Nginx newest version on Ubuntu Lucid 10.04 LTS

Some time ago I wrote a post regarding this same topic (installing an updated version of Nginx instead of the one that is on the official Ubuntu repositories) but for Hardy (8.04).

Now, it is the turn of the latest Long-Term-Support version of this Linux distribution.

In this case, we need to use this repository:

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November 14th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Linux | Leave a comment

Install updated version of nginx on Ubuntu Hardy 8.04LTS

Nginx is a great web server to handle tons of traffic with relative low resources, it beats Apache big time.

I have started using it as a Reverse Proxy, Load Balancer, Web Cache and static files web server (like images, javascript and CSS) in front of Apache (for PHP processing). I’m more than amazed with [...]

May 26th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Linux | Leave a comment

Nginx and Munin

To be allowed to show Nginx graphs on the Munin report, it is required to enable nginx status and to listen on:

http://127.0.0.1/nginx_status

To do this, we just need to add the following code on /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default or into any other site file (like create a new one /etc/nginx/sites-available/status and then make symbolic link to site-enabled [...]

November 6th, 2010 | Tags: , | Category: Linux | Leave a comment