Alongside its popular web server, NGINX provides a dynamic application server that supports configuration through a RESTful JSON API. The open source NGINX Unit server deploys configuration changes without service disruptions and runs apps built with multiple languages and frameworks. This updated cookbook shows developers, DevOps personnel, network admins, and cloud infrastructure pros how to quickly get started with NGINX Unit.

Hands-on recipes demonstrate Unit's new approach and show you how to deploy and configure this server for different applications. You'll learn how to run applications written in different languages on the same server, how to use NGINX Unit as the foundation for your web application development environment, and how Unit's RESTful API simplifies configuration.

• Learn how Unit differs from other middleware application servers
• Install Unit using source code, Red Hat and Debian systems, or third-party repositories
• Configure Unit using application, router, and listener objects
• Start and stop the Unit server and the applications it runs
• Manage user permissions, Linux namespace isolation, and API security
• Run WordPress, Django, and other web applications with Unit
• Serve applications with an NGINX proxy or load balancer

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Unit Introduction and Features

Chapter 2. Installation

Chapter 3. Configuration

Chapter 4. Usage and Operations

Chapter 5. Security

Chapter 6. Application Integration

Chapter 7. Ecosystem Integration

About the Author

Derek DeJonghe has had a lifelong passion for technology. His in-depth background and experience in web development, system administration, and networking give him a well-rounded understanding of modern web architecture. Leading a team of cloud architects and solution engineers, to producing self-healing, auto scaling infrastructure for numerous different applications, Derek specializes in cloud migrations and operations of all sizes. While designing, building, and maintaining highly available applications for clients, Derek often engages in an embedded consulting role for larger organizations as they embark on their journey to the cloud.