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Nginx Web Server

Installation

Installing 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) :

The included modules are for Debian Squeeze (0.7.67) :

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)

It's still a work in progress

Standard HTTP Modules

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

Optional HTTP Modules

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

Gzip Precompression

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

IPv6

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

Debug

NO

OK

OK

NO

OK

OK

NO

OK

OK

WebDAV

NO

OK

OK

NO

OK

OK

NO

OK

OK

GeoIP

NO

OK

OK

NO

OK

OK

NO

OK

OK

Image Filter

NO

OK

OK

NO

OK

OK

NO

OK

OK

RealIP

NO

OK

OK

NO

OK

OK

NO

OK

OK

Stub Status

NO

OK

OK

NO

OK

OK

NO

OK

OK

XSLT

NO

OK

OK

NO

OK

OK

NO

OK

OK

Flash Streaming Video

NO

NO

OK

NO

NO

OK

NO

NO

OK

Embedded Perl

NO

NO

OK

NO

NO

OK

NO

NO

OK

Secure Link

NO

NO

OK

NO

NO

OK

NO

NO

OK

Random Index

NO

NO

OK

NO

NO

OK

NO

NO

OK

Addition

NO

NO

OK

NO

NO

OK

NO

NO

OK

HTTP Sub

NO

NO

NO

NO

NO

OK

NO

NO

OK

SSL

NO

NO

NO

NO

NO

OK

NO

NO

OK

MP4

NO

NO

NO

NO

NO

NO

NO

NO

OK

Other Modules

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

File AIO

NO

NO

OK

NO

NO

NO

NO

NO

NO

Mail Modules

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

Mail Core

NO

OK

OK

NO

OK

OK

NO

OK

OK

POP3

NO

OK

OK

NO

OK

OK

NO

OK

OK

IMAP

NO

OK

OK

NO

OK

OK

NO

OK

OK

SMTP

NO

OK

OK

NO

OK

OK

NO

OK

OK

SSL

NO

OK

OK

NO

OK

OK

NO

OK

OK

Third Party Modules

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

Echo

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

Upstream Fair Queue

NO

OK

OK

NO

OK

OK

NO

OK

OK

Embedded Lua

NO

NO

OK

NO

NO

OK

NO

NO

OK

Nginx Development Kit

NO

NO

OK

NO

NO

OK

NO

NO

OK

Upload Progress

NO

NO

OK

NO

NO

OK

NO

NO

OK

HTTP Push

NO

NO

NO

NO

NO

OK

NO

NO

OK

HTTP Headers More

NO

NO

NO

NO

NO

NO

NO

NO

OK

HTTP Chunkin

NO

NO

NO

NO

NO

NO

NO

NO

OK

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