Nginx 1.11.6 for Windows

By Kevin Worthington Published: 15 November 2016

Nginx 1.11.6 for Windows (32-bit and 64-bit builds) are now available for free download. As always, packages are built from the upstream mainline branch. Nginx (pronounced “engine x”) is a high performance web server, caching proxy and a Layer 7 load balancing solution. Millions of web sites on the Internet use and benefit from Nginx because of its extreme performance, scalability, reliability, flexibility, and security.

Note: these builds are built with older versions of OpenSSL and therefore SSL/TLS is NOT recommended for use. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. Using http only is recommended.

On 2016-11-15, the mainline version of Nginx 1.11.6 was released at nginx.org. The upstream changelog is as follows:

Changes with nginx 1.11.6 — 15 Nov 2016

) Change: format of the $ssl_client_s_dn and $ssl_client_i_dn variables has been changed to follow RFC 2253 (RFC 4514); values in the old format are available in the $ssl_client_s_dn_legacy and $ssl_client_i_dn_legacy variables.

) Change: when storing temporary files in a cache directory they will be stored in the same subdirectories as corresponding cache files instead of a separate subdirectory for temporary files.

) Feature: EXTERNAL authentication mechanism support in mail proxy. Thanks to Robert Norris.

) Feature: WebP support in the ngx_http_image_filter_module.

) Feature: variables support in the “proxy_method” directive. Thanks to Dmitry Lazurkin.

) Feature: the “http2_max_requests” directive in the ngx_http_v2_module.

) Feature: the “proxy_cache_max_range_offset”, “fastcgi_cache_max_range_offset”, “scgi_cache_max_range_offset”, and “uwsgi_cache_max_range_offset” directives.

) Bugfix: graceful shutdown of old worker processes might require infinite time when using HTTP/2.

) Bugfix: in the ngx_http_mp4_module.

) Bugfix: “ignore long locked inactive cache entry” alerts might appear in logs when proxying WebSocket connections with caching enabled.

) Bugfix: nginx did not write anything to log and returned a response with code 502 instead of 504 when a timeout occurred during an SSL handshake to a backend.

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Maxim Dounin

These Windows install files are provided to support legacy users who still use the Cygwin based builds. Before nginx.org starting providing native Windows packages, these were the only way to run Nginx on Windows. Now, official native Windows builds are available and supported at nginx.org. Please use those if you are new to Nginx on Windows. Once again, they are fully supported and available for download at nginx.org.

Download Nginx 1.11.6 for Windows (32-bit & 64-bit versions) here.

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