Why Did You Fork NGINX, My Dear?! (Na^WDo You Even Need To?)
summary
A half-year development report on the Angie web server: what changes were made, what problems were solved, and what further work is needed. The talk also explains the joke/symbol "^W" used in the title.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:17Why fork NGINX
- 3:44Creating Engine X fork
- 5:56Andi fork features
- 7:43Building packages for 50 platforms
- 10:33CI/CD for packages and tests
- 12:43Third-party module support
- 15:36New features in 1.2.0
- 16:22Extended IP metrics
- 17:28DNS resolver and SRV records
- 22:30Sticky sessions mechanism
- 27:52Andi in the world and project future
- 29:44Community and user support
- 30:49Q&A
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