Nginx ("engine X") is a high-performance web and reverse proxy server created by Igor Sysoev. It can be used both as a standalone web server and as a proxy to reduce the load on back-end HTTP or mail servers.

This metapackage provides a very light version of nginx with only the minimal set of features and modules.

STANDARD HTTP MODULES: Core, Access, Auth Basic, Auto Index, Empty GIF, FastCGI, Map, Proxy, Rewrite, SCGI, uWSGI.

OPTIONAL HTTP MODULES: Auth Request, Charset, Gzip, Gzip Precompression, Headers, HTTP/2, Index, Log, Real IP, Slice, SSI, SSL, Stub Status, Thread Pool, WebDAV, Upstream.

THIRD PARTY MODULES: Echo.