Inquiry on the Future Direction of Freenginx

[Tatsuya Kaneko]

Thank you for continuously adding new features to Freenginx.

Regarding the Docker image, when Nginx is needed in development or
production environments, it is common to use the official Nginx Docker
image. Nginx distributes a Debian-slim based image.

The official Nginx Docker image is created using packages distributed
for specific distributions by Nginx. Therefore, by creating packages
for specific distributions, it becomes easier to create Docker images.

While having both packages and Docker images would be beneficial,
packages might be more important.

2024年8月12日(月) 5:11 Maxim Dounin <mdounin at mdounin.ru>:
>
> Hello!
>
> (It looks like you aren't subscribed, so Cc'd explicitly.)
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> On Sun, Aug 11, 2024 at 09:16:05PM +0900, Tatsuya Kaneko wrote:
>
> > Thank you for developing Freenginx. I have some questions about its
> > future direction.
> >
> > Do you want developers who currently use Nginx to switch to Freenginx?
> >
> > If so, I believe the following features are necessary:
> >
> > * Compelling features that encourage developers to choose Freenginx
> > * A Docker image
> >
> > Many developers are satisfied with Nginx, so Freenginx needs features
> > that stand out. For example, I would be interested in a feature that
> > updates upstream via DNS. While this is possible with variables, it
> > doesn't support keepalive connections with upstream. If Freenginx
> > could offer this feature, many developers might choose it.
>
> Certainly features are important, and almost every release of
> freenginx adds new features.
>
> As of now, important ones include better DoS protection in various
> areas (such as max_commands in mail proxy, max_headers, limits
> during request headers and body reading), error logging
> moderation, OAUTH authentication mechanisms in mail proxy, and a
> large cleanup of request body error handling which makes various
> complex error_page configurations a lot easier.
>
> Still, I tend to think that "developers are satisfied" isn't
> something to be taken as granted.  Rather, this is a result of
> many years of work on the quality of the code.  And it's an open
> question now if F5 will be able to maintain the quality of their
> code.
>
> > Additionally, many developers, including myself, use Docker images.
> > Since there is no Docker image for Freenginx, it’s not currently an
> > option for us.
> >
> > So, if Freenginx has compelling features and a Docker image, I believe
> > many developers would choose it. Is this something you want?
>
> I personally don't use Docker much, mostly for testing with
> various Linux userlands.  Do you think that a special Docker image
> is required?  My personal impression is that it is something
> better achieved with a package in/for a particular distribution.
>
> --
> Maxim Dounin
> http://mdounin.ru/



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