wok view nginx/description.txt @ rev 24995
updated nginx and nginx-extras (1.19.0 -> 1.21.6)
| author | Hans-G?nter Theisgen |
|---|---|
| date | Mon May 16 10:04:06 2022 +0100 (23 months ago) |
| parents | |
| children |
line source
1 Nginx [engine x] is an HTTP and reverse proxy server,
2 a mail proxy server, and a generic TCP/UDP proxy server,
3 originally written by Igor Sysoev.
4 For a long time, it has been running on many heavily loaded
5 Russian sites including Yandex, Mail.Ru, VK, and Rambler.
6 According to Netcraft, nginx served or proxied 22.23% busiest
7 sites in December 2021.
8 Here are some of the success stories:
9 Dropbox, Netflix, Wordpress.com, FastMail.FM.