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WebServers > Nginx


Nginx Web Server

Installation

Installing Nginx is easy, the nginx package 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 Squeeze-Backports, Wheezy and after

Starting Debian Wheezy (and backported to Debian Squeeze), Nginx packaging has been produced with a best fitting with users' needs.

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 different modules in every package (starting Squeeze-Backports)

Last updated : December 15th 2012

Standard HTTP Modules

Module Name

Squeeze-Backports (1.2.1-2)

Wheezy (testing) (1.2.1-2.2)

Sid (unstable) (1.2.4-2)

nginx-light

nginx-full

nginx-extras

nginx-naxsi

nginx-light

nginx-full

nginx-extras

nginx-naxsi

nginx-light

nginx-full

nginx-extras

nginx-naxsi

Core

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

Access

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

Auth Basic

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

Auto Index

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

Charset

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

Empty GIF

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

FastCGI

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

Gzip

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

Headers

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

Index

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

Log

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

Proxy

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

Rewrite

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

Split Clients

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

Upstream

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

User ID

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

Browser

NO

OK

OK

NO

NO

OK

OK

NO

NO

OK

OK

NO

Geo

NO

OK

OK

NO

NO

OK

OK

NO

NO

OK

OK

NO

Limit Requests

NO

OK

OK

NO

NO

OK

OK

NO

NO

OK

OK

NO

Limit Zone

NO

OK

OK

NO

NO

OK

OK

NO

NO

OK

OK

NO

Map

NO

OK

OK

NO

NO

OK

OK

NO

NO

OK

OK

NO

Memcached

NO

OK

OK

NO

NO

OK

OK

NO

NO

OK

OK

NO

Referer

NO

OK

OK

NO

NO

OK

OK

NO

NO

OK

OK

NO

SCGI

NO

OK

OK

NO

NO

OK

OK

NO

NO

OK

OK

NO

SSI

NO

OK

OK

NO

NO

OK

OK

NO

NO

OK

OK

NO

UWSGI

NO

OK

OK

NO

NO

OK

OK

NO

NO

OK

OK

NO

Optional HTTP Modules

Module Name

Squeeze-Backports (1.2.1-2)

Wheezy (testing) (1.2.1-2.2)

Sid (unstable) (1.2.4-2)

nginx-light

nginx-full

nginx-extras

nginx-naxsi

nginx-light

nginx-full

nginx-extras

nginx-naxsi

nginx-light

nginx-full

nginx-extras

nginx-naxsi

Gzip Precompression

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

IPv6

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

Stub Status

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

SSL

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

Debug

NO

OK

OK

NO

NO

OK

OK

NO

NO

OK

OK

NO

WebDAV

NO

OK

OK

NO

NO

OK

OK

NO

NO

OK

OK

NO

GeoIP

NO

OK

OK

NO

NO

OK

OK

NO

NO

OK

OK

NO

Image Filter

NO

OK

OK

NO

NO

OK

OK

NO

NO

OK

OK

NO

RealIP

NO

OK

OK

NO

NO

OK

OK

NO

NO

OK

OK

NO

XSLT

NO

OK

OK

NO

NO

OK

OK

NO

NO

OK

OK

NO

Addition

NO

OK

OK

NO

NO

OK

OK

NO

NO

OK

OK

NO

HTTP Sub

NO

OK

OK

NO

NO

OK

OK

NO

NO

OK

OK

NO

Flash Streaming Video

NO

NO

OK

NO

NO

NO

OK

NO

NO

NO

OK

NO

Embedded Perl

NO

NO

OK

NO

NO

NO

OK

NO

NO

NO

OK

NO

Secure Link

NO

NO

OK

NO

NO

NO

OK

NO

NO

NO

OK

NO

Random Index

NO

NO

OK

NO

NO

NO

OK

NO

NO

NO

OK

NO

MP4

NO

NO

OK

NO

NO

NO

OK

NO

NO

NO

OK

NO

Mail Modules

Module Name

Squeeze-Backports (1.2.1-2)

Wheezy (testing)(1.2.1-2.2)

Sid (unstable) (1.2.4-2)

nginx-light

nginx-full

nginx-extras

nginx-naxsi

nginx-light

nginx-full

nginx-extras

nginx-naxsi

nginx-light

nginx-full

nginx-extras

nginx-naxsi

Mail Core

NO

OK

OK

NO

NO

OK

OK

NO

NO

OK

OK

NO

POP3

NO

OK

OK

NO

NO

OK

OK

NO

NO

OK

OK

NO

IMAP

NO

OK

OK

NO

NO

OK

OK

NO

NO

OK

OK

NO

SMTP

NO

OK

OK

NO

NO

OK

OK

NO

NO

OK

OK

NO

SSL

NO

OK

OK

NO

NO

OK

OK

NO

NO

OK

OK

NO

Third Party Modules

Module Name

Squeeze-Backports (1.2.1-2)

Wheezy (testing) (1.2.1-2.2)

Sid (unstable) (1.2.4-2)

nginx-light

nginx-full

nginx-extras

nginx-naxsi

nginx-light

nginx-full

nginx-extras

nginx-naxsi

nginx-light

nginx-full

nginx-extras

nginx-naxsi

Echo

OK

OK

OK

NO

OK

OK

OK

NO

OK

OK

OK

NO

Auth-PAM

OK

OK

OK

NO

OK

OK

OK

NO

OK

OK

OK

NO

Upstream Fair Queue

NO

OK

OK

OK

NO

OK

OK

OK

NO

OK

OK

OK

Embedded Lua

NO

NO

OK

NO

NO

NO

OK

NO

NO

NO

OK

NO

Nginx Development Kit

NO

NO

OK

NO

NO

NO

OK

NO

NO

NO

OK

NO

Upload Progress

NO

NO

OK

NO

NO

NO

OK

NO

NO

NO

OK

NO

HTTP Push

NO

NO

OK

NO

NO

NO

OK

NO

NO

NO

OK

NO

HTTP Headers More

NO

NO

OK

NO

NO

NO

OK

NO

NO

NO

OK

NO

HTTP Chunkin

NO

NO

OK

NO

NO

NO

OK

NO

NO

NO

OK

NO

Upload

NO

NO

OK

NO

NO

NO

OK

NO

NO

NO

OK

NO

Cache Purge

NO

NO

NO

OK

NO

NO

NO

OK

NO

NO

NO

OK

NAXSI

NO

NO

NO

OK

NO

NO

NO

OK

NO

NO

NO

OK

DAV Ext

NO

OK

OK

NO

NO

OK

OK

NO

NO

OK

OK

NO

Debian Squeeze

For this version, Nginx is distributed as one package : nginx

The included modules are :

See Also