Nginx Config Validator and Optimizer

Parses nginx.conf and included config files using the crossplane Python library and nginx -t test command. Identifies misconfigurations, duplicate server blocks, SSL/TLS weaknesses via Mozilla SSL Configuration Generator recommendations.

Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:

git clone https://github.com/nginx/nginx.git
make

Requirements and caveats from upstream:

Processes synchronize data through shared memory. For this reason, many NGINX directives require the allocation of shared memory zones. As an example, when configuring [rate limiting](https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ng...
Most Linux distributions will require several dependencies to be installed in order to build NGINX. The following instructions are specific to the apt package manager, widely available on most Ubuntu/Debian distributi...
Prior to building NGINX, you must run the configure script with appropriate flags. This will generate a Makefile in your NGINX source root directory that can then be used to...

Basic usage or getting-started notes:

Getting started with NGINX
While nearly all popular Linux-based operating systems are distributed with a community version of nginx, we highly advise installation and usage of official packages or sou...
For a gentle introduction to NGINX basics, please see our Beginner’s Guide.