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Roadmap – nginx

40 points by twapi 14y ago

stingraycharles 14y ago
Pardon my ignorance, but what exactly should I be looking for that warrants a frontpage of HN for this link ?
- LoonyPandora 14y ago
  Official support for WebSockets and SPDY in nginx is big news. WebSocket support especially, as previously it was impossible to do long-polling / WebSocket type work in nginx without resorting to unreliable 3rd party modules.
- kcbanner 14y ago
  Websocket support is big deal.
thcheetah 14y ago
Looking forward to websocket reverse proxying in 1.3
dtf 14y ago
Can't wait! But until then... Has anyone been using nginx <1.3 to proxy WebSockets using the TCP proxy module (nginx_tcp_proxy_module)? Anyone know from experience if it's a workable solution?
- GvS 14y ago
  I've been using it for 1.0.x and it works.
- istvanp 14y ago
  Not if you want to use port 80 for your websockets and http on the same server. We are using haproxy to support both Node and nginx on port 80.
d1mitris 14y ago
I always found any information coming from the nginx website a bit too laconic. Am I the only one? WebSocket support is welcome.
- alexchamberlain 14y ago
  Now you mention it, yes. Don't forget that English isn't the core developers' native language though.
zaph0d 14y ago
I am more excited about ETags support than SPDY & Websockets. Etags (when used correctly) are extremely handy.
- newman314 14y ago
  Please elaborate...
  - untog 14y ago
    There's a great example/explanation on the Facebook Developer blog: https://developers.facebook.com/blog/post/627/ https://developers.facebook.com/blog/post/627/ Basically, it's Last-Modified on steroids.
    - Vidart 14y ago
      In the link that you mentioned, ETags are produced and handled by application. There are no special needs in web-server support.
      - untog 14y ago
        Right... I was assuming that the OP wanted to know what ETags are, rather than their specific implementation in nginx.
        zaph0d 14y ago
        Etags are useful for static assets as well.
jroseattle 14y ago
Hellloooooo, websockets. A nice reverse proxy to Node will be so welcome.

Roadmap – nginx

40 points by twapi 14y ago

stingraycharles 14y ago

Pardon my ignorance, but what exactly should I be looking for that warrants a frontpage of HN for this link ?

LoonyPandora 14y ago
Official support for WebSockets and SPDY in nginx is big news. WebSocket support especially, as previously it was impossible to do long-polling / WebSocket type work in nginx without resorting to unreliable 3rd party modules.
kcbanner 14y ago
Websocket support is big deal.

thcheetah 14y ago

Looking forward to websocket reverse proxying in 1.3

dtf 14y ago

Can't wait! But until then... Has anyone been using nginx <1.3 to proxy WebSockets using the TCP proxy module (nginx_tcp_proxy_module)? Anyone know from experience if it's a workable solution?

GvS 14y ago
I've been using it for 1.0.x and it works.
istvanp 14y ago
Not if you want to use port 80 for your websockets and http on the same server. We are using haproxy to support both Node and nginx on port 80.

d1mitris 14y ago

I always found any information coming from the nginx website a bit too laconic. Am I the only one? WebSocket support is welcome.

alexchamberlain 14y ago
Now you mention it, yes. Don't forget that English isn't the core developers' native language though.

zaph0d 14y ago

I am more excited about ETags support than SPDY & Websockets. Etags (when used correctly) are extremely handy.

newman314 14y ago
Please elaborate...
- untog 14y ago
  There's a great example/explanation on the Facebook Developer blog: https://developers.facebook.com/blog/post/627/ https://developers.facebook.com/blog/post/627/ Basically, it's Last-Modified on steroids.
  - Vidart 14y ago
    In the link that you mentioned, ETags are produced and handled by application. There are no special needs in web-server support.
    - untog 14y ago
      Right... I was assuming that the OP wanted to know what ETags are, rather than their specific implementation in nginx.
      - zaph0d 14y ago
        Etags are useful for static assets as well.

jroseattle 14y ago

Hellloooooo, websockets. A nice reverse proxy to Node will be so welcome.