We are increasingly seeing NGINX Plus used as a load balancer or application delivery controller (ADC) in a number of deployment scenarios and this post describes some of the most common ones. We discuss why customers are using the different deployment scenarios, some things to consider when using each scenario, and some likely migration paths from one to another. Introduction…
Continue reading ›Using NGINX and NGINX Plus as a Web Server
2019 update: NGINX has now passed Apache to become the most popular web server for the top 1,000, 10,000, 100,000, and 1 million busiest websites in the world. Why is NGINX seeing such wide and increasing adoption and why should you consider using NGINX or NGINX Plus as your web server? Why NGINX? NGINX is much more than…
Continue reading ›Top Takeaways of 2018 from the NGINX Blog
2018 was a great year for NGINX, our community, and our partners, with some exciting developments across both our open source and commercial platforms. From news of new investment from Goldman Sachs to launching our global partner network, 2018 has been our most successful year yet, and we hope you’ve reaped some of the rewards…
Continue reading ›Updating the NGINX Application Platform with New Clustering, API Management, and Service Mesh Capabilities
[ngx_snippet name='style-bolder-h4-h5'] The world is going digital at breakneck speed. Technology is front and center in our day‑to‑day lives. From entertainment to banking to how we communicate with our friends, technology has changed how we interact with the world. Businesses of all sizes and in all industries are rolling out compelling digital capabilities to attract,…
Continue reading ›Securing Applications in Microsoft Azure App Service with NGINX Plus
[ngx_snippet name='table-style-blog'] The rise of cloud computing – and Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Container as a Service (CaaS) offerings in particular – is changing the way companies deploy and operate their business applications. One of the most important challenges when designing cloud applications is choosing fully managed cloud services that reduce costs and time‑consuming operational…
Continue reading ›Updating the NGINX Application Platform
Today, our vision to simplify the journey to microservices takes a big step forward. We are announcing the upcoming availability of the next version of our flagship software, NGINX Plus R15, with exciting new features, and the upcoming launches of NGINX Unit 1.0 and NGINX Controller R1. Combined, these launches advance the NGINX Application Platform,…
Continue reading ›Top 5 NGINX Blog Posts for 2017 – R12, Microservices, & More
neophile (n): an enthusiast for what is new or novel What was most popular in the NGINX blog this year? Looking at our top blog posts, we see that new NGINX Plus releases, microservices, security, and load balancing are all big hits, along with the NGINX Application Platform. 1. NGINX Plus R12 The NGINX Plus R12 release was…
Continue reading ›Performance Tuning – Tips & Tricks
[ngx_snippet name='style-bolder-h4-h5'] This blog post includes contributions from several NGINX team members, including Valentin Bartenev and Nick Shadrin. Over the past few years, I’ve worked with a handful of partners for whom NGINX Plus performance was the primary concern. The conversation typically starts with their difficulty matching our published performance benchmarks. The challenge usually results from the partner…
Continue reading ›Announcing NGINX Plus R14
[ngx_snippet name='style-bolder-h4-h5'] We're pleased to announce that NGINX Plus Release 14 (R14) is now available to our NGINX Plus subscribers. NGINX Plus is the only all‑in‑one load balancer, content cache, and web server. It’s based on the open source NGINX software, and adds exclusive features along with award‑winning 24‑hour support. NGINX Plus R14 includes new security and…
Continue reading ›7 Key Takeaways from AWS re:Invent 2017
NGINX has a long history with AWS. NGINX is used in more than half of the web apps built in AWS, including many of the biggest. This, by itself, is a huge vote of confidence in NGINX. So the NGINX booth at AWS re:Invent 2017 was a fun place to be last week. As we…
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