FeatureRequests
Here you can find some feature requests to Nginx.
| Feature | Priority | Status |
| litespeed lsapi 3rd-party module, for faster php | ||
| Python support like nginx-perl or apache-mod_python | WSGI support - see NgxWSGIModule | |
| mod_mogilefs | Valery has a partial version of this working - see http://marc.info/?l=nginx&m=123987914430543&w=2 | |
| Cluster manager (look at something like Zeus' web interface) | ||
| mod_svn | ||
| Pluggable module support like apache, make it easier for distributions to ship addons etc. Having to compile with patches is a tough barrier to entry | ||
| Listen on a unix socket | initial support since 0.8.21 see HttpCoreModule#listen | |
| Ability to turn on error/debug logging with different levels inside of anything (location, if statement, etc) | ||
| .htaccess-like functionality from Apache | Never | Give additional examples why this is needed? In PHP 5.3, this is built-in, not to mention using htscanner from PECL. Major lacking thing is allowing users to define their own protected directories. Server-level configuration is not very friendly for that. --My opinion: For example for easy migration from apache to nginx for customers.
Please see discussion page for an answer to why this will not happen. |
| BUG: upstream site.com:port should also be supported(in nginx.conf). Currently only site.com is supported | 1 | |
| FastCGI process manager like lighttpd | Never | Lighttpd removing this in 1.5.x; use PHP-FPM or spawn-fcgi |
| get ACCEPT_LANGUAGE http header value in Variables | ||
| persistent connections to backends (fcgi, http, https, ...) | 1 | |
| =1; not working ) | 1 | |
| similar like mod_uploadprogress or disable buffering for nginx-proxy => backend | See HttpUploadProgressModule | |
| similar like mod_secdownload of Lighttpd | See HttpAccessKeyModule and Using X-Accel-Redirect | |
| mod_cache | 1 | HTTP backends since 0.7.44, see HttpProxyModule#proxy_cache; FastCGI backends since 0.7.45 HttpFcgiModule#fastcgi_cache |
| memcache cache media files using memcache | ||
| command line define flags ( like apache -D ) | Since 0.7.4, see CommandLine#Options | |
| JK-Protocol connector | See nginx_ajp_module | |
| mod_security like features | ||
| SCGI module | See NgxSCGIModule | |
| Smart load balancing (like mod_backhand ) - the fair module does not meet this need. nginx needs to support dynamically adding/removing upstream servers, an external process could handle the monitoring if needed, but nginx needs to have some sort of API/way to be notified of the change | See HttpUpstreamFairModule | |
| Session affinity (sticky cookies) for proxy balancer | See HttpUpstreamRequestHashModule | |
| chroot support | ||
| a more extended server-status (like lighty or even apache) | Maybe? | See http://marc.info/?l=nginx&m=124791846314890&w=2 |
| MySQL or other database-driven config that gets reread every now and then | ||
| "X-LIGHTTPD-SID" like feature, see last paragraph mod_accesslog | Could HttpProxyModule#proxy_hide_header solve this problem? If not please drop a mail to the mailing list so that we can talk about | |
| An option to disable Nginx signature in both error pages and headers. As an addition signature could also include OS name + OS version | See HttpCoreModule#server_tokens | |
| smtp proxy - something like http://moxy.psychogenic.com/ | ||
| auth_digest - Basic auth is very weak on replay attacks | ||
| LDAP, PAM or other authentication backends (scripting backend) | See http://web.iti.upv.es/~sto/nginx/ for PAM support | |
| Monitor bandwidth usage of per-vhost or SNMP support like Squid | ||
| mod_cgi : regular cgi. i.e. tie file extension to interpreter. .rhtml => eruby etc. | Currently supported by proxying to Apache or thttpd; also look at http://nginx.localdomain.pl/wiki/FcgiWrap | |
| mod_evasive like DDoS protection | ||
| Content negotiation like Apache mod_negotiation | ||
| mod_speed like selective traffic shaping | ||
| an Include type directive for directories so web applications packages can use nginx by placing their config file there | CoreModule#include is the answer | |
| Ability to remove ETAG support like Apache's "FileETag none" setting | ||
| SSL Module option "ssl_verify_client" support multiple levels to verify client certificate such as Apache mod_ssl. Also support directory sector in nginx.conf. | ||
| 'elseif'/'else' statements added to configuration options after 'if' statements | ||
| Bug: Fails to return a valid HTTP response if passed an HTTP method in lower case. nc to the port and type a lower case letter, Nginx will immediately respond with the HTML for a 400 Bad Request, but will not have the HTTP error code | ||
| IPv6 support for upstreams when proxying | ||
| Built-in ETAG support for static files, there is a module, however I feel this should really be core |
Legend
Never: Will be never implemented
Maybe: If anybody contributes a patch
- . where should bugs be reported?
- objs/src/os/unix/ngx_linux_init.o: In function
ngx_os_specific_init': src/os/unix/ngx_linux_init.c:63: warning: the <code>sysctl' syscall has been removed from 2.6.18+ kernels, direct access to/proc/sys' should be used instead.
- . I think some versions of glibc do this to check your processor level
