Derek DeJonghe
Compliments of
Complete
NGINX
Cookbook
Derek DeJonghe
Complete NGINX Cookbook
Advanced Recipes for Operations
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NGINX Cookbook
by Derek DeJonghe
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Table of Contents
Part I. Part I: Load Balancing and HTTP Caching
1. High-Performance Load Balancing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.0 Introduction
1
1.1 HTTP Load Balancing 2
1.2 TCP Load Balancing 3
1.3 Load-Balancing Methods 4
1.4 Connection Limiting 6
2. Intelligent Session Persistence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.0 Introduction
9
2.1 Sticky Cookie 10
2.2 Sticky Learn 11
2.3 Sticky Routing 12
2.4 Connection Draining 13
3. Application-Aware Health Checks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3.0 Introduction
15
3.1 What to Check 15
3.2 Slow Start 16
3.3 TCP Health Checks 17
3.4 HTTP Health Checks 18
4. High-Availability Deployment Modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4.0 Introduction 21
4.1 NGINX HA Mode 21
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