Nginx

Nginx provides high-throughput HTTP loadbalancing. Unlike many other HTTP loadbalancers, it also provides SSL termination.

Note that simultaneous use of HAProxy and Nginx endpoints on the same ports is not supported.

Supported URL schemes

• http://host\[:port\]\[/path\]
• https://host\[:port\]\[/path\]

Point requests for the given virtual server and path to the endpoint.

• http://\[:port\]
• https://\[:port\]

Point all unmatched connections (without a matching virtual server) to the endpoint.

Manager Options

• pid_file

The pid file for the Nginx daemon.

• config_path

The config file for the Nginx daemon.

• site_path

The path for all nginx sites (often /etc/nginx/sites-enabled). Note that Reactor can co-exist with existing sites.

Endpoint Options

• sticky_sessions

Use cookies to route clients to the same backend.

• keepalive

Maintain connections with backends (improves performance).

• ssl

Enable SSL termination.

• ssl_certificate

The SSL certificate for SSL termination. If not provided, then a self-signed certificate will be generated.

• ssl_key

The SSL private key for SSL termination.

• redirect

When no backends are available, a redirect URL to use.

Example

Suppose you want to enable a web application at www.foo.com. You can set the endpoint URL to http://www.foo.com. You should then set the IP addresses for your service to the IP addresses of the Reactor instances.