Is nginx.conf file dynamically updatable

[Joshua Jonah]

Why would you want a UI anyway? Unfortunately, to be a web developer, 
you will have to have some kind of understanding of a few things like a 
server-side language, SQL, webserver configs, javascript, maybe CSS, 
etc. A UI is avoiding the problem. If you find the nginx configs to 
complicated (and I definitely don't), then maybe the answer is a 
suggestion to change the configs for readability, not scriptability.

On 07/05/10 4:09 AM, Ziyad Saeed wrote:
> agree that hierarchy in inf will be ugly.
> you have to be a guru in regular expressions to create a UI for the 
> current nginx configuration format. with xml, json yaml etc their are 
> plenty of libraries that can read and right them easily.
> Or Nginx can provide an api that i can use to read and write 
> nginx.conf files. that's for Igor to decide.
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 9:57 PM, Michael Shadle <mike503 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:mike503 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     the syntax right now is great. very structured and simple. (my only
>     complaint is how location blocks work, partly is syntax and partly is
>     just how it works) otherwise i think it is great.
>
>     anything can be scripted and anything can have a UI thrown onto it.
>
>     i don't see how inf or xml or anything would make it any easier to
>     have to make a UI for different location blocks, rewrite rules, other
>     complex, and other freeform, non-cookie-cutter kind of configuration
>     items.
>
>     besides, infs are one-dimensional, creating a hierarchy on that would
>     be ugly and hard to read.
>
>     On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 3:48 AM, Ziyad Saeed
>     <myschizobuddy at gmail.com <mailto:myschizobuddy at gmail.com>> wrote:
>     > nginx.conf file in inf format or any other template based format
>     would have
>     > been the easiest thing to do. perhaps future version of nginx
>     can go down
>     > this route.
>     >
>     > On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 9:12 PM, Michael Shadle
>     <mike503 at gmail.com <mailto:mike503 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>     >>
>     >> I have a php command line script that builds separate conf
>     files in one of
>     >> my servers and does simple string replacement.
>     >> Also remember you can use includes so you can leave the main
>     nginx.conf
>     >> alone and have it include stuff from another directory you
>     write out..
>     >>
>     >> On May 3, 2010, at 6:24 AM, Luca De Marinis <loop at interact.it
>     <mailto:loop at interact.it>> wrote:
>     >>
>     >> On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 3:07 PM, Ziyad Saeed
>     <myschizobuddy at gmail.com <mailto:myschizobuddy at gmail.com>>
>     >> wrote:
>     >>>
>     >>> So I store the configuration in a database or xml file or
>     whatever, and
>     >>> then generate the conf file from it.
>     >>> thank you.
>     >>
>     >> Also, using a templating system with a scripting language (say,
>     erb + ruby
>     >> or whatever you're comfortable with) or the good old m4 may be
>     viable, and
>     >> probably simpler to use and implement. This is very easy and
>     very convenient
>     >> if you have to generate lots of different configurations (say,
>     for n virtual
>     >> hosts, or n virtual hosts on n servers) but which all share a
>     limited number
>     >> of prototype configurations.
>     >> Bye
>     >>
>     >>>
>     >>> On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 3:14 AM, Gabriel Evans <me at gabevans.com
>     <mailto:me at gabevans.com>> wrote:
>     >>>>
>     >>>> There's no API that I know of, unless you want to make your
>     own module.
>     >>>> You could try having a separate directory for virtual hosts
>     included and use
>     >>>> a database to store and generate the configuration. It'd be a
>     lot easier
>     >>>> than trying to interpret the configuration as well.
>     >>>>
>     >>>> On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 4:21 AM, Ziyad Saeed
>     <myschizobuddy at gmail.com <mailto:myschizobuddy at gmail.com>>
>     >>>> wrote:
>     >>>>>
>     >>>>> Inorder to make a simple UI for editing nginx.conf. I need a
>     way to
>     >>>>> edit nginx.conf without having to open it up in a text
>     editor. Does nginx
>     >>>>> have an api that i can use to edit information that is
>     inside nginx.conf.
>     >>>>> This will help newbies add virtual host information and edit
>     parameters via
>     >>>>> a UI.
>     >>
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