F5 NGINX Reviews & Product Details

Nginx requires so few resources compared to Apache. In the same way that the Chrome browser has replaced industry experts, Nginx has provided us with an excellent alternative to Apache. I use Nginx to run some popular open source software and it works great. We have also used it as a load balancer in the past because it is an affordable alternative to commercial load balancers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The configuration can be a bit complicated. Most web applications are ready to be deployed via Apache, and you have to play with the nginx configuration to make it work. If you want it to work with something like PHP, you need to have PHP running as a server and it cannot simply be loaded into Nginx as a module. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

nginx is one of those, if not the only proxy server that includes within itself dozens if not hundreds of applications for use. Beyond its main role as a proxy server, it can also perform DIVINELY load balancing at extreme and fully customizable levels towards dozens of different application servers, from nodeJS to PHP fastCGI process manager. Last but not least is the feature of a static web server capable of natively supporting, without any additional application server, the hosting of static HTML web pages or static content (perfect for creating content delivery networks or CDNs to serve files). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like everything about nginx, but the initial configuration process should be slightly revised to provide the user with the option to install the main process managers for web apps (from Ruby on Rails to PHP7) during the installation phase. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

You can install nginx with a single command from Linux CLI and it can be easily configured to better adapt on every type of deployment you need: from load balancer for multi-nodes environment to static html web server, from nodejs or php proxy pass to web application firewall to parse logs through your IDS/IPS system Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Having a little GUI to manage hosts and listen addresses would be perfect, it's very hard to manage hundreds of hosts from CLI Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

1) I mainly like its compatibility with Linux and Windows, to work on any stable platform.

2) The execution is more optimized, faster because I decide that it is loaded to avoid wasting time in processes.

3) Configuration is easier than Apache Server, web server load balancing and proxy server response with static content. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The configuration at the beginning is difficult due to the change of language and adaptation to the new server. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

You can easily create a configuration file to use nginx as a reverse proxy to pass parameters and request to your PHP process manager without having to insecurely expose on the internet-side your PHP FPM, NodeJS or FastCGI server, very useful to avoid DDoS, DoS and vulnerability scanning attacks Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There's nothing I can dislike, nginx does its job in a perfect way and it's very stable and suitable for a production environment and business-critical deployment type Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

You can create unlimited hosts in a single conf file so you can host with a single server more website and proxy the incoming requests without open different port than 80 and 443 for HTTPS. Is also good to hide real ip address of the listening web server Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

No support or example templates in conf file, especially when you install and you are trying to configure it on Linux based OS Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Able to handle thousands of massive concurrent sessions is a lightweight, fully scalable web server. TCP/UDP/Mail proxy server and tons of other features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

If you need some special functions, like load balancing, you have to pay for the plus version. Some features provided with the standard version, would have made the perfect webserver. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Shedding their startup skin, the team members behind the wildly popular NGINX web server and delivery platform continue to mature and deliver high-performing and reliable websites and applications. Now with the structure and resources befitting an industry-leader, the company recently released the newest version of its enterprise-grade product, NGINX Plus R12. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The recommended way seems to be to do this using docker & kubernetes but getting the resources for even a small cluster is not cheap and setting it up just for better code reviews for a small portion of the code is not something I wanted to do. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nginx is a proxy that can be configured as a web server to serve static pages or pass requests to another CGI. It can be configured in a single configuration file without knowing Linux and bash script. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Not well documented on how to setup file permissions to serve some type of request or static file Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

nginx is an extremely versatile product. It can be a web app, load balancer, API gateway, or all together and much more. Extremely lightweight and high-performing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

For beginners, Nginx is not always easy to configure if you want to use it for complex purposes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.