QuickStart

Nginx is a lightweight event-driven reverse proxy for web (HTTP, HTTPS) and mail (POP, POPS, IMAP, IMAPS) services.

To get started, please checkout the following resources:

• Igor's introductory docs
• Guide to the most common web stack.
• Martin's Nginx, PHP, Primer

Essential wiki pages to read:

• Documentation on the location blocks, the most important aspect of Nginx
• Documentation on try_files, almost every configuration will use this
• Documentation on the server_name directive
• Documentation on the rewrite directive
• Wiki page of common pitfalls you'll want to avoid
• An overview of all the standard modules. First place to look before you ask "Can Nginx do x?"
• A quick overview of why thinking like Apache won't help you learn Nginx.