Forum: NGINX Does anyone know of an Interface that can provide/manage text configuration snippets for nginx

Hi,im a newbie to Nginx.
I'm in search of an Interface that can provide/manage "text
configuration-snippets" for Nginx.
As my server is intended to serve as a reverse proxy for multiple sites
with  dynamic fast-changing sub_filter configurations.

can anyone point me to a starting point ?

if such an interface doesn't exist and you had to develop one, how would
you  go upon doing it for best performance on Linux (software
architecture/language) ?
hope its clear and my question is in the right place.

thanks

On 15 January 2013 19:02, Buzi Buzi <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
> Hi,im a newbie to Nginx.
> I'm in search of an Interface that can provide/manage "text
> configuration-snippets" for Nginx.
> As my server is intended to serve as a reverse proxy for multiple sites
> with  dynamic fast-changing sub_filter configurations.
>
> can anyone point me to a starting point ?

Tools like these, which don't explicitly include a GUI, are where much
good work is being done these days:

* http://community.opscode.com/cookbooks/nginx
* https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-nginx

> if such an interface doesn't exist and you had to develop one, how would
> you  go upon doing it for best performance on Linux (software
> architecture/language) ?

Given that you say you're new to nginx, may I suggest you don't jump
straight in to fill what you perceive as a tools gap. Perhaps you
should get some experience running it in production so you know what
would /actually/ be important to you, hence which tooling gaps need
filling and which really don't.

Cheers,
Jonathan
--
Jonathan Matthews // Oxford, London, UK
http://www.jpluscplusm.com/contact.html

Thanks for your answers Jonathan.very interesting.
as to the second part of the question:
I have a very specific need which has lead me to use Nginx:
Im using it as a Reverse proxy, specifically for it's sub_filter 
capabilities, to manage text substitution at the output chain buffer 
level.

Since Nginx sub_filter module derives its configuration from included 
*.conf files, and since my intention is to use plenty of them in a 
hierarchical structure (almost like xml files are used as a Data source) 
in large amounts changing them very often,
I need to be able to comfortably generate/edit large amounts of these 
config  text snippets, preferably from an interface which i intend to 
customize.
this is currently and probably the tool gap i need filling as of this 
moment.

hopes this makes my question more clear.

I have already setup a server and found it suitable for my needs.

I know these are deep waters and i might be over my head here, but what 
i'm looking for is a good starting point or tool that can get me going. 
if such don't exist, what programming language would be suitable to 
interface with the Nginx configuration snippets ?

Thanks again.