From the ‘Apache is still more popular’ files:
The open-source nginx web server has emerged in recent years to become one of the most widely deployed
open-source technologies on the planet. Today a new incremental version of nginx was released with the 1.7.8 milestone update.
Following is the list of changes:
*) Change: now the “If-Modified-Since”, “If-Range”, etc. client request
header lines are passed to a backend while caching if nginx knows in
advance that the response will not be cached (e.g., when using
proxy_cache_min_uses).
*) Change: now after proxy_cache_lock_timeout nginx sends a request to a
backend with caching disabled; the new directives
“proxy_cache_lock_age”, “fastcgi_cache_lock_age”,
“scgi_cache_lock_age”, and “uwsgi_cache_lock_age” specify a time
after which the lock will be released and another attempt to cache a
response will be made.
*) Change: the “log_format” directive can now be used only at http
level.
*) Feature: the “proxy_ssl_certificate”, “proxy_ssl_certificate_key”,
“proxy_ssl_password_file”, “uwsgi_ssl_certificate”,
“uwsgi_ssl_certificate_key”, and “uwsgi_ssl_password_file”
directives.
Thanks to Piotr Sikora.
*) Feature: it is now possible to switch to a named location using
“X-Accel-Redirect”.
Thanks to Toshikuni Fukaya.
*) Feature: now the “tcp_nodelay” directive works with SPDY connections.
*) Feature: new directives in vim syntax highliting scripts.
Thanks to Peter Wu.
*) Bugfix: nginx ignored the “s-maxage” value in the “Cache-Control”
backend response header line.
Thanks to Piotr Sikora.
*) Bugfix: in the ngx_http_spdy_module.
Thanks to Piotr Sikora.
*) Bugfix: in the “ssl_password_file” directive when using OpenSSL
0.9.8zc, 1.0.0o, 1.0.1j.
*) Bugfix: alerts “header already sent” appeared in logs if the
“post_action” directive was used; the bug had appeared in 1.5.4.
*) Bugfix: alerts “the http output chain is empty” might appear in logs
if the “postpone_output 0” directive was used with SSI includes.
*) Bugfix: in the “proxy_cache_lock” directive with SSI subrequests.
Thanks to Yichun Zhang.
You can download the new version here: http://nginx.org/download/nginx-1.7.8.tar.gz or update from your favorite Linux distro repo.
Sean Michael Kerner is a senior editor at InternetNews.com. Follow him on Twitter @TechJournalist