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Nginx Web Server
Installation
Installaing Nginx is not complicated, the package nginx is here for this.
But starting Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" and Squeeze-backports, the packaging has been modified to best fit the needs of users.
Debian Lenny and Squeeze
For those versions, Nginx is packaged as one package : nginx
The included modules are for Debian Lenny (0.6.32) :
- DAV
- FLV
- Stub Status
- SSL
The included modules are for Debian Squeeze (0.7.67) :
- DAV
- FLV
- GeoIP
- GZIP Static
- Real IP
- Stub Status
- SSL
- Sub Module
- IPv6
- Mail SSL
- Upstream Fair
Debian Squeeze-Backports, Wheezy and after
Starting Debian Wheezy (and backported to Debian Squeeze), Nginx packaging was splitted to best fit the needs of users.
Three packages were created, nginx-light, nginx-full, nginx-extras.
Both contains different modules, nginx-light being the lighter and nginx-extras being the heavier. nginx-full is in the middle, being installed with the metapackage nginx (nginx-full is not installed if nginx-light is already installed).
Recap of the differents modules in every package (starting Squeeze-Backports)
Module Name |
Squeeze-Backports |
Wheezy (testing) |
Sid (unstable) |
||||||
nginx-light |
nginx-full |
nginx-extras |
nginx-light |
nginx-full |
nginx-extras |
nginx-light |
nginx-full |
nginx-extras |
|
CORE |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
Access |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
Auth Basic |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
Auto Index |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
Charset |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
Empty GIF |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
FastCGI |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
GZIP |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
Headers |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
Index |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
Log |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
Proxy |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
Rewrite |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
Split Clients |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
Upstream |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
User ID |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
Browser |
NO |
OK |
OK |
NO |
OK |
OK |
NO |
OK |
OK |
Geo |
NO |
OK |
OK |
NO |
OK |
OK |
NO |
OK |
OK |
Limit Requests |
NO |
OK |
OK |
NO |
OK |
OK |
NO |
OK |
OK |
Limit Zone |
NO |
OK |
OK |
NO |
OK |
OK |
NO |
OK |
OK |
Map |
NO |
OK |
OK |
NO |
OK |
OK |
NO |
OK |
OK |
Memcached |
NO |
OK |
OK |
NO |
OK |
OK |
NO |
OK |
OK |
Limit Requests |
NO |
OK |
OK |
NO |
OK |
OK |
NO |
OK |
OK |
Referer |
NO |
OK |
OK |
NO |
OK |
OK |
NO |
OK |
OK |
SCGI |
NO |
OK |
OK |
NO |
OK |
OK |
NO |
OK |
OK |
SSI |
NO |
OK |
OK |
NO |
OK |
OK |
NO |
OK |
OK |
UWSGI |
NO |
OK |
OK |
NO |
OK |
OK |
NO |
OK |
OK |
Gzip Precompression |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
IPv6 |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
Echo |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
See Also
WebServers - Other webservers in Debian.