Nginx, it’s the temporary storage of web pages in order to reduce…

Optimizing Nginx For Performance Pt1 : Configure Worker Processes for NGINX

NGINX Tweaks and Performance Tips

This is post 1 of 3 in the series “Nginx Optimization” Optimizing Nginx For Performance Pt1 : Configure Worker Processes for NGINX Optimizing Nginx For Performance Pt2 : Caching Static Website Data Optimizing Nginx For Performance Pt3 : Disable Access Logs and Reduce Disk Writes  What is Nginx: As stated on the Nginx Wikipedia Page, “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…