NGINX Cookbook

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To use TCP load balancing, we first need to double-check whether the NGINX version has the stream module compiled. To do this, you can run the following command:

nginx -V  

This will generate an output, displaying all of the compiled modules. The stream module is available if you see --with-stream in the output. Consider this example:

If you don't have the required version, we covered how to install an updated version in Chapter 1, Let's Get Started.

Next, we need to define a stream block directive, which must be situated outside of the HTTP block directive or replace it altogether. Unlike previous examples, where this could ...