Nginx 1.7.8 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.
On 2014-12-02, the mainline version of Nginx 1.7.8 was released at nginx.org. The upstream changelog is as follows:
Changes with nginx 1.7.8 02 Dec 2014
- ) 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.
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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 1.7.8 for Windows (32-bit & 64-bit versions) here.
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