Nginx 1.3.1 for Windows (32-bit and 64-bit) are now available for free download. Both packages were built from the upstream development 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 benefit from using Nginx because of its extreme performance, scalability, reliability, flexibility and security.
On 2012-06-05, the development version of Nginx 1.3.1 was released at nginx.org. The upstream changelog is listed below:
Changes with nginx 1.3.1 05 Jun 2012
- ) Security: now nginx/Windows ignores trailing dot in URI path component, and does not allow URIs with “:$” in it. Thanks to Vladimir Kochetkov, Positive Research Center.
- ) Feature: the “proxy_pass”, “fastcgi_pass”, “scgi_pass”, “uwsgi_pass” directives, and the “server” directive inside the “upstream” block, now support IPv6 addresses.
- ) Feature: the “resolver” directive now support IPv6 addresses and an optional port specification.
- ) Feature: the “least_conn” directive inside the “upstream” block.
- ) Feature: it is now possible to specify a weight for servers while using the “ip_hash” directive.
- ) Bugfix: a segmentation fault might occur in a worker process if the “image_filter” directive was used; the bug had appeared in 1.3.0.
- ) Bugfix: nginx could not be built with ngx_cpp_test_module; the bug had appeared in 1.1.12.
- ) Bugfix: access to variables from SSI and embedded perl module might not work after reconfiguration. Thanks to Yichun Zhang.
- ) Bugfix: in the ngx_http_xslt_filter_module. Thanks to Kuramoto Eiji.
- ) Bugfix: memory leak if $geoip_org variable was used. Thanks to Denis F. Latypoff.
- ) Bugfix: in the “proxy_cookie_domain” and “proxy_cookie_path” directives.
Maxim Dounin
These Windows setup files are provided to support legacy users who still use the Cygwin based builds. Official native Windows builds are available and supported at nginx.org.
If you are new to Nginx on Windows, please use the native Windows builds which are fully supported and available for download at nginx.org.
Download Nginx 1.3.1 for Windows (32-bit & 64-bit versions) here.
Please feel free to ask questions or or leave a comment below. Thank you.
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