NGINX - CORS with a single if
Configuring NGINX CORS with a single if using maps and add_header directives.
Cassiano Aquino
Senior Principal Engineer - DevOps @ Flutter Entertainment Plc
I write about DevOps, the parts of the stack nobody notices until they stop working, and lately about homelab AI and LLM inference infrastructure.
DNS Round Robin, Consul and Java
Configuring Consul to work around getaddrinfo's implementation of RFC3484, which breaks DNS round robin.
NGINX+ - Replicated Key-Value Store
Configuring NGINX+ modules to create a replicated key-value store using the mirror module.
NGINX+ Automatic PURGE when content is changed
NGINX+ mirror module purges cache for non-GET requests using the purge option and $uri variables.
NGINX - Unique Request Identifier
Configuring NGINX to generate and forward a unique X-Request-ID header to upstream servers.
NGINX+ Chained PURGE
Implementing NGINX+ chained PURGE using Lua and Consul to dynamically update upstream server lists.
Thinking outside of the box with NGINX series - proxy_cache_bypass command
Configuring NGINX's proxy_cache_bypass directive to conditionally bypass caching and update cache entries.
imapfilter - cleaning up your mailbox and Gmail tricks
Configuring imapfilter with Lua scripts to automate mailbox cleanup and Gmail management tasks.
Thinking outside of the box with NGINX series - map command
Configuring NGINX using the map command for conditional logic and variable manipulation.
Thinking outside of the box with NGINX series - geo command
Using NGINX's geo command to match network blocks and route traffic to different upstreams or apply rate limits.
