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Description for nginx_modules_http

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# This file contains descriptions of NGINX_MODULES_HTTP USE_EXPAND flags.

# Keep it sorted.

Flags in nginx_modules_http

Flag Description Packages Using This Flag
access This module provides a simple host-based access control. View specific flag page (nginx_modules_http_access)
addition This module adds contents of other locations before and after the current location's content. View specific flag page (nginx_modules_http_addition)
ajp support AJP protocol proxy with nginx View specific flag page (nginx_modules_http_ajp)
auth_basic This module protects your site or parts of it with username and password based on HTTP Basic Authentication. View specific flag page (nginx_modules_http_auth_basic)
auth_pam This module provides authentication via PAM. View specific flag page (nginx_modules_http_auth_pam)
auth_request Module implementing client authorization based on the result of a subrequest. View specific flag page (nginx_modules_http_auth_request)
autoindex This module provides automatic directory listings. View specific flag page (nginx_modules_http_autoindex)
browser This module creates variables, the values of which depend on the request header "User-agent". View specific flag page (nginx_modules_http_browser)
cache_purge External module adding ability to purge content from nginx's FastCGI and proxy caches. View specific flag page (nginx_modules_http_cache_purge)
charset This module can reencode data of one encoding into another. View specific flag page (nginx_modules_http_charset)
dav This module adds the HTTP and WebDAV methods PUT, DELETE, MKCOL, COPY and MOVE. View specific flag page (nginx_modules_http_dav)
dav_ext Add missing WebDAV methods PROPFIND & OPTIONS to the existing WebDAV module. View specific flag page (nginx_modules_http_dav_ext)
degradation Allows to return 204 or 444 code for some locations on low memory condition (reliable on FreeBSD only) View specific flag page (nginx_modules_http_degradation)
echo Brings shell-style goodies to Nginx config file. View specific flag page (nginx_modules_http_echo)
empty_gif This module keeps a 1x1 transparent GIF in memory that can be served very quickly. View specific flag page (nginx_modules_http_empty_gif)
fancyindex This module makes possible the generation of file listings, like the built-in autoindex module does, but adding a touch of style. View specific flag page (nginx_modules_http_fancyindex)
fastcgi This module allows Nginx to interact with FastCGI processes and control what parameters are passed to the process. View specific flag page (nginx_modules_http_fastcgi)
flv This module provides the ability to seek within FLV (Flash) files using time-based offsets. View specific flag page (nginx_modules_http_flv)
geo This module creates variables, whose values depend on the IP-address of the client. View specific flag page (nginx_modules_http_geo)
geoip This module creates variables based on the IP-address of the client matched against the MaxMind GeoIP binary files. View specific flag page (nginx_modules_http_geoip)
gunzip Permits to decompress gzip'ed files on-the-fly for clients not supporting the gzip encoding method. View specific flag page (nginx_modules_http_gunzip)
gzip This module allows for on-the-fly gzip compression. View specific flag page (nginx_modules_http_gzip)
gzip_static Before serving a file from disk to a gzip-enabled client, this module will look for a precompressed file in the same location. View specific flag page (nginx_modules_http_gzip_static)
headers_more Set and clear input and output headers View specific flag page (nginx_modules_http_headers_more)
image_filter This module is a filter for transforming JPEG, GIF and PNG images. View specific flag page (nginx_modules_http_image_filter)
limit_conn This module makes it possible to limit the number of simultaneous connections for the assigned session View specific flag page (nginx_modules_http_limit_conn)
limit_req This module allows you to limit the number of requests for a given session. View specific flag page (nginx_modules_http_limit_req)
limit_zone This module makes it possible to limit the number of simultaneous connections for the assigned session View specific flag page (nginx_modules_http_limit_zone)
lua Embed the power of Lua into nginx View specific flag page (nginx_modules_http_lua)
map This module allows you to classify, or map a set of values into a different set of values and store the result in a variable. View specific flag page (nginx_modules_http_map)
memcached You can use this module to perform simple caching. View specific flag page (nginx_modules_http_memcached)
metrics Module to export various metrics in easy-parseable JSON. View specific flag page (nginx_modules_http_metrics)
mogilefs Enable support for MogileFS. View specific flag page (nginx_modules_http_mogilefs)
mp4 This module adds pseudo-streaming View specific flag page (nginx_modules_http_mp4)
naxsi An open source, high performance, low rules maintenance, Web Application Firewall module for Nginx. View specific flag page (nginx_modules_http_naxsi)
passenger Passenger makes deployment of Ruby web applications a breeze. View specific flag page (nginx_modules_http_passenger)
perl This module makes it possible to execute Perl directly within Nginx and call Perl via SSI. View specific flag page (nginx_modules_http_perl)
proxy This module makes it possible to transfer requests to another server. View specific flag page (nginx_modules_http_proxy)
push External module turning Nginx into an adept HTTP Push and Comet server. View specific flag page (nginx_modules_http_push)
push_stream Push Stream module, supporting EventSource, WebSocket, Long Polling, and Forever Iframe. View specific flag page (nginx_modules_http_push_stream)
random_index Pick a random directory index from a directory. View specific flag page (nginx_modules_http_random_index)
realip This module allows to change the client's IP address to value from request header (e. g. X-Real-IP or X-Forwarded-For). View specific flag page (nginx_modules_http_realip)
referer This module makes it possible to block access to the site with the incorrect values of line "Referer" in the request header. View specific flag page (nginx_modules_http_referer)
rewrite This module makes it possible to change URI using regular expressions (PCRE), and to redirect and select configuration depending on variables. View specific flag page (nginx_modules_http_rewrite)
scgi An implementation of the Simple Common Gateway Interface. View specific flag page (nginx_modules_http_scgi)
secure_link This module computes and checks request URLs for a required security token. View specific flag page (nginx_modules_http_secure_link)
security Web application firewall and Intrusion Detection System. View specific flag page (nginx_modules_http_security)
slowfs_cache This module adds the ability to cache static files View specific flag page (nginx_modules_http_slowfs_cache)
spdy This module provides an SPDY implementation. View specific flag page (nginx_modules_http_spdy)
split_clients This module provides A/B testing support. View specific flag page (nginx_modules_http_split_clients)
ssi This module provides a filter which processes Server-Side Includes (SSI) in the input. View specific flag page (nginx_modules_http_ssi)
sticky Module to always forward clients to the same upstream server (via sticky cookies) View specific flag page (nginx_modules_http_sticky)
stub_status This module provides the ability to get some status from nginx. View specific flag page (nginx_modules_http_stub_status)
sub This module can search and replace text in the nginx response. View specific flag page (nginx_modules_http_sub)
upload Enable support for handling file uploads using multipart/form-data encoding View specific flag page (nginx_modules_http_upload)
upload_progress This module adds the ability to track POST upload progress via JSON API View specific flag page (nginx_modules_http_upload_progress)
upstream_check Add health check support for upstream servers. View specific flag page (nginx_modules_http_upstream_check)
upstream_ip_hash This module provides the ability to distribute upstream requests based on the IP-address of the client. View specific flag page (nginx_modules_http_upstream_ip_hash)
userid This module gives out cookies for identification of clients. View specific flag page (nginx_modules_http_userid)
uwsgi External module for the uWSGI protocol for python web apps. View specific flag page (nginx_modules_http_uwsgi)
xslt This module is a filter which converts an XML response with the aid of one or more XSLT templates. View specific flag page (nginx_modules_http_xslt)