In this solution, we use NGINX Plus's active health checks and key-value store to track and store application status across multiple sites, and NGINX JavaScript to update DNS records maintained by BIG-IP DNS and DNS Load Balancer Cloud Service, based on the status information.
Over-the-Air Updates to IoT Devices with NGINX
One of the biggest challenges in scaling deployments on the Internet of Things is device management, particularly over-the-air updates, commonly called OTA. Guest blogger DeveloperSteve shows how to automate OTA using NGINX as an API gateway, along with the NGINX JavaScript module.
Announcing NGINX Plus R18
NGINX Plus R18 introduces dynamic loading of SSL/TLS certificates, enhances our OpenID Connect reference implementation, and supports port ranges for virtual servers. It also includes enhancements to the key-value store, health checks, NGINX Plus clustering, and the NGINX JavaScript module.
Virtual Patching with the NGINX JavaScript Module
This blog, based on a real customer use case, explains how to use the NGINX JavaScript module to apply a "virtual patch" for a problem in a backend application that can't be modified. In this case, the app couldn't process HTTP requests with lowercase method names.
Batching API Requests with NGINX Plus and the NGINX JavaScript Module
The NGINX JavaScript module released with NGINX Plus R15 supports subrequests, adding a whole new class of use cases for NGINX Plus. This complete example also uses the NGINX Plus API and Key-Value modules to convert client API requests to separate requests to the microservices APIs that make up an app.
Announcing NGINX Plus R15
NGINX Plus R15 introduces native gRPC proxying (used by Istio and other service mesh architectures), HTTP/2 server push, state sharing in a cluster, API gateway enhancements, OpenID Connect integration, NGINX JavaScript (njs) module enhancements, a new ALPN variable, dynamic module updates, and more.
NGINX and IoT: Adding Protocol Awareness for MQTT
Liam Crilly gets down with IoT, showing how to use NGINX and the MQTT protocol to manage traffic on the Internet of Things
Detecting Homepage Defacement With Active Health Checks
How to use NGINX Plus as part of a security stack that might also include firewalls, intrusion detection, and privileged account management
TCP/UDP Load Balancing with NGINX: Overview, Tips, and Tricks
Konstantin Pavlov of NGINX, Inc. explains how to get the most out of NGINX as a TCP and UDP load balancer, with many configuration examples and a demo.
NGINX Plus for the IoT: Encrypting and Authenticating MQTT Traffic
As a TCP load balancer, NGINX Plus improves IoT security by terminating TLS connections and authenticating clients of MQTT apps
