NGINX

What is NGINX?

NGINX is open source software for web serving, reverse proxying, caching, load balancing, media streaming, and more. It started out as a web server designed for maximum performance and stability. In addition to its HTTP server capabilities, NGINX can also function as a proxy server for email (IMAP, POP3, and SMTP) and a reverse proxy and load balancer for HTTP, TCP, and UDP servers.

 

The entire lifecycle of NGINX

The following figure shows you the visualised product life cycle of NGINX. You can see all releases with the latest patch version, the long-term support characteristics (orange flag in the green circle, the periods for version provision, maintenance and support.

Figure: Release, patch and end-of-life cycle of product NGINX (NGINX)

 

What is the NGINX release strategy?

Even minor version numbers are always "stable" versions for which only major bug fixes are provided. Odd minor version numbers are always "mainline" versions for which new features, updates and bug fixes are provided. Maintenance ends automatically when a new "stable" or "mainline" version begins.

Facts and figures about NGINX

 

 

Keywords

NGINX

 

NGINX

 

Web server

 

Release

 

Version

 

Major

 

Minor

 

Patch

 

End-of-life

 

EOL

 

Support

 

End-of-support

 

EOS

 

Maintenance

 

End-of-maintenance

 

EOM

 

Security

 

Long-term support

 

LTS

 

Vulnerabilities

 

Common vulnerabilities & exposures

 

CVE

 

Security