The Nginx Unit 1.27.0 release introduces HTTP‑to‑HTTPS redirection using $request_uri, configurable default filenames for pure‑path URIs, numerous bug fixes, expanded Linux distribution support, and updated Docker images with the latest language runtimes.
NGINX Unit 1.25.0 introduces TLS session caching and ticketing, client IP header replacement, manual application restart control, Ruby lifecycle hooks, and a series of bug fixes that improve stability and compatibility for web applications.
This guide introduces NGINX Unit, a lightweight dynamic web and application server supporting multiple languages, and provides step‑by‑step installation instructions for CentOS, Ubuntu, and Docker, along with configuration examples for PHP and Java applications using its RESTful JSON API.
NGINX Unit 1.0 is an open‑source web and application server that lets you run multiple programming languages such as Go, Perl, PHP, Python, and Ruby via a JSON‑based REST API, offering dynamic, in‑memory configuration, sandboxed process isolation, and seamless micro‑service integration.
