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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) :

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

Module Name

Lenny (oldstable)

Lenny-Backports

Squeeze (stable)

Squeeze-Backports

Wheezy (testing)

Sid (unstable)

nginx

nginx

nginx

nginx-light

nginx-full

nginx-extras

nginx-light

nginx-full

nginx-extras

nginx-light

nginx-full

nginx-extras

DAV

OK

OK

OK

FLV

OK

OK

OK

Stub Status

OK

OK

OK

SSL

OK

OK

OK

GeoIP

NO

OK

OK

GZIP Static

NO

OK

OK

Real IP

NO

OK

OK

Sub Module

NO

OK

OK

IPv6

NO

OK

OK

Mail

NO

OK

OK

Mail SSL

NO

OK

OK

Upstream Fair

NO

OK

OK

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