Not that nginx isn't great technology, but Apache has mod_lua too. Also, mod_perl used to be very popular for embedding the kind of functionality you talk about

Not that nginx isn't great technology, but Apache has mod_lua too. Also, mod_perl used to be very popular for embedding the kind of functionality you talk about in the web server. https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_lua.html https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_lua.html http://modperlbook.org/ http://modperlbook.org/