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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 |
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Module Name |
Squeeze-Backports (1.2.1-2) |
Wheezy (testing) (1.2.1-2.2) |
Sid (unstable) (1.2.4-2) |
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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 |
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Module Name |
Squeeze-Backports (1.2.1-2) |
Wheezy (testing) (1.2.1-2.2) |
Sid (unstable) (1.2.4-2) |
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|
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 |
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Module Name |
Squeeze-Backports (1.2.1-2) |
Wheezy (testing)(1.2.1-2.2) |
Sid (unstable) (1.2.4-2) |
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|
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 |
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Module Name |
Squeeze-Backports (1.2.1-2) |
Wheezy (testing) (1.2.1-2.2) |
Sid (unstable) (1.2.4-2) |
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|
nginx-light |
nginx-full |
nginx-extras |
nginx-naxsi |
nginx-light |
nginx-full |
nginx-extras |
nginx-naxsi |
nginx-light |
nginx-full |
nginx-extras |
nginx-naxsi |
OK |
OK |
OK |
NO |
OK |
OK |
OK |
NO |
OK |
OK |
OK |
NO |
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OK |
OK |
OK |
NO |
OK |
OK |
OK |
NO |
OK |
OK |
OK |
NO |
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NO |
OK |
OK |
OK |
NO |
OK |
OK |
OK |
NO |
OK |
OK |
OK |
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NO |
NO |
OK |
NO |
NO |
NO |
OK |
NO |
NO |
NO |
OK |
NO |
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NO |
NO |
OK |
NO |
NO |
NO |
OK |
NO |
NO |
NO |
OK |
NO |
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NO |
NO |
OK |
NO |
NO |
NO |
OK |
NO |
NO |
NO |
OK |
NO |
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NO |
NO |
OK |
NO |
NO |
NO |
OK |
NO |
NO |
NO |
OK |
NO |
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NO |
NO |
OK |
NO |
NO |
NO |
OK |
NO |
NO |
NO |
OK |
NO |
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NO |
NO |
OK |
NO |
NO |
NO |
OK |
NO |
NO |
NO |
OK |
NO |
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NO |
NO |
OK |
NO |
NO |
NO |
OK |
NO |
NO |
NO |
OK |
NO |
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NO |
NO |
NO |
OK |
NO |
NO |
NO |
OK |
NO |
NO |
NO |
OK |
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NO |
NO |
NO |
OK |
NO |
NO |
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OK |
NO |
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NO |
OK |
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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 :
- DAV
- FLV
- GeoIP
- GZIP Static
- Real IP
- Stub Status
- SSL
- Sub Module
- IPv6
- Mail SSL
- Upstream Fair
See Also
WebServers - Other webservers in Debian.