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Angie

Angie /ˈendʒi/ is an efficient, powerful, and scalable web server that was forked from nginx to act as a drop-in replacement, so you can use existing setups without major changes to module layout or configuration.

The project was conceived by ex-devs from the original nginx team to venture beyond the earlier vision.

Getting Started

To start using Angie, see the official documentation:

• Installation: https://angie.software/en/installation/

• Runtime configuration: https://angie.software/en/configuration/

• Development and contribution: https://angie.software/en/development/

• Troubleshooting and feedback channels: https://angie.software/en/troubleshooting/

Features

On top of all the capabilities of nginx 1.27.0 <https://nginx.org/en/CHANGES>_, Angie adds a number of its own advantages, including these:

• Supporting HTTP/3 <https://angie.software/en/configuration/modules/http_v3/>_ for client connections, as well as for proxied server <https://angie.software/en/configuration/modules/http_proxy/#proxy-http-version>_ connections, with the ability to independently use different protocol versions (HTTP/1.x, HTTP/2, HTTP/3) on opposite sides.

• Automatic HTTPS provisions TLS certificates using built-in ACME <https://angie.software/en/configuration/modules/http_acme/>_ support.

• Simplifying configuration: the location directive can define several matching expressions at once, which enables combining <https://angie.software/en/configuration/modules/http_core/#combined-locations>_ blocks with shared settings.

• Exposing basic information about the web server, its configuration <https://angie.software/en/configuration/modules/http_api/#a-api-config-files>, as well as metrics <https://angie.software/en/configuration/modules/http_api/#metrics> of proxied servers, client connections, shared memory zones, and many other things via a RESTful API <https://angie.software/en/configuration/modules/http_api/#a-api>_ interface in JSON format.

• Exporting statistics in Prometheus <https://angie.software/en/configuration/modules/http_prometheus/#prometheus>_ format with customizable templates <https://angie.software/en/configuration/modules/http_prometheus/#prometheus-template>_.

• Monitoring the server through the browser with the Console Light <https://angie.software/en/configuration/monitoring/>_ visual monitoring tool. See the online demo: https://console.angie.software/

• Automatically updating <https://angie.software/en/configuration/modules/http_upstream/#reresolve>_ lists of proxied servers matching a domain name or retrieving <https://angie.software/en/configuration/modules/http_upstream/#reresolve>_ such lists from SRV DNS records.

• Session binding <https://angie.software/en/configuration/modules/http_upstream/#u-sticky>_ mode, which directs all requests within one session to the same proxied server.

• Recommissioning upstream servers after a failure smoothly using the slow_start option of the server <https://angie.software/en/configuration/modules/http_upstream/#u-server>_ directive.

• Limiting the MP4 file transfer rate <https://angie.software/en/configuration/modules/http_mp4/#mp4-limit-rate>_ proportionally to its bitrate, thus reducing the bandwidth load.

• Extending authorization and balancing capabilities for the MQTT protocol with the mqtt_preread <https://angie.software/en/configuration/modules/stream_mqtt_preread/#s-mqtt-preread>_ directive under stream.

• Informing balancing decisions with RDP protocol's session cookies via the rdp_preread <https://angie.software/en/configuration/modules/stream_rdp_preread/#rdp-preread>_ directive under stream.

• Pre-built binary packages <https://angie.software/en/installation/#install-thirdpartymodules>_ for many popular third-party modules.

• Server <https://angie.software/en/configuration/modules/http_ssl/#ssl-ntls>- and client-side <https://angie.software/en/configuration/modules/http_proxy/#proxy-ssl-ntls> support for NTLS when using the TongSuo <https://github.com/Tongsuo-Project/Tongsuo>_ TLS library, enabled at build time <https://angie.software/en/installation/#building-from-source>_.