# OpenResty Queries

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/openresty-queries/211454>\
**Category:** NGINX\
**Created:** [September 4, 2011, 7:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/openresty-queries/211454 "2011-09-04T19:38:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/0ea827/32.png) [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 7:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/openresty-queries/211454/1 "2011-09-04T19:38:34Z")

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Some quick queries about some things missing from available  
documentation  
about OpenResty

1. Notice current version is bundled with Nginx 1.0.4. Is it possible  
for an  
end user to upgrade Nginx? I.E. can I download OpenResty and slip in  
Nginx  
1.0.6?
2. The bundled modules are awesome but what is the process wants an  
extra third party module?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Nginx\_U](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/dec6dc/32.png) [@Nginx\_U](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Nginx_U)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 9:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/openresty-queries/211454/2 "2011-09-05T09:10:43Z")

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On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 1:38 AM, Nginx U. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Some quick queries about some things missing from available documentation  
> about OpenResty
> 
> 1. Notice current version is bundled with Nginx 1.0.4. Is it possible for an  
> end user to upgrade Nginx? I.E. can I download OpenResty and slip in Nginx  
> 1.0.6?

The current stable version of OpenResty is 1.0.5.1, which bundles the  
1.0.5 Nginx core. The current devel release of OpenResty is  
1.0.6.0rc2, which bundles the 1.0.6 core. Check out

```
http://openresty.org/#Download

```

Manually replacing the nginx core is possible, just replace the  
directory of OpenResty’s bundle/nginx-1.0.5/ with your own, say,  
nginx-1.1.1/. OpenResty’s configure script should be smart enough to  
pick up the new version of the Nginx core.

But be careful with self replacing the Nginx core in OpenResty because  
forward compatibility is not guaranteed. A new untested Nginx core can  
break things, and that’s all the point of bundling the Nginx core in  
the OpenResty bundle to ensure that it works well with _all_ of the  
bundled components.

> 1. The bundled modules are awesome but what is the process wants an  
> extrathirdparty module?

All of the nginx’s configure options are inherited by OpenResty’s  
configure script, so you can still add extra 3rd-party modules like  
this:

```
./configure --add-module=/path/to/your/other/module

```

Regards,  
-agentzh