How to install Openresty

How to Install OpenrestyJanuary, 6:18 am

Openresty, also called "Ngx_openresty", is a Web application server based on the Nginx core, it also con The tains lot of the 3rd party Nginx modules and the most of its system dependencies. openresty is a Nginx fork, it ' s just a software bundle. It had been mostly maintained by Yichun Zhang?6?0 and since it had been supported by CloudFlare.

Why openresty?

According to it's author, Openresty allows developers to build high-performance Web applications using Lua progra Mming language to script existing Nginx C modules, ideal to support high traffic apps.

Install Openresty

Software Requirements

• Perl 5.6.1+
• Libreadline
• Libpcre
• Libssl

Linux systems:ensure that ldconfig are in your PATH environment.

For Debian and Ubuntu distributions:

Install libreadline-dev libncurses5-dev libpcre3-dev Libssl-dev Perl make

For Fedora and RedHat distributions:

Install readline-devel pcre-devel openssl-devel

For FreeBSD users

Need to install the following ports:

Devel/gmakesecurity/openssldevel/pcre

Download openresty

Go to http:/openresty. Org/and get the lastest version. At this time, the last version:

wget http:/openresty. Org/download/ngx_openresty-1.5.8.1.tar.gz.

Untar, build and install openresty

Tar xzvf ngx_openresty-1.5.8.1.tar.gzcd ngx_openrestyInstall

Available Configure options:

./configure--prefix=/opt/openresty --with-luajit--without-http_redis2_module--with-http_iconv_module-- With-http_postgres_module-j2--help to see more options

Need more information about openresty?

How to install Openresty