IT & cloud
NGINX is a web server and reverse proxy for delivering static content and routing requests to application services. It includes HTTP serving, reverse proxying, and load balancing.
Administrators serving websites and application traffic
Commercial NGINX offerings are separate from the open source server. TLS certificates, infrastructure, and configuration maintenance remain your responsibility.
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The application is distributed under BSD-2-Clause. The self-hosted software has no license subscription charge; servers, storage, networking, maintenance, and separately sold services remain your responsibility.
BSD-2-Clause; Commercial NGINX offerings are separate from the open source server.
The $0 price covers the open source software license. Deployment infrastructure, operations and separately purchased services are not included.
Brings HTTP serving and reverse proxying into the same workflow.
Create a minimal server configuration, validate it, and test both normal requests and upstream failures before deploying changes to a busy endpoint.
Commercial NGINX offerings are separate from the open source server.
TLS certificates, infrastructure, and configuration maintenance remain your responsibility.
NGINX fits administrators serving websites and application traffic. Create a minimal server configuration, validate it, and test both normal requests and upstream failures before deploying changes to a busy endpoint.
Commercial NGINX offerings are separate from the open source server. TLS certificates, infrastructure, and configuration maintenance remain your responsibility. Start with a small setup and verify credentials, network access, and recovery steps before expanding its role.
The application is distributed under BSD-2-Clause. The self-hosted software has no license subscription charge; servers, storage, networking, maintenance, and separately sold services remain your responsibility.
Yes. NGINX includes HTTP serving. Create a minimal server configuration, validate it, and test both normal requests and upstream failures before deploying changes to a busy endpoint.
Commercial NGINX offerings are separate from the open source server.
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