WebServers > Nginx
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
Module Name |
Lenny (oldstable) |
Lenny-Backports |
Squeeze (stable) |
Squeeze-Backports |
Wheezy (testing) |
Sid (unstable) |
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nginx |
nginx |
nginx |
nginx-light |
nginx-full |
nginx-extras |
nginx-light |
nginx-full |
nginx-extras |
nginx-light |
nginx-full |
nginx-extras |
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CORE |
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OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
DAV |
OK |
OK |
OK |
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FLV |
OK |
OK |
OK |
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Stub Status |
OK |
OK |
OK |
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SSL |
OK |
OK |
OK |
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GeoIP |
NO |
OK |
OK |
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GZIP Static |
NO |
OK |
OK |
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Real IP |
NO |
OK |
OK |
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Sub Module |
NO |
OK |
OK |
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IPv6 |
NO |
OK |
OK |
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NO |
OK |
OK |
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Mail SSL |
NO |
OK |
OK |
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Upstream Fair |
NO |
OK |
OK |
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Access |
NO |
NO |
NO |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
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Auth Basic |
NO |
NO |
NO |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
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Auto Index |
NO |
NO |
NO |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
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Charset |
NO |
NO |
NO |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
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Empty GIF |
NO |
NO |
NO |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
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FastCGI |
NO |
NO |
NO |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
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GZIP |
NO |
NO |
NO |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
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Headers |
NO |
NO |
NO |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
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Index |
NO |
NO |
NO |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
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Log |
NO |
NO |
NO |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
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Proxy |
NO |
NO |
NO |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
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Rewrite |
NO |
NO |
NO |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
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Split Clients |
NO |
NO |
NO |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
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Upstream |
NO |
NO |
NO |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
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User ID |
NO |
NO |
NO |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
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Gzip Precompression |
NO |
NO |
NO |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
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IPv6 |
NO |
NO |
NO |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
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Echo |
NO |
NO |
NO |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
OK |
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See Also
WebServers - Other webservers in Debian.