Everything about Nginx

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: NginxA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: Load Balancer of Data in a Distributed Network via Nginx Proxy ServerInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: Unix System Administration HandbookThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: Evaluation Test and Improvement of Load Balancing Algorithms of NginxCited 33 times
5. Go sideways: Apache HTTP ServerA closely related topic
6. Go sideways: Igor SysoevA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• Evaluation Test and Improvement of Load Balancing Algorithms of Nginx

  Chen Ma, Yuhong Chi · 2022 · IEEE Access · 33 citations

• An Integrated Load-balancing Scheduling Algorithm for Nginx-Based Web Application Clusters

  Ruoyu Li, Yunchun Li, Wei Li · 2018 · Journal of Physics: Conference Series · 6 citations

• Cost-Effective Server-side Re-deployment for Web-based Online Laboratories Using NGINX Reverse Proxy

  Zhongcheng Lei, Hong Zhou, Shengwang Ye · 2020 · IFAC-PapersOnLine · 6 citations

• The Design and Implementation of Campus Network Streaming Media Live Video On-Demand System Based on Nginx and FFmpeg

  Bo She, Qiang Wang, Xiaoge Zhong · 2020 · Journal of Physics: Conference Series · 6 citations

• Performance Analysis and Optimization of Nginx-based Web Server

  Jundi Wang, Zhao Kai · 2021 · Journal of Physics: Conference Series · 5 citations

• Implement HPA for Nginx Service Using Custom Metrics Under Kubernetes Framework

  Hanlin Zhou, Chan Huah Yong · 2024 · IEEE Access · 4 citations

• Teler Real-time HTTP Intrusion Detection at Website with Nginx Web Server

  Agus Tedyyana, Osman Ghazali · 2021 · JOIV : International Journal on Informatics Visualization · 3 citations

• ANALYSIS OF BRUTE FORCE ATTACK LOGS TOWARD NGINX WEB SERVER ON DASHBOARD IMPROVED LOG LOGGING SYSTEM USING FORENSIC INVESTIGATION METHOD

  Rio Pradana Aji, Yudi Prayudi, Ahmad Luthfi · 2023 · Jurnal Teknik Informatika (Jutif) · 3 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• Load Balancer of Data in a Distributed Network via Nginx Proxy Server

  K. I. Nikishin · 2023 · Proceedings of the Southwest State University · 3 citations

• Penerapan Metode SAW dalam Analisa Perbandingan Performa Web server (Apache, Nginx, Lighttpd, Iis) pada Bahasa Pemrograman PHP

  Lady Agustine, Syarah Seimahuira · 2023 · remik · 2 citations

• Performance Comparison of NGINX, Apache, and Lighttpd Using WRK on a Debian

  Wahyu Wicoksono, Herman Azzra Mustaqhim, Panchadria Pramana Anwas · 2025 · bit-Tech · 2 citations

• Analisis Perbandingan Kinerja Algoritma Weighted Round Robin dan Weighted Least Connection Menggunakan Load Balancing Nginx Pada Virtual Private Server(VPS)

  Muhammad Naufal Ammar Rizqi, I Kadek Dwi Nuryana · 2022 · Journal of Informatics and Computer Science (JINACS) · 1 citations

• An Integrated Web Security Application: Integration Of Nginx Reverse Proxy, Fail2ban, Waf, Postgresql and Laravel

  Raif Sime, Necmettin Sezgin, Fikri Ağgün · 2025 · Balkan Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering · 1 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• Unix System Administration HandbookEvi Nemeth, Garth Snyder · 1989
• 📕Nginx HTTP ServerClement Nedelcu · 2010
• Nginx EssentialsValery Kholodkov · 2015
• 📕Mastering NginxDimitri Aivaliotis · 2013
• 📕Nginx Module ExtensionUsama Dar · 2013
• 📕Instant Nginx StarterMartin Fjordvald · 2013
• NGINX CookbookDerek DeJonghe · 2020
• Nginx HTTP ServerClément Nedelcu · 2010

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

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