3rd-Party Modules Catalog

Community-maintained modules that extend NGINX functionality.

Easy Installation with NGINX Extras

For RHEL/CentOS/AlmaLinux/Rocky Linux users, NGINX Extras provides pre-built module packages. No compiling needed!

For Debian/Ubuntu users, see APT NGINX Extras.

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Installing Pre-Built Modules

RHEL/CentOS 8+, AlmaLinux, RockyRHEL/CentOS 7, Amazon Linux 2Debian/Ubuntu

dnf -y install https://extras.getpagespeed.com/release-latest.rpm
dnf -y install nginx-module-<name>

yum -y install https://extras.getpagespeed.com/release-latest.rpm
yum -y install epel-release
yum -y install nginx-module-<name>

See APT setup instructions.

Auto-enabled

Debian/Ubuntu packages automatically enable modules — no load_module needed!

RHEL-based systems only: After installing, enable the module in /etc/nginx/nginx.conf:

load_module modules/ngx_http_<name>_module.so;

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Detailed Documentation

These modules have in-depth documentation in this wiki:

Module	Description
Upload	File upload handling with multipart/form-data
Nchan	Pub/sub for WebSockets, EventSource, Long-Poll

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Popular Modules

Content & Templating

Module	Description	Documentation
Echo	Shell-style commands (echo, sleep, exec)	NGINX Extras
Lua	Embed Lua scripts in NGINX	NGINX Extras
Perl	Embed Perl (built-in, --with-http_perl_module)	Built-in
Substitutions	Regex-based response body substitution	NGINX Extras
Headers More	Set/clear input/output headers	NGINX Extras
Fancy Index	Customizable directory listings	NGINX Extras

Caching & Performance

Module	Description	Documentation
Brotli	Brotli compression	NGINX Extras
Redis2	Full Redis 2.0 protocol support	NGINX Extras
Memc	Memcached protocol with full support	NGINX Extras
SRCache	Transparent subrequest caching	NGINX Extras
PageSpeed	Google PageSpeed optimization	NGINX Extras

Load Balancing

Module	Description	Documentation
Upstream Fair	Fair load balancing algorithm	NGINX Extras
Upstream JDomain	Dynamic DNS resolution for upstreams	NGINX Extras
Upsync	Dynamic upstream configuration	NGINX Extras

Security & Access Control

Module	Description	Documentation
Auth Digest	RFC 2617 Digest Authentication	NGINX Extras
Auth PAM	PAM authentication	NGINX Extras
Auth LDAP	LDAP authentication	NGINX Extras
Auth TOTP	Time-based One-Time Password	NGINX Extras
NAXSI	Web Application Firewall	NGINX Extras
ModSecurity	WAF with OWASP Core Rule Set	NGINX Extras
Security Headers	Add security headers automatically	NGINX Extras

Real-time & Push

Module	Description	Documentation
Nchan	Pub/sub (WebSocket, SSE, Long-Poll)	NGINX Extras
Push Stream	Push/streaming capabilities	NGINX Extras

File Handling

Module	Description	Documentation
Upload	Multipart file upload handling	NGINX Extras
ZIP	Create ZIP archives on-the-fly	NGINX Extras
Untar	Serve files from tar archives	NGINX Extras

Media & Streaming

Module	Description	Documentation
RTMP	RTMP/HLS/DASH streaming	NGINX Extras
VOD	On-the-fly HLS/DASH from MP4	NGINX Extras
Image Filter	On-the-fly image transformation	NGINX Extras
Small Light	Advanced image transformation	NGINX Extras

Utilities

Module	Description	Documentation
Set Misc	Additional set directives	NGINX Extras
Form Input	Parse POST form data	NGINX Extras
Array Var	Array variables	NGINX Extras
Iconv	Character encoding conversion	NGINX Extras
GeoIP2	MaxMind GeoIP2 database support	NGINX Extras
NJS	JavaScript scripting	NGINX Extras

Logging & Monitoring

Module	Description	Documentation
Log ZMQ	ZeroMQ log publishing	NGINX Extras
VTS	Virtual host traffic status	NGINX Extras
STS	Stream traffic status	NGINX Extras
Graphite	Send metrics to Graphite	NGINX Extras

Development & Helper

Module	Description	Documentation
NDK	Nginx Development Kit (required by many modules)	NGINX Extras
Cache Purge	Purge content from cache	NGINX Extras
DAV Ext	Extended WebDAV support	NGINX Extras

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Complete Module List

For a complete list of available modules with documentation:

• RPM-based distros: NGINX Extras Modules
• Lua libraries: NGINX Extras Lua Scripting

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Lua Scripting

For Lua scripting in NGINX, you have several options:

• NGINX Extras: Install nginx-module-lua from NGINX Extras for RPM-based systems
• Lua Libraries: Browse available Lua libraries for common tasks
• OpenResty: A full distribution bundling NGINX with LuaJIT (useful if you need many Lua modules)

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Recommended Module Groups

For quick setup, NGINX Extras provides module groups:

# Performance and security essentials
sudo dnf -y groupinstall "nginx extras recommended"

This installs: PageSpeed, Brotli, Dynamic ETag, Immutable (performance) and ModSecurity, Security Headers (security).

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Upgrading Modules

After updating module packages:

# Apply updates at runtime
sudo service nginx upgrade

This performs a binary upgrade without dropping connections.

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Contributing

To suggest additions or corrections to this catalog, please contact the maintainers.