Nginx, the web server and mail proxy, released version 1.8.0 and we are happy to announce this version is already available in Bitnami.
In case you are not familiar with Nginx, it is a small but very powerful and efficient web server and mail proxy. It is trusted by many of the busiest sites on Internet, and its main advantage is scalability.
Nginx 1.8.0 stable version incorporates many new features such as hash load balancing method, backend, SSL certificate verification, experimental thread pools support, proxy_request_buffering and more. You can find the complete list of its features here.
Bitnami Nginx is available as native installers (available for Linux, Windows and Mac OS),virtual machines and cloud images for Amazon EC2, Azure and Google Cloud Platform. Bitnami Nginx ships Nginx web server, MySQL database server, PHP and phpMyAdmin right out of the box.
You can find more information about how to manage your installation on our wiki. Still have questions? We would be happy to answer them on our community forum.