Nginx plus download version

Sticky cookie load-balancing method now can accept the SameSite attribute with Strict , Lax ,or None values. New command-line switch to redefine an error log file: -e. New set directive for stream that allows setting a value for a variable. New dynamic module: ModSecurity package name is nginx-plus-module-modsecurity built on an early release of ModSecurity 3.

UDP load balancing support, configured in the stream configuration context. Support for retrieving upstream servers configuration via DNS SRV records, configured with the new service parameter to the server directive. Support for customizing the Server response header, as well as the signature in standard error messages.

NGINX Plus R8 does not include the nginx-plus-lua package; if you previously used this package, migrate to the nginx-plus-extras package. Support for proxying NTLM requests.

Enhancements to TCP load balancing and proxying:. More efficient distribution of connections across NGINX Plus worker processes new reuseport parameter to the listen directive.

Thread pools for multithreaded reading and sending of files without blocking worker processes. Additional live activity monitoring metrics in the Status module dataset version 6.

New -T flag on nginx command to dump the configuration to standard output in a standardized format. The nginx-plus-extras and nginx-plus-lua packages have additional dependencies. Basic Functionality. Load Balancer. Content Cache. Web Server. Install these modules directly from the official repository:.

To install the modules:. Note that some modules are not available for certain OS versions because of OS limitations. See Enabling Dynamic Modules for details. The build environment must meet the following requirements:. The source code for the dynamic module can be placed in any directory in the build environment. Then compile the module with make modules. This makes it simpler to manage multiple versions of a dynamic module in the production environment. In some environments access to root account is limited for security restrictions.

If you are using a Linux operating system, you will not be able to run a package manager for NGINX Plus installation without root privileges. The script also:. Before starting unprivileged installation, make sure you have all the prerequisites listed in the Prerequisites section except the root privileges. For RPM-based distributes, make sure that you have rpm2cpio installed. Extract the downloaded packages to the provided NGINX Plus prefix An optional -y option will overwrite an existing installation if any :.

The -p parameter sets a path to the directory that keeps nginx files. An optional -y option performs a forced upgrade without any confirmation:. Note : Starting from Release 24 R24 , NGINX Plus repositories have been separated into individual repositories based on operating system distribution and license subscription. Before upgrading from previous NGINX Plus versions, you must first reconfigure your repositories to point to the correct location. To reconfigure your repository, follow the installation instructions above for your operating system.

Basic Functionality. Load Balancer.