Mar 1, 2022 4 mins read Posted by Yichun Zhang (updated Mar 3, 2022)
Today I’d demonstrate another feature in OpenResty Edge: to limit the request rate by some keys. Sometimes the clients send requests too fast, like under a denial of service attack. Read more...
Oct 19, 2021 5 mins read Posted by Yichun Zhang (updated Dec 20, 2021)
This tutorial will demonstrate how to manage configuration versions and releases in OpenResty Edge. Our relational database used by the web console has built-in support for version control. Read more...
Sep 26, 2021 9 mins read Posted by Yichun Zhang (updated Jan 2, 2022)
Today I’d show you how to generate a complete video that demonstrates the Google Search website. The video will be made by our OpenResty Showman product from a screenplay file. Read more...
Sep 16, 2021 4 mins read Posted by Yichun Zhang (updated Dec 20, 2021)
Today I’d show how to configure a different Host header for the requests sent to the upstream or backend servers. Read more...
Sep 6, 2021 5 mins read Posted by Yichun Zhang (updated Dec 20, 2021)
In this post, we will show how to redirect to different web pages based on the clients' language settings. Read more...
Jun 29, 2021 3 mins read Posted by Yichun Zhang (updated Dec 20, 2021)
Today I’d like to show how to enforce the use of SSL on your sites. That is, redirecting all user HTTP requests to their HTTPS counterparts. Read more...
Jun 25, 2021 5 mins read Posted by Yichun Zhang (updated Dec 20, 2021)
Today I’d like to show how to automatically issue free SSL certificates via Let’s Encrypt in OpenResty Edge. Read more...
May 27, 2021 4 mins read Posted by Yichun Zhang (updated Dec 20, 2021)
Today I’d like to show how to upload your own SSL certificates to your HTTPS applications in OpenResty Edge. Read more...
Apr 12, 2021 4 mins read Posted by Yichun Zhang (updated Dec 20, 2021)
Today I’d like to show how to purge OpenResty Edge’s HTTP cache across the whole gateway network in real time. Read more...
Apr 3, 2021 5 mins read Posted by Yichun Zhang (updated Dec 20, 2021)
Today I’d demonstrate how to enable HTTP response caching in OpenResty Edge. When the client requests hit the cache on the Edge Node server, no requests need to be sent to the backend server. Read more...
Mar 18, 2021 6 mins read Posted by Yichun Zhang (updated Dec 20, 2021)
Today I’d demonstrate how to setup the simplest reverse proxy and load balancer in OpenResty Edge. We manage all the gateway server nodes and their configurations in a central place, the Edge Admin web console. Read more...
Mar 10, 2021 4 mins read Posted by Yichun Zhang (updated Dec 20, 2021)
Today I’d like to demonstrate how to install OpenResty on Ubuntu 20.04 via apt-get. We’ll use this fresh install of Ubuntu 20. Read more...
Feb 8, 2021 4 mins read Posted by Yichun Zhang (updated Dec 20, 2021)
In this video, I’ll demonstrate how to do streaming HTTP response body output in OpenResty. cd ~/ mkdir stream-resp/ cd stream-resp/ We create the sub-directory structure as always. Read more...
Dec 9, 2020 4 mins read Posted by Yichun Zhang (updated Jan 2, 2022)
This tutorial demonstrates how to pre-compile Lua modules into LuaJIT bytecode. This can help reduce the startup time of an OpenResty application. Read more...
Dec 7, 2020 4 mins read Posted by Yichun Zhang (updated Dec 20, 2021)
This tutorial demonstrates both the right ways and wrong ways of benchmarking user Lua code in OpenResty. cd ~ mkdir time-lua cd time-lua/ First of all, make sure our CPU is always at its full speed. Read more...
Dec 2, 2020 3 mins read Posted by Yichun Zhang (updated Dec 20, 2021)
This tutorial demonstrates how to use OpenResty’s restydoc command-line utility to quickly lookup OpenResty documentation for Nginx modules, Nginx configuration directives, Lua API functions, Lua C functions, Lua modules, and many more. Read more...
Dec 1, 2020 4 mins read Posted by Yichun Zhang (updated Dec 20, 2021)
This tutorial will demonstrate how to share data across different HTTP requests served by an OpenResty application. cd ~/ mkdir data-share cd data-share/ mkdir conf logs lua tree We first prepare our test application’s directory tree. Read more...
Nov 30, 2020 4 mins read Posted by Yichun Zhang (updated Dec 20, 2021)
This tutorial will demonstrate how to install OpenResty on CentOS 8 via dnf. We’ll use this fresh install of CentOS 8 in this tutorial. Read more...
Nov 29, 2020 4 mins read Posted by Yichun Zhang (updated Dec 20, 2021)
In this tutroial, we will demonstrate how to use the resty command-line utility shipped with OpenResty. cd ~ export PATH=/usr/local/openresty/bin:$PATH which resty It’s usually in this path. Read more...
Nov 15, 2020 4 mins read Posted by Yichun Zhang (updated Dec 20, 2021)
Today I’d demonstrate how to write your own Lua modules in your OpenResty applications, step by step. Let’s put our simple OpenResty application in a new directory named test-module. Read more...
Nov 14, 2020 3 mins read Posted by Yichun Zhang (updated Dec 20, 2021)
This tutorial demonstrates how to implement a “hello world” HTTP interface using OpenResty. First of all, we make sure we are using OpenResty’s nginx. Read more...
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