ngx_http_hello_world

Simple example on how to implement a nginx C module to obtain: Method, IP, User-Agent, Cookies, and Post/Get Variables

Install

1. Download nginx

wget https://nginx.org/download/nginx-1.18.1.tar.gz
tar -xzf nginx-1.18.1.tar.gz
export NGINX_PATH=$(pwd)/nginx-1.18.1/

2. Compile the module

git clone https://github.com/bnchdan/ngx_http_hello_world
cd ngx_http_hello_world
./build.sh

3. Compile the module

git clone https://github.com/bnchdan/ngx_http_hello_world
cd ngx_http_hello_world
./build.sh

Configuration

load_module /my_path/ngx_http_hello_world_module.so;
...
http {
  ...
  server{
    ...
    location /hello_world {
        hello_world;
    }
    ...
  }
  ...
}
...

go to url/hello_world