Slides from the talk given at the Berlin PHP Usergroup 2012.11.06

1. NGINX
THE WEB SERVER YOU MIGHT ACTUALLY LIKE

2. ABOUT ME
Software Engineer
PHP since 10 years
CI
CleanCode
DevOps
TDD
Shipping
Bullet points

3. INSTEAD OF ME

5. WORKING FOR
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On their terms.

6. LET'S GO

7. WHY ANOTHER WEBSERVER?

8. WHY NOT LIGHTTPD?

9. THE BASICS
Intro
Multiple Servers / Domains
Static content
Caching
SSL
Error pages
Rewrites
Auth
Load Balancing
Proxy
PHP!
Fancy PHP!

10. INTRO
sd atgtisalnix
uo p-e ntl gn
/t/gn/gn.of
ecnixnixcn
/t/gn/ofd*cn
ecnixcn./.of

11. NGINX CONF BASICS
/t/gn/gn.of
ecnixnixcn
ue nix
sr gn;
wre_rcse 4
okrpoess ;
wre_p_fiiy00 01 00 10;
okrcuafnt 01 00 10 00
errlg /a/o/gn/ro.o wr;
ro_o vrlgnixerrlg an
pd
i /a/u/gn.i;
vrrnnixpd
eet {
vns
wre_oncin
okrcnetos 12;
04
}

12. NGINX CONF BASICS
/t/gn/gn.of
ecnixnixcn
ht {
tp
icue
nld /t/gn/ietps
ecnixmm.ye;
dfuttp apiainottsra;
eal_ye plcto/ce-tem
acs_o /a/o/gn/ceslg mi;
ceslg vrlgnixacs.o an
snfl
edie o;
n
keaietmot 6;
eplv_ieu 5
icue/t/gn/ofd*cn;
nld ecnixcn./.of
}

13. SERVERS
/t/gn/ofdmSt.of
ecnixcn./yiecn
/t/gn/ie-nbe/alah
ecnixstsealdwlbs
sre {
evr
sre_aewlbs.o wlbs.e
evrnm alahcm alahd;
lse 8;
itn 0
ro /a/w/yp/tl
ot vrwwmAphm/
/ ..
/ .
}
sre {
evr
sre_ae_
evrnm ;
lse 8;
itn 0
ro /a/w/yteAphm/
ot vrwwmOhrp/tl
}

14. STATIC CONTENT
/t/gn/ofdayofgcn
ecnixcn./nCni.of
sre {
evr
/ ..
/ .
lcto /{
oain
}
}

15. FANCY STATIC CONTENT
Isd Sre Bok
nie evr lcs
lcto ~^/j|m|s|onod)/{
oain (sigcsdwlas
}
lcto ~(scspggfjgpf${
oain .j|s|n|i|p|d)
}

16. CACHING
lcto ~^/j|m|s)/{
oain (sigcs
eprs1d
xie 4;
}

17. DENY ACCESS TO ALL .DOT-FILES
Isd Sre Bok
nie evr lcs
lcto ~/.{
oain
acs_o of
ceslg f;
lgntfudof
o_o_on f;
dn al
ey l;
}

18. SSL
sre {
evr
sre_ae_
evrnm ;
lse 43
itn 4;
slo;
s n
}
Or just
sre {
evr
lse 43dfutsre sl
itn 4 eal_evr s;
}

19. SSL - CONFIG
slcriiae
s_etfct wlcr.r;
idadct
slcriiaeky
s_etfct_e wlcr.e;
idadky
slssintmot 5;
s_eso_ieu m
slssinccesae:S:0;
s_eso_ah hrdSL1m
slpooosSL3TS1TS11TS12
s_rtcl Sv Lv Lv. Lv.;
slpee_evrcpeso;
s_rfrsre_ihr n
slcpesEDERAAS5-H34AS5-H26R4HG:M5!NL:EH!E
s_ihr CH-S-E26SA8:E26SA5:C:IH!D:aUL!D:A
SC;
GM
sled_uv sc511
s_chcre ep2r;

20. ERROR PAGES
errpg 5051525354/0.tl
ro_ae 0 0 0 0 0 50hm;
lcto /0.tl{
oain 50hm
itra;
nenl
}
STARTUP BONUS:
sre {
evr
sre_ae*etiTigi;
evrnm nxBghn.o
lcto /0 {
oain 50
rtr 50
eun 0;
}
}

21. REWRITES
HTTPS ALL THE THINGS
sre {
evr
sre_ae _
evrnm ;
lse
itn 8;
0
rwie^hts/$otrqetuipraet
ert tp:/hs$eus_r emnn;
}
OLDSCHOOL
rwie ^ues(+$ /hwue=1
ert /sr/.) so?sr$? ls;
at

22. AUTH
lcto /{
oain
at_ai "etitd;
uhbsc Rsrce"
at_ai_srfl /t/gn/ofdmAphpsw;
uhbscue_ie ecnixcn./yp.tasd
}

23. LOAD BALANCING
usra wbwres{
ptem e_okr
sre ww.xml.o;
evr w1eapecm
sre ww.xml.o;
evr w2eapecm
sre ww.xml.o;
evr w3eapecm
}

24. LOAD BALANCING LEGACY
usra wbwres{
ptem e_okr
i_ah
phs;
sre ww.xml.o;
evr w1eapecm
sre ww.xml.o;
evr w2eapecm
sre ww.xml.o;
evr w3eapecm
}

25. PROXY
lcto /{
oain
poyps
rx_as ht:/oahs:00
tp/lclot88;
poysthae
rx_e_edr XRa-P $eoead;
-elI rmt_dr
poycce
rx_ah zn;
oe
/Dfut
/eal:
poycceky$ceepoyhs$r$sag$rs
rx_ah_e shm$rx_otuii_rsag;
}

26. PHP!

27. PHP-FPM!?!
FastCGI Process Manager

28. PROCESS MANAGEMENT FOR THE MASSES
Think: "supervisord"; But without caring
sd atgtisalpp-p
uo p-e ntl h5fm
/t/h5fmppfmcn
ecpp/p/h-p.of
/ Dntrsattewbevr rsatpp:
/ o' etr h esre, etr h )
sd sriepp-p rsat
uo evc h5fm etr

29. FPM-CONFIG
[yp]
mAp
lse =90
itn 00
;itnalwdcins=17001
lse.loe_let 2...
ue =pp
sr h
gop=pp
ru h
rqettriaetmot=1
eus_emnt_ieu 0
rqetsolgtmot=1
eus_lwo_ieu
solg=/a/o/h-p/yp-lwlg
lwo vrlgppfmmApso.o

30. FPM-CONFIG - PROCESS MANAGEMENT
p =dnmc
m yai
p.a_hlrn=5
mmxcide 0
p.tr_evr =5
msatsres
p.i_pr_evr =5
mmnsaesres
p.a_pr_evr =3
mmxsaesres 5

31. NGINX + PHP
lcto /{
oain
fscips
atg_as 1700.:00
2..1190;
fsciidx
atg_ne idxpp
ne.h;
fsciprm
atg_aa SRP_IEAE$ouetro/ne.h;
CITFLNM dcmn_otidxpp
icue
nld fsciprm;
atg_aas
}

32. APPLICATION SERVERS!
lcto /{
oain
fscips
atg_as aoteSre:00
nnhrevr90;
fsciidx
atg_ne idxpp
ne.h;
fsciprm
atg_aa SRP_IEAE$ouetro/ne.h;
CITFLNM dcmn_otidxpp
icue
nld fsciprm;
atg_aas
}

33. SCALING!
lcto /{
oain
fscips
atg_as wres
okr;
fsciidx
atg_ne idxpp
ne.h;
fsciprm
atg_aa SRP_IEAE$ouetro/ne.h;
CITFLNM dcmn_otidxpp
icue
nld fsciprm;
atg_aas
}
usra wres{
ptem okr
sre
evr Ap:00
p190;
sre
evr Ap:00
p290;
sre
evr 12181.:00
9.6.0390;
}

34. THANKS HELGI!
@h
Further reading:

35. THANK YOU