This product has charges associated with it for seller support. NGINX Open Source, the high-performance web server and reverse proxy, preinstalled from the official nginx.org repository on the mainline stable line. Web content lives on its own resizable volume. Backed by 24/7 cloudimg support.
This is a repackaged open source software product wherein additional charges apply for cloudimg support services.
Overview
NGINX Open Source is the high-performance, BSD-licensed web server and reverse proxy that powers a large share of the busiest sites on the internet. This image delivers NGINX fully installed and configured from the official nginx.org APT repository, so a production grade web server and reverse proxy is running within minutes of launch. The mainline stable line is provided, the line nginx.org recommends for new deployments.
What Is Included
NGINX Open Source from the official nginx.org repository (mainline 1.27.x at build time). The web server is the only workload on the image: there is no bundled application runtime and no database, so the platform stays lean, predictable and easy to reason about. A cloudimg default landing page is served on first boot so you can confirm the server is healthy before you deploy your own site. The stub_status monitoring endpoint is enabled at /nginx_status, restricted to localhost by default for safety. A documented reverse-proxy starter configuration ships at /etc/nginx/conf.d/sample.conf.disabled, ready to be renamed, edited and reloaded.
Web Content On Its Own Volume
Customer web content lives on a dedicated, independently resizable storage volume mounted at /var/www, with the document root at /var/www/html. Site files are kept separate from the operating system disk, so content can be grown, snapshotted and backed up on its own schedule.
Secure By Default
The stub_status monitoring endpoint is restricted to the instance itself, the secure default, so nothing sensitive is exposed until you choose to open it. A first boot service writes a short server information file for the administrator. No shared or default application credentials ship in the image; NGINX itself is unauthenticated.
Ready To Use
The web server, document root, monitoring endpoint and reverse-proxy starter are all configured. Browse to the instance address to confirm the default page, then replace it with your own site or enable the reverse-proxy configuration, configure additional virtual hosts and enable HTTPS as described in the user guide.
cloudimg Support
24/7 technical support by email and chat. Help with NGINX deployment, reverse proxy and load balancing configuration, performance tuning, virtual host setup and HTTPS.
Use Cases
Static and dynamic website hosting. Reverse proxy and load balancer in front of application servers. TLS termination. API gateway and microservice front end. Content delivery and caching front end.
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