# trimstray/nginx-admins-handbook

How to improve NGINX performance, security, and other important things.

Repository: https://github.com/trimstray/nginx-admins-handbook
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/nginx-admins-handbook
Language: Shell
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: nginx, nginx-proxy, nginx-configuration, security, performance, http, https, ssllabs, notes, cheatsheet, reference, handbook, best-practices, hacks, snippets, tengine, openresty
Last push: 2024-11-19T13:58:35+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2774, "days_push": 652, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 14305, forks 1138 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:06.708137+00:00)

## What it is
A comprehensive community handbook of notes, cheatsheets, and best practices for administering NGINX, covering performance tuning, security hardening, and configuration gotchas. It includes printable hardening cheatsheets, config generators, and curated external resources.

## Use cases
- harden my nginx configuration against common attacks
- improve nginx reverse proxy performance
- get an A+ on SSL Labs with nginx
- learn nginx configuration tips and gotchas
- find nginx best practices for production servers
- generate secure nginx config snippets
- troubleshoot nginx proxy and TLS issues

## When to choose
- you administer or configure NGINX, OpenResty, or Tengine servers
- you want a curated reference of hardening and performance practices
- you need printable cheatsheets or config checklists for nginx

## When to avoid
- you need runnable software rather than documentation
- you use a different web server like Apache, Caddy, or HAProxy
- you need official vendor documentation or paid support

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: stable
- function: documentation, security, developer-tools
- domain: web-development, security, documentation, tutorials
- platform: self-hosted
- tags: nginx, handbook, cheatsheet, best-practices, hardening, performance-tuning, reverse-proxy, https, ssl-tls, openresty, devops, linux, web-server

## Member repositories
- trimstray/nginx-admins-handbook (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:06.708137+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:12:39.675567+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/trimstray/nginx-admins-handbook (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:06.708137+00:00, sha 07f913591763)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.