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Golodhrim: Initial creation of nginx howto

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Initial creation of nginx howto

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== Installation ==

=== USE flags ===

=== USE Expanded flags ===

=== Emerging nginx ===

== Configuring ==

== Configuring Fast CGI ==

== Starting the service ==

== See also ==

== External links ==

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 == What is nginx ==
-nginx (pronounced "engin-x") is a Web and reverse proxy server for HTTP, SMTP, POP3 and IMAP protocols. It focuses on high concurrency, performance and low memory usage. Nginx quickly delivers static content with efficient use of system resources, also dynamic content is delivered on a network using FastCGI, SCGI handlers for scripts, uWSGI application servers or Phusion Passenger module (atm broken in [http://funtoo.org funtoo]), further more it can serve a very capable software load balancer. It uses an asynchronos event-driven approach to handle requests which provides more predictable performance under load, in contrast to the Apache HTTP server model, that uses a threaded or process-oriented approach to handling request. Nginx is licensed under a BSD-like license and it runs on Unix, Linux, BSD variants, Mac OS X, Solaris, AIX and Microsoft Windows.
+nginx (pronounced "engin-x") is a Web and reverse proxy server for HTTP, SMTP, POP3 and IMAP protocols. It focuses on high concurrency, performance and low memory usage. Nginx quickly delivers static content with efficient use of system resources, also dynamic content is delivered on a network using FastCGI, SCGI handlers for scripts, uWSGI application servers or Phusion Passenger module (atm broken in [http://funtoo.org funtoo]), further more it can serve a very capable software load balancer. It uses an asynchronos event-driven approach to handle requests which provides more predictable performance under load, in contrast to the Apache HTTP server model, that uses a threaded or process-oriented approach to handling request. Nginx is licensed under a BSD-like license and it runs on Unix, Linux, BSD variants, Mac OS X, Solaris, AIX and Microsoft Windows. [[Image:nginx.gif|frame]]
 == Installation ==

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 == What is nginx ==
-nginx (pronounced "engin-x") is a Web and reverse proxy server for HTTP, SMTP, POP3 and IMAP protocols. It focuses on high concurrency, performance and low memory usage. Nginx quickly delivers static content with efficient use of system resources, also dynamic content is delivered on a network using FastCGI, SCGI handlers for scripts, uWSGI application servers or Phusion Passenger module (atm broken in [http://funtoo.org funtoo], further more it can serve a very capable software load balancer. It uses an asynchronos event-driven approach to handle requests which provides more predictable performance under load, in contrast to the Apache HTTP server model, that uses a threaded or process-oriented approach to handling request. Nginx is licensed under a BSD-like license and it runs on Unix, Linux, BSD variants, Mac OS X, Solaris, AIX and Microsoft Windows.
+nginx (pronounced "engin-x") is a Web and reverse proxy server for HTTP, SMTP, POP3 and IMAP protocols. It focuses on high concurrency, performance and low memory usage. Nginx quickly delivers static content with efficient use of system resources, also dynamic content is delivered on a network using FastCGI, SCGI handlers for scripts, uWSGI application servers or Phusion Passenger module (atm broken in [http://funtoo.org funtoo]), further more it can serve a very capable software load balancer. It uses an asynchronos event-driven approach to handle requests which provides more predictable performance under load, in contrast to the Apache HTTP server model, that uses a threaded or process-oriented approach to handling request. Nginx is licensed under a BSD-like license and it runs on Unix, Linux, BSD variants, Mac OS X, Solaris, AIX and Microsoft Windows.
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 === USE flags ===
-Before you can install nginx, there are the following USE-flags available, these can be set by '/etc/portage/package.use' or '/etc/portage/package.use/nginx', depending on your setup of package.use.
+Before you can install nginx, there are the following USE-flags available, these can be set by ''/etc/portage/package.use'' or ''/etc/portage/package.use/nginx'', depending on your setup of package.use.
 * aio - Enables file AIO support
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 * vim-syntax - Pulls in related vim syntax scripts
-Further more you can set the nginx modules you like to use in '/etc/make.conf' in the NGINX_MODULES_HTTP variable as NGINX_MODULES_HTTP="variables".
+Further more you can set the nginx modules you like to use in ''/etc/make.conf'' in the NGINX_MODULES_HTTP variable as NGINX_MODULES_HTTP="variables".
 * access
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 === USE Expanded flags ===
-nginx USE-flags go into '/etc/portage/package.use' or '/etc/portage/package.use/nginx', while the HTTP and MAIL modules go as NGINX_MODULES_HTTP or NGINX_MODULES_MAIL are stored in /etc/make.conf.
+nginx USE-flags go into ''/etc/portage/package.use'' or ''/etc/portage/package.use/nginx'', while the HTTP and MAIL modules go as NGINX_MODULES_HTTP or NGINX_MODULES_MAIL are stored in /etc/make.conf. And as you wouldn't server only static html files, but most commonly also php files/scripts you should also install php with fpm enabled and xcache for caching the content, what makes your nginx setup way faster. For xcache you need to set PHP_TARGETS="php5-3" in '/etc/make.conf'.
 === Emerging nginx ===
 == Configuring ==
-== Configuring Fast CGI ==
+All configuration is done in ''/etc/nginx'' with ''nginx.conf'' as the main configuration file and all virtual hosts in ''/etc/nginx/sites/available'' while you have to symlink ''/etc/nginx/sites-available/{VHOST}'' to ''/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/{VHOST}'' to activate them. An example config for such a {VHOST} looks like that:
 == Starting the service ==
 == See also ==
 == External links ==