Nginx 1.9.1 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 2015-05-26, the mainline version of Nginx 1.9.1 was released at nginx.org. The upstream changelog is as follows:
Changes with nginx 1.9.1 26 May 2015
- ) Change: now SSLv3 protocol is disabled by default.
- ) Change: some long deprecated directives are not supported anymore.
- ) Feature: the “reuseport” parameter of the “listen” directive. Thanks to Sepherosa Ziehau and Yingqi Lu.
- ) Feature: the $upstream_connect_time variable.
- ) Bugfix: in the “hash” directive on big-endian platforms.
- ) Bugfix: nginx might fail to start on some old Linux variants; the bug had appeared in 1.7.11.
- ) Bugfix: in IP address parsing. Thanks to Sergey Polovko.
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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 1.9.1 for Windows (32-bit & 64-bit versions) here.
Check out the FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions. The answers may help you. If you have other questions that are not on the FAQ, please feel free to ask, or leave a comment, below. Thank you.
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