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NGINX is a free open source web server software solution having numerous features such as HTTP and reverse proxy, mail proxy, TCP/UDP proxy, and load balancing capabilities. It is well known for its scalability and flexible configuration. Binaries and source can be downloaded from the NGINX site (https://nginx.org/). NGINX has been tested on several platforms and operating systems such as Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD, Windows, and AIX.
With the growth of the NGINX developer community, numerous add-on modules have been created to give NGINX additional functionality. One such open-source community that has branched out from NGINX core is OpenResty® (https://openresty.org). OpenResty is an open-source full web platform that is based on NGINX with added support for Lua, extended modules, and other libraries developed by the community. The example deployments defined in this white paper use the OpenResty variant of NGINX customized for use with ECS.