NGINX Delay Module: Slow Down Attackers Easily
The NGINX delay module adds artificial request delays to slow down brute force attacks, scanner bots, and other malicious traffic — without blocking worker…
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NGINX WebDAV Module: Full File Sharing Server Setup
Learn how to build a full-featured WebDAV file server with NGINX using the dav-ext module. This guide covers installation, PROPFIND, OPTIONS, LOCK, and UNLOCK…
NGINX Cookie Limit Module: Rate Limiting Guide
Learn how to protect your NGINX server from cookie-based attacks using the ngx_cookie_limit_req_module. This Redis-backed module combines cookie rate limiting with forged cookie detection…
NGINX Concat Module: Combine CSS and JS Files
Learn how to use the NGINX concat module to combine multiple CSS and JavaScript files into a single HTTP response. Reduce request overhead, improve…
NGINX Compression Vary: Fix Broken Vary Headers
The NGINX compression_vary module replaces the standard gzip_vary directive with smarter Vary header handling. It merges multiple Vary headers into one, removes duplicates, and…
Accept-Encoding Normalization in NGINX for Better Caching
Learn how to normalize Accept-Encoding headers in NGINX to prevent cache variant explosion. The compression-normalize module standardizes client compression preferences, dramatically improving proxy cache…
NGINX Combined Upstreams: Failover & Sticky Sessions
Learn how to merge upstream server pools, implement cookie-based sticky sessions, build multi-cluster failover chains, and broadcast requests across backends using the NGINX Combined…
NGINX Captcha Module: Server-Side CAPTCHA Guide
Learn how to generate and validate CAPTCHA images directly in NGINX without relying on external services like reCAPTCHA. The NGINX captcha module creates server-side…
NGINX Active Health Checks Without NGINX Plus
Set up NGINX active health checks that proactively monitor upstream servers with HTTP, TCP, MySQL, FastCGI, SSL, and AJP probes. Included in NGINX-MOD —…
NGINX Dynamic Upstream: Add & Remove Servers Live
Learn how to dynamically add, remove, and modify NGINX upstream servers at runtime using a REST API — no reload required. NGINX-MOD brings this…